Just some notes for anyone else who may want to do this. (NH has something similar.)
With a flat rate of 10,000 JPY per JL domestic sector for this fare, you can save a lot, e.g. I just booked Kagoshima to Haneda for 10,000 JPY (plus taxes) oneway next weekend compared to the 28,500 JPY it would cost otherwise.
JL domestic route map
Full details here but essentially:
Notes:
With a flat rate of 10,000 JPY per JL domestic sector for this fare, you can save a lot, e.g. I just booked Kagoshima to Haneda for 10,000 JPY (plus taxes) oneway next weekend compared to the 28,500 JPY it would cost otherwise.
JL domestic route map
Full details here but essentially:
- For domestic flights served by JAL, JAL Express and Japan
TransOcean Air (so you can go to places in Okinawa for example)
- Only available to non-Japanese residents
- It must be booked prior to leaving home
- It must be booked in conjunction with return travel on a single ticket to
Japan on oneworld (if not, there's a more expensive fare - "Welcome
to Japan Fare" - details in the same link above)
- Up to 5 flights; 10,000 JPY/flight + 5% tax + minor airport charges
- Blackout periods apply (a period in August 2010 plus Christmas and the New Year)
Notes:
- Booked through JL, e.g. JL UK (tel: 0844 856 9700).
- You need your ticket number so that they can check your flights to/from Japan, e.g. for BA, it begins 125 and you can get this from checkmytrip.com / ba.com.
- You must e-mail them (e.g. JL UK: europe@jal.com) quoting the reference number and a scanned proof of residence - something official (e.g. tax bill, credit card statement, utility bill etc) within the last 3 months showing your address (so a copy of a passport is not acceptable as it has no address). The evidence must be received by them before you leave home.
- In addition to the above cost, there's a £10 non-refundable service fee.
- No date changes allowed but you can change the time of the flight on that day. There's a cancellation charge of 5,000 JPY (plus you don't get back the above £10 service fee).
- I think you can book what you want within Japan. So, for example, I'm flying into/out of Japan via Tokyo but I've only booked the above fare for a oneway from Kyushu back to Tokyo (I'm going to Kyushu on the train).
- Only Y of course so StarG and some others won't be able to use this!
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