 Poster: A snowHead
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I am looking to book flights for Jan 2013 this week and was wondering if anybody has any experiance of taking skis with JAL (costs etc).Or can anybody suggest a carrier who has a favourable policy with reference to skis on this journey?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I normally fly KLM & Korean (Cardiff - Amsterdam - Seoul - Sapporo) and haven't had a problem taking skis.
Also flown ANA and JAL for the Sapporo to Tokyo legs. No problem.
And Virgin from Tokyo to London. No problem.
It's in your total luggage allowance. Think it's 20 kg.
I take a laptop bag and a North Face 40l hold all that can carry my ski boots, kneebrace and a change of clothes on board with me.
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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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I would go with a flight to Tokyo on Virgin, then change to Skymark (japanese budget airline). On Virgin, you get an extra 23kgs with your skis (on top of your standard 23), then on skymark you have to pay 1000 yen for your ski bag, which is less than a tenner. I just booked return flights on Virgin for £560, and skymark should cost less than 10'000 yen each way. Only pain is that you have to change between Narita and Haneda.
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780 quid for me, and I say goodbye to my bags in Cardiff and don't see them until I get to Chitose.
Did the change in Tokyo thing once. Never again.
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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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jimmer, think we've discussed a similar topic on NS!? If you're coming into Narita, have a look at Air Asia, they've recently started flying Narita - Chitose. Sample prices looking at December are around 6,000. And you can book now rather than having to wait for 2 months before as with Skymark.
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Yeah, I am going to hang out with a mate in tokyo for a few nights first though, makes it much less painful, I'll blackcat my bags in Narita, so I won't see them until Hirafu. Also had a lot of issues trying to change the connecting flight to Tokyo last year so I could go on holiday in SE Asia, was impossible and a massive pain so staying flexible this year!
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Haha, yeah Magseven we probably have, I'm Rosbif on there. Yeah I'll have a look at Airasia, they were great for me around Asia last year, lots of hidden costs with them though.
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