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Skrybe
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 Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 12:27 am Post subject: Getting Cheap Airfares |
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Hello All,
Back in 04-05 I was in Japan on a WHV, and had a blast doing the English thing. I went home, finished up Uni, and have decided to head back to the rising sun (Poverty and loans are a great motivator). I'll be bringing my wife and child with me for the first bit as I get settled in and start working again, but then she will head off to see her parents in the middle east. The thing is, I don't know who I can call for airfares. We want to book a flight out ot Tokyo, but for the life of me I can't remember the names of any of the agencies I used to read about when I was last there.
Any suggestions?
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PAULH
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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Location: Western Japan
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| Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 1:13 am Post subject: Re: Getting Cheap Airfares |
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| Skrybe wrote: |
Hello All,
Back in 04-05 I was in Japan on a WHV, and had a blast doing the English thing. I went home, finished up Uni, and have decided to head back to the rising sun (Poverty and loans are a great motivator). I'll be bringing my wife and child with me for the first bit as I get settled in and start working again, but then she will head off to see her parents in the middle east. The thing is, I don't know who I can call for airfares. We want to book a flight out ot Tokyo, but for the life of me I can't remember the names of any of the agencies I used to read about when I was last there.
Any suggestions?
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HIS or no1 Travel is probably one of the cheapest but they have been in the news recently for gouging higher fares for non-Japanese travellers. May pay to get a japanese person to book the ticket for you. |
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JimDunlop2
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
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Location: Japan
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| Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 3:01 am Post subject: Re: Getting Cheap Airfares |
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| PAULH wrote: |
| May pay to get a japanese person to book the ticket for you. |
Paul, what makes you think that would help if this is indeed still going on? You still must provide your full name (as it appears on your passport) because that's what get printed on the tickets (which are non-transferable) and you must show your passport in order to receive your boarding pass. So whether you give your own name or a nihonjin gives your name on your behalf, it would amount to the same thing... |
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Willy_In_Japan
Joined: 20 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 3:32 am Post subject: |
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I wonder if that is still the case.......
I booked a trip to Thailand with No1 and it was 80,000 yen or so.....they sent an email a couple of weeks saying that the fuel surcharge was going up about 2000 yen. |
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Gordon
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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Location: Japan
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| Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 4:20 am Post subject: |
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| I just spent over 400,000 yen for 3 tickets (1 of them is for a child) to Canada, so someone's making some profit. Crazy prices! |
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PAULH
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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Location: Western Japan
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| Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 4:33 am Post subject: Re: Getting Cheap Airfares |
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| JimDunlop2 wrote: |
| PAULH wrote: |
| May pay to get a japanese person to book the ticket for you. |
Paul, what makes you think that would help if this is indeed still going on? You still must provide your full name (as it appears on your passport) because that's what get printed on the tickets (which are non-transferable) and you must show your passport in order to receive your boarding pass. So whether you give your own name or a nihonjin gives your name on your behalf, it would amount to the same thing... |
I dont have the link to hand right now but someone had the HIS on tape saying they had different prices for non-Japanese. I can only speculate as to what happens when a japanese books a ticket for the foriegner. My only guess is that a foreigner is not going to question what he is being charged and assumes the prices are the same for everyone, season charges notwithstanding.
Is it possible that HIS will charge a cheaper rate if a Japanese is ordering the ticket (for a foreigner) or charge the higher rate. they will then have some explaining to do. |
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Gordon
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 7:02 am Post subject: |
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I once tried to buy a cheap (package deal) ticket to Korea through HIS. They refused to sell it to me because I was a foreigner. I told them I was not interested in the tour, I just wanted the airfare and hotel package. They refused saying we had to speak Japanese (we all know that only Japanese people can speak Japanese  ) I then said we speak enough Japanese to get by and then they changed tactics yet again and said the Japanese tour agent based in Seoul was "too nervous" to have a foreigner on the package deal. I think it was all a bunch of BS, the "great package deal" was only for nihon-jin. |
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Hoser
Joined: 19 Mar 2005
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Location: Toronto, Canada
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| Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 9:42 am Post subject: |
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| The only difference I can think of in price is that the Japanese don't have to pay a security fee (I guess Japanese don't commit crimes). It was about a 5,000 yen difference. |
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Dipso
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
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Location: England
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| Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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Well, this is a most interesting thread! HIS owns Number One Travel btw, I believe. I have used HIS on several occasions and always found them to be reliable, although I of course have no way of knowing if I paid the gaijin surcharge.
On a connected point, British Airways is being investigated in the UK and the US over allegations of price fixing the fuel surcharge.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5104946.stm |
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David W
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