expiredserra | Staff posted Apr 05, 2023 07:27 PM
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expiredserra | Staff posted Apr 05, 2023 07:27 PM
Singapore Airlines: RT Nonstop Flight: Los Angeles (LAX) to Tokyo, Japan (NRT)
(Travel 12/4-2/28, Return 12/11-2/28)$679
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Singapore Air is a gold standard airline, you'll get decent food, a baggage allowance, and you even get free drinks in economy. There's no comparison here.
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The yen to dollar exchange has never been this low since early 90s. 1,000 yen is basically around $7 so I planned my trip to buy a Takahashi Telescope and retro gaming stuff. A Takahashi here in USA is $4300 while it's just 60% the price total if you buy directly in Japan. You could see the same for clothing like UNIQLO since you are buying from the country origin of the brand/company and you cut off the middle man/importer. I arrived in LAX and didn't even have to fill out or declare anything. My cousin bought multiple 3DS consoles. The customs lady who questioned if he had anything to declare just chuckled at him when he mentioned game boys and Nintendo games. Yes, I'm a SOTN fan and bought a 2nd Japanese copy of the game (Dracula X2: Nocturne in the Moonlight" is the original title). Bought a bunch of anime stuff too. Only bought one Gundam model (the exclusive one sold in Yokohama where they house the giant moving gundam). You can easily fill up your luggage space if you buy model kits, gundam PLA, etc. I probably went a little overboard with spending but it's a good time to grab what you want while stuff is cheap. I miss the 96cent per sushi dish eat outs. If you make a trip, make sure to go to KURA sushi. 15 dishes in US easily goes to $60 while it won't even be $25 while in Japan.
If any of you decide to go shopping in Japan for some pricey stuff, make sure you ask in the counter if they sell TAX FREE before paying. They just check your passport and what you pay for will exclude tax if the store does tax free transactions for foreigners.
The flights from SJC are usually a little cheaper than LAX due to demand (it varies, but I found the best pricing in SJC), and since I'm not starting from LA, it's just as easy for me to go to San Jose. They also just added SFO (inaugural flight is in June, I believe).
They don't extend their schedule very far in advance (it currently runs through October 28, so it seems like they go about 6 months out), but prices are usually lowest when they open up new months on the calendar.
This itinerary is backwards, but it will give you an idea of what you can book right now and you can expect pricing to probably be the same or lower next time they extend their schedule. So, it would be a little bit of a gamble, but you could book the outbound flight now ($916ish) and then get the return flight in a month or two when they release the schedule. Assuming you don't mind snow.
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Their site shows you a calendar with the price for every day which makes it really easy to find the cheapest option. Their inventory is also on Google Flights, but I find their calendar even more useful.
One weird quirk about booking months in advance is that their system doesn't really understand daylight savings time. The departure and arrival times they give you will be correct, but when I booked my ticket before daylight savings time, it actually said the fight was an hour longer than it really is. I emailed them about it at the time and got no response but once DST kicked in the flight time dropped an hour. So that's about what you can expect for the level of service.
And for the record, I don't consider this an exceptionally fantastic deal. I flew actual transpacific business class (China Southern) in 2019 for $1,300 r/t (cash) and if you find deals on points in the right programs you can pretty much fly business class any given month for about $2,000. For example, Alaska miles are currently on sale for 1.85 cents each and 55k of them will get you to Asia in business class (70k and you can fly first, if you can find any award space). I don't think the other business class trappings are worth $400, but this isn't that far below what I consider baseline after you add in baggage fees.
The flights from SJC are usually a little cheaper than LAX due to demand (it varies, but I found the best pricing in SJC), and since I'm not starting from LA, it's just as easy for me to go to San Jose. They also just added SFO (inaugural flight is in June, I believe).
They don't extend their schedule very far in advance (it currently runs through October 28, so it seems like they go about 6 months out), but prices are usually lowest when they open up new months on the calendar.
This itinerary is backwards, but it will give you an idea of what you can book right now and you can expect pricing to probably be the same or lower next time they extend their schedule. So, it would be a little bit of a gamble, but you could book the outbound flight now ($916ish) and then get the return flight in a month or two when they release the schedule. Assuming you don't mind snow.
https://pasteboard.co/qAKy0RQSFhF4.jp
Their site shows you a calendar with the price for every day which makes it really easy to find the cheapest option. Their inventory is also on Google Flights, but I find their calendar even more useful.
One weird quirk about booking months in advance is that their system doesn't really understand daylight savings time. The departure and arrival times they give you will be correct, but when I booked my ticket before daylight savings time, it actually said the fight was an hour longer than it really is. I emailed them about it at the time and got no response but once DST kicked in the flight time dropped an hour. So that's about what you can expect for the level of service.
And for the record, I don't consider this an exceptionally fantastic deal. I flew actual transpacific business class (China Southern) in 2019 for $1,300 r/t (cash) and if you find deals on points in the right programs you can pretty much fly business class any given month for about $2,000. For example, Alaska miles are currently on sale for 1.85 cents each and 55k of them will get you to Asia in business class (70k and you can fly first, if you can find any award space). I don't think the other business class trappings are worth $400, but this isn't that far below what I consider baseline after you add in baggage fees.
Aside from the two sources you referenced in an earlier post, how do find these programs/ideas? I've saved about 300k UR points but wouldn't mind paying cash if it makes a lot more sense. I'm on a mission to score an amazing deal on premium tickets for my gf and I.
Thanks in advance for any insight!
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The flights from SJC are usually a little cheaper than LAX due to demand (it varies, but I found the best pricing in SJC), and since I'm not starting from LA, it's just as easy for me to go to San Jose. They also just added SFO (inaugural flight is in June, I believe).
They don't extend their schedule very far in advance (it currently runs through October 28, so it seems like they go about 6 months out), but prices are usually lowest when they open up new months on the calendar.
This itinerary is backwards, but it will give you an idea of what you can book right now and you can expect pricing to probably be the same or lower next time they extend their schedule. So, it would be a little bit of a gamble, but you could book the outbound flight now ($916ish) and then get the return flight in a month or two when they release the schedule. Assuming you don't mind snow.
https://pasteboard.co/qAKy0RQSFhF4.jp
Their site shows you a calendar with the price for every day which makes it really easy to find the cheapest option. Their inventory is also on Google Flights, but I find their calendar even more useful.
One weird quirk about booking months in advance is that their system doesn't really understand daylight savings time. The departure and arrival times they give you will be correct, but when I booked my ticket before daylight savings time, it actually said the fight was an hour longer than it really is. I emailed them about it at the time and got no response but once DST kicked in the flight time dropped an hour. So that's about what you can expect for the level of service.
And for the record, I don't consider this an exceptionally fantastic deal. I flew actual transpacific business class (China Southern) in 2019 for $1,300 r/t (cash) and if you find deals on points in the right programs you can pretty much fly business class any given month for about $2,000. For example, Alaska miles are currently on sale for 1.85 cents each and 55k of them will get you to Asia in business class (70k and you can fly first, if you can find any award space). I don't think the other business class trappings are worth $400, but this isn't that far below what I consider baseline after you add in baggage fees.
And does anyone happen to know if Singapore Airlines is flexible with date changes later or what the fees are?
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And does anyone happen to know if Singapore Airlines is flexible with date changes later or what the fees are?
Thanks
Yeah. it's now showing $780.75 which is still decent but over $100 more now. I'll wait for a deal to pop up again at the end of summer
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