Originally Posted by
davidgrahammd
Completely agree with flights.google.com
I will say that for my trip last month, I found the cheapest JL fares to come out of LAX so we did a positioning flight with miles from CLT to LAX
Not knowing where you are located at, if you routinely fly out of a hub (say CLT where I am) look for local airports an hour or so drive from that hub as origination...that can cut 20%+ off the cost sometimes
Sakura season (just starting now) is always going to be expensive
I could go on but with the limited info given, this is a start
I had to book a return flight from Tokyo to LAX in May, every site I found was over $900, no award flights availabe, google flights had a fare for $550 on AA's japan site for $550, which took me to an amadeus site to book. I searched same exact flight on AA's US flight, and it was $950. Flights saved me $400 on a flight I never would have found otherwise.