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I live in Tokyo and want to visit both Germany (I'm going to travel to different cities to visit friends, so airport doesn't matter much) and either LA or the bay area this August. Unfortunately for me, I only have 2-3 weeks for both, and it has to be August, even though I would have preferred to fly during a less expensive month.

Now that I spent hours on hipmunk and ita matrix trying to find the best routing for me, I think it's a good idea to ask for some advice :). Tickets for TYO - FRA, LAX - TYO and similar can be found for about $1400 (that's for both tickets), but it's absolutely impossible to find reasonably priced tickets for the Germany - West coast segment. It seems that my best bet is just to buy 2 round trip tickets from Tokyo. Do you see anything I don't? I absolutely wouldn't mind flying any crazy detours if it nets me cheaper tickets.

margold
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Have you tried using the Round The World fares offered by the alliances? Both SkyTeam and Star Alliance (probably One World too) offer Round The World fare calculators. You simply input your stops and they let you know routing and fare. You would need to add one more stopover, as most RTW fares require a minimum of three stops (maybe spend a night in NYC or ??).

You can also try the multi-city option on Fare Search engines, though that often gives you some convoluted routings.