Business Class Deal: Tokyo to North America Starting at $1,200 Round-Trip

There’s currently an enticing deal for round-trip Business Class tickets on Delta from Tokyo Haneda airport to a number of North American destinations, starting at ~$1,200, for travel between now and March 2017.

The cheapest destination appears to be San Francisco with a connection in Los Angeles, which is pricing out at $1,241. To find available dates, the best way is to search via Google flights.

Here’s a sample search result for a January departure: After finding your desired dates, you can click through to book directly via the Delta website:

This fare won’t work for everyone since it requires positioning to Tokyo, but that is easily do-able using miles through Star Alliance (United, ANA), Oneworld (American, Japan Airlines), or SkyTeam (Korean Air, Delta).

This appears to be another example where airline pricing algorithms defy all logic, as the HND-LAX-SFO round-trip costs a third of the direct HND-LAX ticket. If you have been in the market for a one-way return from Tokyo to Los Angeles, this fare is good enough that you could even consider flying just the first leg and then throwing away the rest of the ticket.

As an Alaska Airlines flyer, while mileage credit for Delta economy tickets have generally been slashed, mileage earning for premium tickets has largely been preserved and still credits over 100%, not including the Alaska elite bonus. The international leg books into Z class which earns 125% with Alaska including the class-of-service bonus, and the domestic leg books into P class which earns 200%.

Other cities that are part of the sale include Denver ($1,241), Vancouver ($1,257), Washington DC ($1,624), and Houston ($1,624).

The detailed fare rules are shown below, and in particular, keep in mind that there is a 3 week advance purchase requirement and a maximum 1 month stay:

PERMITTED 03NOV 16 THROUGH 22DEC 16 OR 31DEC 16 THROUGH 31MAR 17 ON THE OUTBOUND TRANSPACIFIC SECTOR. THE FARE COMPONENT MUST INCLUDE TRAVEL VIA TRANSPACIFIC SECTORS ON ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING DL FLIGHT 6 DL FLIGHT 7 DL FLIGHT 120 DL FLIGHT 121.

21 DAYS ADVANCED PURCHASE REQ.
NO MIN, MAX 1 MONTH STAY.