I´ve had two offers for flight tickets between Helsinki and Osaka (KIX), they´re both for over 3 months (->=six months tickets).
The first one is from Lufthansa and the price is about 935 euros.
The another one is from Japan Air Lines, and the price is about 1150 euros.
Which one would you recommend and why?
I´ve had experience with Lufthansa, but not with JAL. I just checked their webpages and it seems like JAL has excellent service, the seats look very comfortable etc, but is it true or does it make that big of a difference?
I didn´t like Lufthansa that much the last time, but I guess it´s ok. I´m just thinking that maybe I should "invest on comfort" since the flight is going to take about 14 hours.
Feel free to share your experiences, and also recommendations for some other airline companies... :gomen:
Since you live in Finland and want to go cheap, why don't you try Aeroflot? They serve Tokyo and Osaka via Moscow for about 660 Euro. No sweat, they use Western aircraft. :relief:
I have personally settled for Alitalia. They serve Tokyo/Osaka from Rome and Milano and charge approx. 730 Euro including a connecting flight from another European destination.
Flights to Osaka might be more expensive than to Tokyo, but you should be able to find flights around 500-700 euro from Europe to Tokyo. If you are on a budget and can't find cheaper from Helsinki (which is strange, as it's the nearest from Japan, and I heard that Finnair flights were some of the best deals with Lufthansa), then fly to London or Paris and get a connection to Tokyo for less than 500 euro from there, then take a night bus to Osaka for 35 euro.
The end of the month and more than $250 than I shelled out for the end of March/early April. But just for a few days this time. :D And then I need to get really serious about saving for an extended stay. :blush:
It is possibly to make a reservation and delay payment until two weeks before the flight date, though, in the hope that rates will go down again. I never realized that before....but yeah probably not this summer. :okashii:
Including tax mine will be close to $900 on United from Chicago to Narita (close to 12 hours) because I wasn't able to make the reservation soon enough and now seat availaiblity is too limited for advertised rates to apply. :(
I looked for those options as well, but in the end the price wouldn´t have been that much cheaper, but the effort would´ve been quite large..For example I´d need a visa to enter Russia to get to aeroflot.. It wouldn´t be a problem, but I´ve got just a few weeks before I should go, so I really don´t have time to organize complicated routes. Thank you anyway, so much. Maybe I´ll use these routes on the other times I´ll visit Japan :)
Anyways, I´ve just bought myself flight tickets to KIX!! :)
I found a cheaper price after all, so now I paid about 920 . And I can make changes to dates etc. for free, and the flight goes nonstop from HEL to KIX...So if everything goes well (I get the visa in time etc.), I´ll be landing on Japanese ground on May 29th at 8:40am..unbelievable :happy:
Dang, when will you be going to Japan? Yeah sucks how rats fluctuate. :relief:
by then i'm too tired to care about comfort
would choose jal, but that's primarily cause i suspect that they run things (delta airlines counter in japan are the jal employees @ that airport -- i've watched them change the signs/placards out)
Austrian...must check also via
Paris.....
I flought from Rom to Tokyo 3 times with Jal serviice very goood and kind crews
like all japanese...but seats too small for western people.....
Do not forget that is preferred direct flights even if you pay a little more
as with transfer is easier to have lost baggage....and is not very nice to spend hours at the airport at lost and found to try to know news.....
I suggest to have in your small baggage you take on board all you need for one or two days in case you cannot have you luggage back....
I have done this experience....and is not very confortable ......
helllo all
Ippolito
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