creighton0123 Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Going to visit boyfriend in May. I had thought I would have to pay around $1500 for the flight. Only ended up having to pay $980. That made both of us very happy Link to post Share on other sites
sammyd Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Yeee haaa!! That's a great bit of news! More money for fun fun fun! Link to post Share on other sites
folieadeux Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Great news, Creighton! Link to post Share on other sites
Taucher Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 That's a right result! I would definitly be spending the saved money in my head, if you see what I mean. Tickets prices are mad I think. My return ticket, London to Bogota, was £580. And with Lufthansa too, not some cra**y airline. I just thought, "Is that all?" T Link to post Share on other sites
wild_urge Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I'm happy for you, but to me it look like plane tickets are extremely expensive this year, usually you can get e ticket for the summer for about 1200-1300$ , but this year they are 1700$ right now ! I mean seriously !?! Link to post Share on other sites
TokyoG33kyGal Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Going to visit boyfriend in May. I had thought I would have to pay around $1500 for the flight. Only ended up having to pay $980. That made both of us very happy wow creighton, where are you flying from again? if it's that cheap maybe i can make my fiance come here again XD. your SO is in japan, right? Link to post Share on other sites
aerogurl87 Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Yay for cheap flights!!! And yeah airlines are trying to rip people off this year. Last year when I went to see my boyfriend I paid about 650 total for a roundtrip, but now I had to pay 550 for a one way ticket this year. Link to post Share on other sites
carhill Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 OP, great fare and safe travels. BTW, for general consumption, there are numerous fare sales right now to Asian destinations; most fares I've tracked are for travel commenced by March 31. Also, the fuel surcharge on some almost equals the base fare, leaving more room for a consolidator, TA or enterprising traveler to save even more money. As an example, BOS-NRT (Boston-Tokyo) is 685USD all-in on CO/UA, with a base fare of 302USD, for most of March with a three day minimum stay. I know a number of people flying transpacs right now for around 450.00 or less from CONUS. I remember the last time I was in Japan, the bullet train cost more than flying to Osaka from the US. Wierd how that works. Anyway, safe travels! Link to post Share on other sites
LittleTiger Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Going to visit boyfriend in May. I had thought I would have to pay around $1500 for the flight. Only ended up having to pay $980. That made both of us very happy Nice job creighton! I wish we could get good deals like that. Between us we travel four times a year (NZ to UK and vice versa) at an average of £1,500 ($2,500) return. That's a lot of money just on flights!!! No wonder most of our 'date nights' are 'ice creams on the beach' . Any tips on cheap flights for us Carhill? Link to post Share on other sites
carhill Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I'd have to dig a bit but here's a QD for March: Fare (A1): [b]NZ LON-AKL KTSWP75 fare ([url="http://matrix1.itasoftware.com/cvg/dispatch/bonsaiproxy/ftr;jsessionid=70943D546595061E1CCEC35ACD866686?V=M26995169984425325743&AAC=2011-02-18-08&L=B25161052327883703090&J=0&AAD=0"]rules[/url]) , psgr type ADT[/b] £214.50 Fare (A2): [b]NZ AKL-LON KTSWP75 fare ([url="http://matrix1.itasoftware.com/cvg/dispatch/bonsaiproxy/ftr;jsessionid=70943D546595061E1CCEC35ACD866686?V=M26995169984425325743&AAC=2011-02-18-08&L=B25161052327883703090&J=0&AAD=1"]rules[/url]) , psgr type ADT[/b] £214.50 Tax: US September 11th Security Fee $2.50 Tax: United Kingdom Air Passengers Duty £85.00 Tax: United Kingdom Passenger Service Charge £22.97 Tax: US Passenger Facility Charge $4.50 Tax: NZ YQ surcharge $328.00 Tax: USDA APHIS Fee $10.00 Tax: US Immigration Fee $14.00 Tax: US Customs Fee $11.00 Tax: New Zealand Passenger Security Charge NZD 11.00 Tax: New Zealand Passenger Service Charge NZD 28.62 [b] Total for 1 adult passenger:[/b] $1261.00 (as of Friday, February 18, 2011 8:38am; fares loaded Friday, February 18, 2011 8:00am) Fare construction (sometimes useful to travel agents): LON NZ X/LAX NZ AKL 338.11KTSWP75 (AP) NZ LON 338.11KTSWP75 NUC 676.22 END ROE 0.634398 FARE GBP 429.00 EQU USD 688.00 XT 11.00YC 14.00XY 10.00XA 2.50AY 136.30GB 36.80UB 8.30IA 21.60KK 328.00YQ 4.50XF LAX4.50 Seasonal restrictions: PERMITTED 01FEB 11 THROUGH 15APR 11 OR 21JUN 11 THROUGH 30JUN 11 OR 01SEP 11 THROUGH 09DEC 11. Free stopover in LA if you have friends in Cali to visit Routing is LHR-LAX-AKL and return on NZ YQ is 328.00 so room for a TA/consolidator to dump a bit. Your best bet is a bucket shop in London, IMO. Link to post Share on other sites
HeavenOrHell Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 That's great news! It's great when things like that happen Going to visit boyfriend in May. I had thought I would have to pay around $1500 for the flight. Only ended up having to pay $980. That made both of us very happy Link to post Share on other sites
wbr4p Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 woot grats on saved money Link to post Share on other sites
