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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Great deal as long as Russia doesnt close its air space.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Air France are just about the worst of the long haul airlines. I elwoukd pay extra and fly with another carrier.
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radar, not flown long haul with them , can't comment , have a look at Skytrax. Price seems good
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Cheers for heads up but had a look at flights over Winter and it came to £900. Swiss are selling return flights to/from Tokyo for around £560 (free ski carriage too, so you get skis+23kg). Much better deal.. last time I flew to Japan with Air France/KLM it was a nightmare. CDG doesn't help either..
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I've got a direct return to narita for 600 including skis on Virgin Atlantic. Much cheaper than last year and still loads of tickets. Swiss looks good but you've got to connect. Can't wait. J
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| Frosty the Snowman wrote: |
| Air France are just about the worst of the long haul airlines. I elwoukd pay extra and fly with another carrier. |
Not my experience. I must say they by far the best food I ever had on long haul.
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Daughter flew air france with tennis bag, she was about 8kg overweight and it cost me best part of £100 baggage fee.(BA allowed free tennis bags) they charged nearly £500 for the group. said i would never fly with them and i still havnt. just call me stubborn 
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Radar spotted a good deal, yeah you connect, but I've never had a problem with AF, the food is very good like Stan says.
check your bag weight and sports equipment carriage with any carrier.
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stanton, I've had Dutch food and can understand how you thought AF food was good.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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dbeatski, except its £300 more than airlines like Virgin and Swiss over the Winter period, and if you fly via CDG you can pretty much guarantee your bag gets lost for a few days.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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if you fly via CDG you can pretty much guarantee your bag gets lost for a few days.
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Yes.
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I elwoukd pay extra and fly with another carrier.
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And yes.
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You know it makes sense.
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One tip re. flying FROM Japan.
While the main leg of your flight will probably be with a big airline, the internal Tokyo-Sapporo flight will likely be with one of their smaller Japanese partners, who have different rules on ski carriage. HOWEVER, flying rules state the baggage policy of the airline you're flying with for the longest leg of the journey apply, as long as you've booked the journey all the way through with them. Make sure you've printed off that page of the airline regulations though!
I had no problems flying outwards with a 190cm ski bag, but on my way back JAL tried to charge me for extra/oversized baggage for my skis. Luckily I'd printed the page from BA so it was ok. Also pay attention to maximum length of the skis allowed - BA said 190, but I had 194cm skis... Luckily I noticed when the girl went to measure the skis and just pointed out the 190cm stamp on the bag, but if the bag was unmarked I would still have had to pay extra. Gotta love Dakine for making ski bags longer than the stated length!!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Timmahh, return to japan for £200?, I'm there! Gimme some of that !
What are the dates?
Ok, and I fly AF long-haul a lot, never had a problem with lost bags either.
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Poster: A snowHead
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The tax on its own from UK to Japan (return) is £375 or so.
That makes the Air France price of £499 a real bargain, because they are only getting £124 to fly you there and back!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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dbeatski,  I searched mid-dec to mid-feb and got back £900 from AF. If there is a Winter flight for £500 then that is a great deal, especially with the current £/Yen rate.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Hyst, Finnair are good price-wise, but they absolutely refused to confirm (or deny!) if there's an oversize baggage charge for skis when I spoke to them last year. All they could say was "you have to ask at the airport when you get there." Too risky for me when BA where only about 80 pounds more.
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SAS is just to expencive.
