Happy Birthday! Maybe next year you can fly Haneda to SFO on the midnight departure. You will be able to celebrate your birthday all day in Tokyo and another half day in California!
Actually, I am prefer fly from PHX-LAX-HND-LAX-PHX is better. That I am frequent fliers miles program. I am flying on Delta. I am loyally flying on Delta all of my life. I dislike flying on Southwest. That's why we are no longer be on Southwest.