Author creighton0123 Posted February 18, 2011 Author Share Posted February 18, 2011 wow creighton, where are you flying from again? if it's that cheap maybe i can make my fiance come here again XD. your SO is in japan, right? Going from Boston to Tokyo. I'm in Boston. He's in Japan. We have 8.5 months more before his stay in Tokyo is over. Link to post Share on other sites
LittleTiger Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Your best bet is a bucket shop in London, IMO. Thanks Carhill - I appreciate you taking the time. I live up North, so London doesn't really work for us but at least I know there are deals out there worth looking for. Link to post Share on other sites
carhill Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Telephone. Closest bucket shop to me is in San Francisco. Bucket shop = consolidator. They can sometimes find amazing deals. As a start, try Thomas Cook. They have offices all over the UK. You should find the local shops through print newspapers and magazines. Link to post Share on other sites
TokyoG33kyGal Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Going from Boston to Tokyo. I'm in Boston. He's in Japan. We have 8.5 months more before his stay in Tokyo is over. May is a great timing. are you coming over for the "golden week?" sadly, even if the fares are cheaper i think my fiance and i have to save more for our visa application, wedding and all that stuff though there are rough plans to meet, perhaps in vietnam or somewhere for a vacation if this takes longer. Link to post Share on other sites
befreckled Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Going from Boston to Tokyo. I'm in Boston. He's in Japan. We have 8.5 months more before his stay in Tokyo is over. Damn! We need to swop places. I live in Singapore, only 5hrs from Tokyo and, I need to be in Boston. I ended up forking out USD$1400 for Delta because, the SQ flights direct to JFK made it near impossible for me to make my connecting to Boston. And it's oddles more expensive of course. Link to post Share on other sites
Els Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 (edited) You guys are lucky you don't have crappy currency value. Bf's trip to see me when we were LD was about 5000 bucks of our currency. As you can imagine, back then we didn't exactly see each other very often. OP: Awesome! Edited February 22, 2011 by Elswyth Link to post Share on other sites
Author creighton0123 Posted February 24, 2011 Author Share Posted February 24, 2011 May is a great timing. are you coming over for the "golden week?" sadly, even if the fares are cheaper i think my fiance and i have to save more for our visa application, wedding and all that stuff though there are rough plans to meet, perhaps in vietnam or somewhere for a vacation if this takes longer. Not sure. I'm arriving on April 30th (Saturday). Luckily, boyfriend already has his paperwork in order for the remainder of his stay and I just need a tourist Visa. I'll be there for 1 week, most of it in Tokyo. Link to post Share on other sites
carhill Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 If you're a US citizen, a tourist visa is not required for stays of less than 90 days. http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/short/novisa.html I've been to Japan a number times, most recently last year, and no visa was required. They do attach a cute little paper thingie to your passport page. The one thing I remember from the first time was how lost I was with the signage at Kansai (KIX) and how helpful the young Japanese ladies were, even with broken English. Enjoy your trip Link to post Share on other sites
Author creighton0123 Posted February 24, 2011 Author Share Posted February 24, 2011 If you're a US citizen, a tourist visa is not required for stays of less than 90 days. http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/short/novisa.html I've been to Japan a number times, most recently last year, and no visa was required. They do attach a cute little paper thingie to your passport page. The one thing I remember from the first time was how lost I was with the signage at Kansai (KIX) and how helpful the young Japanese ladies were, even with broken English. Enjoy your trip I think that little piece of paper is what one would technically call a tourist visa :-) I know all I need to know to survive: "Excuse me, do you speak English?" in Japanese "Boyfriend. Boyfriend! Tell me what that says!" Link to post Share on other sites
TokyoG33kyGal Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Not sure. I'm arriving on April 30th (Saturday). Luckily, boyfriend already has his paperwork in order for the remainder of his stay and I just need a tourist Visa. I'll be there for 1 week, most of it in Tokyo. ah, then you are on time for the long holiday (May 3-5) and carhill's right, you don't need a visa if you are a US citizen if you're gonna stay for only a week. Link to post Share on other sites
carhill Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 They do it (the paper thingie) when you go through immigration at the airport. I've had Russian, Belorussian and Ukranian visas and those are far different, requiring the passport to go to the consulate and then be registered in-country. Japan is actually easier than Australia, where a US citizen needs an ETA (electronic travel authority) and the name on it better match the passport precisely Link to post Share on other sites
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