Originally Posted by
cmtobin
Also, would love some hotel suggestions in the 4 star, $300. per night range. I am thinking that a hotel in the Ginza area would be a good base as my wife is a "shopper".
You may want to take a look at
Japan Forum first.
This Tokyo sticky thread has lots of pointers.
I read that you are going to pay for the tickets. So you don't have enough miles to burn for this trip to Japan? I'll leave the airline comparisons comments to others for the moment being.