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a friend of mine wants to travel from miami to okinawa and back for about 2 grand
can it be done and if so how can it be done best
thx
this is a favor for a friend :)
tokenuser
06-27-2008, 10:20 PM
Japan Airlines (JAL) - $1930 ... and that is leaving in 2 weeks time. 3 weeks will be cheaper, 3 months out cheaper still.
Tell them to try searching via kayak.com, it is a sort of metasearch engine site. It found that price via travelocity. Once you find the cheap price online via the discount sites, do a search on the airlines website directly. You can often get the same online price, but pay lower fees.
Vayama (also found found the kayak search) found it for $1750ish.
Now. Want it cheaper? Can you get the domestic leg to the hub airport (eg SFO, ORD) cheaper using someone like Southwest? Try it. How about the other end? Most flights into Japan land in Narita - so is there a better way to get from Narita to Okinawa? To be honest, booking end to end is better - the airlines look after luggage transfer, so you dont need to recheck luggage in, and you are also subject to international baggage restrictions rather than a mix of international and domestic.
Its all a game :)
Japan Airlines (JAL) - $1930 ... and that is leaving in 2 weeks time. 3 weeks will be cheaper, 3 months out cheaper still.
Tell them to try searching via kayak.com, it is a sort of metasearch engine site. It found that price via travelocity. Once you find the cheap price online via the discount sites, do a search on the airlines website directly. You can often get the same online price, but pay lower fees.
Vayama (also found found the kayak search) found it for $1750ish.
Now. Want it cheaper? Can you get the domestic leg to the hub airport (eg SFO, ORD) cheaper using someone like Southwest? Try it. How about the other end? Most flights into Japan land in Narita - so is there a better way to get from Narita to Okinawa? To be honest, booking end to end is better - the airlines look after luggage transfer, so you dont need to recheck luggage in, and you are also subject to international baggage restrictions rather than a mix of international and domestic.
Its all a game :)
my friend jimmy says 'thank you'
i gave him all the information
he is going about the 15th for two weeks
and he will bring me a tshit i <3 okinawa
tokenuser
06-30-2008, 02:48 PM
Insanely jealous. I loved my visit to Japan a couple of years back. I only got to go to Tokyo (business trip), but it was a wonderful culture shock ... especially late night Akihabara.
i'm jealou too as you know i grew up on okinawa
but if you want to take a trip to the far east for pleasure and amazement
hong kong is the most exotic place i have ever visited by far
i want to go to kyoto japan
that is the heart of the geisha culture
geishas were true artists
some were brilliant singers or dancers or both
i want to see the cherry bloosoms
and zen
i have been to tokyo a few times
techliveadmin
07-01-2008, 05:36 AM
This might be a crazy idea. But do you know walking is healthy? requires NO gas!!! ZOMG!!!!, and is FREE?
YES FREE!!!
:P
xibalba
07-01-2008, 05:38 AM
This might be a crazy idea. But do you know walking is healthy? requires NO gas!!! ZOMG!!!!, and is FREE?
YES FREE!!!
:P
yeah walk to japan :rolleyes:
techliveadmin
07-01-2008, 05:46 AM
yeah walk to japan :rolleyes:
not that far once you cross the rainbow bridge opposite the unicorns.
This might be a crazy idea. But do you know walking is healthy? requires NO gas!!! ZOMG!!!!, and is FREE?
YES FREE!!!
:P
i live like you on an island
you can't walk too far before you find yourself facing water
i remember a school counselor once asking me if i had ever gotten into any kind of trouble or ever run away from home
'i lived on okinawa so running away from home would have required a passport and a plane ticket costing thousands so no i never ran away' :rolleyes:
yeah walk to japan :rolleyes:
i prefer traveling by air ;)