Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Wow, I just looked up the airfare for Tokyo out of curiosity since we have been saving. In November it is $1500 per person, in April it is $3300 - for coach!!!! Darn it, will we ever make it???!!!!
Originally Posted By RockyMtnMinnie Wow! I've found cheaper airfare there from the states (but not much).
Originally Posted By RockyMtnMinnie I always have Yapta watching flights to Tokyo and France on the off chance that there's a cheap fare and I can go see another Disney... It hasn't happened yet.
Originally Posted By Mr X I found a fare of $703 on Korean Airlines. You have to fly out of Munich though, with a layover in Inchon, Korea. :O (might be worth considering though...how much is airfare to Munich?)
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I'd call a ticket consolidator i.e. bucket shop and see what they can come up with.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Munich ia another $300 each, and adds so much time. Don't think Korean would be a goer. But yep, with four airfares on one salary, I think it will be about 5 years before we go.
Originally Posted By Malin Sorry to hear about that Dave, its the reason why I'll probarely never visit Tokyo again unless its as a stop over to Australia. £800 each just for flight tickets is too much in my opinion. Tokyo is an amazing destination and I'm happy to have visited twice already. Sadly for you Dave in another 5 years a lot of new Studio parks are goiong to be opened up all over Asia, including a possible new Shanghai Disney Resort if speculation online is correct, so that be even less of a reason to visit, especially if the airfare doesn't drop!
Originally Posted By u k fan Just had a look on BA, flights to Tokyo as you mention Dave. LAX coming in at $816 and MCO $876 in December. That's pretty much what I expected!!!
Originally Posted By Mr X I'm actually surprised that Dave et al doesn't have enough FFM under their belts (I'm simply presuming here, I have no idea the situation)... In fact, our little clan over here has been hoarding our freeloader miles for quite some time, and we are considering using them to make that unattainable trip to Europe, attainable. Of course, we've flown to hell and back (Boston, many times lol) to make that a possibility...but we're ALMOST there (none of us have that coveted 60,000 miles yet, but we're all very close now).
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Sadly Mr X, the UK carriers reset them (i.e. if unused within a year, they are lost!) each year. Not cool.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< Sadly Mr X, the UK carriers reset them (i.e. if unused within a year, they are lost!) each year. Not cool. >>> The US-based programs mostly have a rule that as long as you have at least some activity every 18 months or so (which could be as simple as donating 100 miles to charity if you otherwise can't earn any), your miles never expire.
Originally Posted By Mr X SD, that's an excellent tip. Boy, you really DO know everything about freeloading huh!?
