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-Earn 5 points per dollar on the AMEX Platinum Card or 3 points per dollar on airfare with the AMEX Premier Rewards Gold Card or the AMEX Business Gold Rewards Card.
-Earn 3 points per dollar and get $300 in airfare automatically refunded every calendar year with Chase Sapphire Reserve®.
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ANA, American, Singapore, and United have $495 fares nonstop from LA to Tokyo (HND and NRT).
Outbound travel from LAX is valid on select dates from January 10-May 17 and August 15-October 15. Use Google flights to help find valid dates.
March-April is Cherry Blossom season in Tokyo and Kyoto and is a wonderful time to visit. From March 12-26 there is a Sumo tournament in Osaka. From May 14-28 and August 5-28 there is a Sumo tournament in Tokyo.
You can find some trip notes on Japan here.
Sample dates:
1/15-1/22 on Singapore
1/22-1/29 on American
1/23-1/30 on ANA, Singapore, or United.
2/20-2/27 on ANA, Singapore, or United.
3/7-3/14 on ANA, Singapore, or United.
3/13-3/21 on Singapore
4/24-5/1 on American or Singapore
5/15-5/22 on Singapore
8/23-8/31 on Singapore
9/3-9/10 on Singapore
9/10-9/17 on Singapore
9/17-9/24 on Singapore
I can vouch for Singapore having the most civilized economy class that I’ve ever experienced. ANA is a pretty awesome airline as well.
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If you have a Chase Sapphire Reserve® card you can redeem points here at 1.5 cents each towards travel, making the round-trip just 32,990 Chase points including tax. The card comes with 100,000 signup points and $600 in travel spending in your first cardmembership year!
If you have The Enhanced Business Platinum Card® from American Express OPEN you can get a 50% rebate on the airline of your choice. With insider fares a $495 ticket will be 46,626 points and you would get a 50% rebate making the effective cost just 23,313 points, a value of 2.12 cents per point:
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4 Comments On "Los Angeles To Tokyo Nonstop For $495 Round-Trip (Or 23.3K Points) Round-Trip"
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No link to Dans trip to Tokyo?
@Nate:
Heh, added.
we went to the sumo tourney in Tokyo 2 years ago. was really fun. highly recommended. loved staying 2 free nights at the Park Hyatt Tokyo too.
Dan, what’s the cancellation policy if you use your Chase points instead of booking through Priceline?