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Planning to go to TDR next year. What airlines would you recommend to use and to stay away from? TIA
We flew ANA last time we went to Japan and they were fantastic. We’re planning on flying JAL next summerPlanning to go to TDR next year. What airlines would you recommend to use and to stay away from? TIA
ANA to Haneda. It’s the closest airport to TDR. Narita is a lot farther away.Planning to go to TDR next year. What airlines would you recommend to use and to stay away from? TIA
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I’m flying Delta this year. Fingers crossed.
Most international cities don't fly to Haneda, though. And with N'EX, getting to Tokyo station (or wherever you're going) from Narita is trivial.ANA to Haneda. It’s the closest airport to TDR. Narita is a lot farther away.
Now that more of the Narita Express trains stop in Chiba, it's my new "go to." Chiba City is a great place to spend 24-48 hours to adjust from jet lag while still having things to do and plenty of services near the train station.Most international cities don't fly to Haneda, though. And with N'EX, getting to Tokyo station (or wherever you're going) from Narita is trivial.
I had a friend fly Zipair who said it was great but I’m a bit wary. Have you tried it?I totally forgot that Singapore brought back that nonstop flight from Los Angeles to Narita. This is actually a good pick if the JAL and ANA flights to Haneda are significantly more expensive. It absolutely does not make sense to do the crazy long routing with a layover in Singapore unless you're someone super interested in trying out their business or first class.
Delta should be better than American, United and Zipair.
I had a friend fly Zipair who said it was great but I’m a bit wary. Have you tried it?
I’ve got Delta coming up. Can you tell me about your experience with Delta?We've done United, Delta, JAL & ANA. By far the best experience was ANA.
We were in DeltaONE. The food & service was not what I'd expect for their flagship product. Average at best. We had better service and food on the Shinkansen Gran Class. The DeltaONE Suites were spacious when seated, but too narrow in the shoulders when fully reclined. The seats also recline by sliding forward so you end up wearing the food/service tray half way up your chest.I’ve got Delta coming up. Can you tell me about your experience with Delta?
Heh. On my very first visit to Japan, I was staying at a vacation rental that I'd booked through HomeAway (now VRBO). As instructed, I put the address of the apartment on my form and went to get in line for immigration. There was a woman checking everyone's forms as they got into line and when she saw mine, she started yelling, "Hotel, hotel! Hotel!" She didn't like the address. I just waited until she was distracted with someone else, got into line, and then met the very nice immigration officer.And talk about kind, I never saw a single one with his feathers fuffled when people had not done their paperwork correctly.
Heh. On my very first visit to Japan, I was staying at a vacation rental that I'd booked through HomeAway (now VRBO). As instructed, I put the address of the apartment on my form and went to get in line for immigration. There was a woman checking everyone's forms as they got into line and when she saw mine, she started yelling, "Hotel, hotel! Hotel!" She didn't like the address. I just waited until she was distracted with someone else, got into line, and then met the very nice immigration officer.
But she was probably the most ruffled person that I ran across for at least the first couple of weeks!
(By the way, why is Singapore running flights from the US to Japan? Isn't there some convention that prohibits running flights between two foreign countries?)
Codeshare agreements give x number of seats to the other airline, which can sell it as they wish. The computations for how they are figuring yield are often different between a US carrier and a non-US carrier, so sometimes there are discrepancies. If you book the ANA flight through United, you can still pick your seat, just afterwards, as you need to sign into ANA to do so.I've been looking at fully refundable flights for early next year from Washington, DC to Tokyo and both ANA and United have them. On the United site, it looks like I can book a flight operated by ANA. If I go to the ANA site the fare seems to be twice as much. I don't quite understand that! Any ideas why? It's about $2500 booked through United to fly an ANA operated plane and $5600 to book through ANA directly.
I have some health issues (both knees need replacing) that I'm trying to postpone until after this trip but always the chance I may need to cancel. I thought I'd get the fully refundable flight and closer to the time, if the trip is a go, I could look at booking a non-refundable flight if it's cheaper, and cancelling the first one. If anyone sees a problem with that idea (other than cost - ouch)...I'd appreciate any tips.