I'm on the east coast US and planning a trip to Asia. I've found a lot of the Asian carriers only fly to the west coast airports, so to use them I would need to buy a separate transcon flight on a US carrier and connect in LAX or SFO.

It seems like not having it ticketed through could be a disaster if the transcon flight is delayed. From the Asian carrier's perspective, they'd have no idea and I'd just be screwed.

Anyone have any tips on booking this, and/or horror stories?