Re: Looking for a cheap / low cost / budget Japanese domestic airline...
kuri wrote:
> <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>
> > Is there such an animal?
> >
> > We have launched a new program in Sapporo, and as a result some of the
> > applicants are going to need connecting flights (mostly from either
> > Tokyo or Nagoya).
>
> They can also fly with Korean or Taiwanese companies as they propose
> Seoul/Hokkaido and Taipei/Hokkaido. The trip is shorter via Seoul than via
> Tokyo or Nagoya.
For those doing the "Sapporo only" option, the Seoul/Chitose route is
what I have been suggesting, at least for the European applicants.
> >One of the applicants from Dublin has mentioned that
> > the Tokyo-Chitose/Chitose-Tokyo quote he received was for the
> > equivalent of 3 times what I paid for Nagoya-Chitose return (which
> > included 4 nights hotel).
>
> Why would he pay that separately ? When I get a Japan-Europe ticket, I tell
> the travel agent to give a call to ask the local legs of my trip for free.
> All the serious airplane companies will give you at least one domestic
> flight per trip Europe/Japan, some give 2, some give more.
I suspect it is just a case of either an American website or a useless
TA. Main thing I want to do is put some info on the summer program
webpages, so that they can figure it out for themselves. The less work
I do the better.
http://www.yamasa.org/hcjs/english/programs/summer.html
Fnews-brouse 1.9(20180406) -- by Mizuno, MWE <mwe@ccsf.jp>
GnuPG Key ID = ECC8A735
GnuPG Key fingerprint = 9BE6 B9E9 55A5 A499 CD51 946E 9BDC 7870 ECC8 A735