Originally Posted by nyold

Hello,

We would like to schedule a trip from CGK (Jakarta) - JFK - HNL (Honolulu) - CGK, with a couple weeks of stay in JFK and HNL each.

The problem is because JFK and HNL are on a different "zone" (even if they're both part of USA), most airlines won't consider it a round trip. I.e., we can't book CGK-JFK and HNL-CGK as a roundtrip and buy JFK-HNL separately.

Do you have any advice on booking this route, in order to minimize layovers or cost, or possibly both? We are primarily Asia Miles user, but we're flexible with anything.

Right now, the best route that we've found is pretty horrendous:
CGK - HKG -JFK, JFK - LAX - HNL, HNL - HKG - CKG, booked with a combination of AA / CX