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Zipair Roundtrip Nonstop Flight: San Jose, CA to Tokyo, Japan

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Zipair offers Roundtrip Nonstop Flights for San Jose, CA (SJC) to Tokyo, Japan (NRT) for $676.81 for travel on select dates August to October 2024. Book flights with Travelocity or directly with Zipair.

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Travel Availability (subject to change):
  • Departs San Jose (SJC): Aug 12, 14, 19, 21-22, 25-26, 28-30; Sept 1-2, 4-6, 8-9, 11-13, 15-16, 17-23, 25, 27, 29-30; Oct 2-3, 7, 9-10, 13-14, 16-17, 19-21
  • Returns: Aug 21-26, 28-30; Sept 2, 4-9, 11-13, 16, 18-23, 25-30; Oct 2-3, 5-7, 9-10, 14, 16-17, 21, 23-24

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Zipair, a Japanese low-cost airline headquartered at NRT, wholly owned subsidiary of Japan Airlines, have round trip airfares travelling from San Jose CA (SJC) to Narita Tokyo (NRT) for $677, nonstop. You may earn ZIPAIR points or exchange JAL (Japan Air Lines) points. ZIPAIR has Boeing 787 Dreamliners in their fleet.

Your airfare includes a basic round trip transfer, free wifi throughout the flight and a personal item that fits under the seat in front of you for no more than 15 llbs. 1 Checked Bag is $54 each way. You may bring your own food & beverage or purchase inflight hot meals for about $11 each.

Travel Availability:
Departs SJC: Aug 12, 14, 19, 21-22, 25-26, 28-30; Sept 1-2, 4-6, 8-9, 11-13, 15-16, 17-23, 25, 27, 29-30; Oct 2-3, 7, 9-10, 13-14, 16-17, 19-21
Returns: Aug 21-26, 28-30; Sept 2, 4-9, 11-13, 16, 18-23, 25-30; Oct 2-3, 5-7, 9-10, 14, 16-17, 21, 23-24

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Last Edited by mike93704 March 18, 2024 at 03:28 PM
There are extra fees for seat reservations, checked baggage and a meal which come to about $160 RT. The free carry-on baggage weight limit is just 7kg, so if you have more than that you may be better off paying the extra fee of $160 and getting checked baggage (though you'd still be limited to 7kg for carry-on so it's best to put as much in checked and have the free 7kg and not pay extra for the bigger carry-on allotment). If you don't need seat reservations or a meal, and don't have checked baggage, you can pay about $75 RT for the larger 15kg carry-on allotment. Seat reservations would be about $41 RT.

All food and drink is extra, but not expensive (about $2.50-$3 for a soft drink, e.g.) but it's best to bring food (you can get good take-out meals at Narita airport) and drink bottles with you on board). Link to food and drink prices: https://www.zipair.net/en/service/meal

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August is hottest month in Japan. I would avoid going there that time of the year.
San Jose and LAX are far away from eachother.. San Jose is an alternative to SFO and Oakland
Flew with them last year. IMO, if you have limited luggage it's fine but they nickel and dime you on everything else

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Flew with them last year. IMO, if you have limited luggage it's fine but they nickel and dime you on everything else
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is San Jose like the alternative airport for LAX? See it more frequently and with international flights too.
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is San Jose like the alternative airport for LAX? See it more frequently and with international flights too.

San Jose and LAX are far away from eachother.. San Jose is an alternative to SFO and Oakland
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August is hottest month in Japan. I would avoid going there that time of the year.
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August is hottest month in Japan. I would avoid going there that time of the year.
Second that, if you take humidity really bad, August is the worst time to go...
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03-18-2024 at 09:27 AM.
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I pay 400 round trip last year. The planes are fine and purchase the extra 100 for luggage and meal. Everything you can order through the screen. Wifi is free. Seats are thin but I had my own cushion. Everything else is perfect
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I go there every spring and fall for business purposes and it's always fun to go outside of toyko and explore other prefectures. I was lost once and barely found my way back to the airport to leave japan.
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August is hottest month in Japan. I would avoid going there that time of the year.
what about the nice cold beers and the beer halls.. every season is good.
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At this price point you'll be better off buying United from SFO and have one carry on and two check bags included for $970 per person. And water and food served.
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At this price point you'll be better off buying United from SFO and have one carry on and two check bags included for $970 per person. And water and food served.
For a date in August? Nonstop? I don't think United has anything under $1k.

Random date chosen Aug12-22, Zipair with one carryon and one checked bag (+seat selection and meal) comes to $938 nonstop.
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At this price point you'll be better off buying United from SFO and have one carry on and two check bags included for $970 per person. And water and food served.
Even if the price of United is similar when you add the cost of seat reservation, checked luggage and meals for Zipair, I would still take Zipair as my experience flying United last year was worse than my return flight on Zipair. Yes, you'll have to add about ~$100-$150 to get similar amenities on Zipair, but the overall experience (and food) was better on Zipair.

You need to take advantage of buying bento boxes and bottled drinks in Tokyo to take onboard with you for the flight back. Also, pay the extra ~$11 for access to the lounge before your flight.

You just have to plan to add the cost of seat reservation and checked luggage (if you need it) and meal--or you'll need to travel very lightly, and be careful about weighing your luggage (both carry-on and checked).

Now, if it was the same price on Singapore Airlines, I'd consider taking that instead.
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For a date in August? Nonstop? I don't think United has anything under $1k.

Random date chosen Aug12-22, Zipair with one carryon and one checked bag (+seat selection and meal) comes to $938 nonstop.
That's a good point. For that period (end of August/September), the cheapest United flights from the Bay Area are about $1400 RT (Star Alliance on AIr Canada is about $1100, as well as EVA AIr). Zipair adds about $160 total for seat reservations, meal and checked baggage making the total about $840 RT.

EDIT: Flights on Air Canada or EVA have 1 or 2 stops which makes the flights about 24-33 hours versus about 11 hours for a non-stop.

An even better deal is to get the lie-flat seats on Zipair which come to about $2100 even after you add on the seat reservation, checked luggage and meal).

In comparison, the cheapest Star Alliance business class seat (on Air Canada) is about $5000.
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