LHR - NRT RTN. damn.. i wanted to fly with virgin .. last min the website changed it to no more cheap seats.. niameh..
i checked and checked everyday from last month for those dates i wanted.
first it was £570.50. then went up to £620. then back to £593.50. then today when i finally sort of decided on the cheapest hotel options for the trip and wanted to check the flights b4 i book the hotels... "^$£%!" that stupid fare no more..
virgin had the best time for the trip. 1300 hrs lon arrive nrt at 0900. just nice for the start of the day. sigh..
i panicked.. as usual.. i don't like changes... especially when i'm really eager to do something.. (which also turns me into a gaga if i found one girl i like) so i went searching for the cheapest flight and best alternative online.
i thought it was just a mistake. virgin must have played a trick on me so that i'd buy the more expensive fare which was £894. arghh... anyways, i started searching
in no particular order i searched from
i. thomascook.com ( not really cheap. cheapest was JAL for £636 - where i could get 3% for using an affiliate program. which amounts to £18 which was KIV)
ii. flight.co.uk ( nothing really fantastic. BA had flights for £663. i didnt really like BA after i flew with BA to aberdeen. no offense. but not my cuppa tea.)
iii. cathay pacific i tried.. but that was horrible. £915 plus a stopover in Hong kong. don't want to do a stopover + the price wasn't at all that attractive.
iv. then i tried looking at baa.com to find out which airlines flew ex-LHR to NRT. only 5 airlines. which was ( aeroflot - russian airline with no online booking facility, virgin - which didnt have the fare i wanted anymore. ANA - fare was too expensive. i checked. about same as virgin's premium fare., BA - need i say more ? last was JAL - which looked promising.but still a tad high at £615. )
v. ebookers.com - checked that. gave me JAL was cheapest at £606 but they charged like 1.5% on credit card transactions and they didnt accepted solo. and my debit card had not enough money lol )
-_-
vi. i thought of going to japantravelcentre in piccadilly tomorrow but then again.. i really am too lazy to go so i searched again tried expedia uk. wow. turned out they had a nice fare for the same flight. at about the same price of the virgin flight but a later flight. which was at 1900 hrs and arriving at 1445. and because most of the hotels in tokyo check in time was like at 3 pm or 4 pm.. i thought to myself yeah this one looks alright.
and out came my credit card. checked and rechecked for best fares again. and then thought about credit card here i can pay like 56 days later. hmm... sounds good. and waht's more expedia don't charge for credit cards.. yay !
finally.. it's booked. (the flight that is) for £595.50. about 2 pounds more than virgin's but i guess it's alright considering it's JAL. and apparently ebookers had a do have a list of legroom provided by airlines in the coach section. link here. seems that JAL had longest legroom at 34". where virgin had 30". and i'm not very short.
that's it. i had to find excuses for myself for not booking the virgin's flight :D
ya.. that's the reason for the post at this time of the night. i spent the whole day in front of my computer searching for information on hotels,places to see, shoppings stuffs etc. etc...
finally it's booked. my second step to japan. lol
anyways, now to have to make sure i can get the visa done and the hotels booked.
i checked and checked everyday from last month for those dates i wanted.
first it was £570.50. then went up to £620. then back to £593.50. then today when i finally sort of decided on the cheapest hotel options for the trip and wanted to check the flights b4 i book the hotels... "^$£%!" that stupid fare no more..
virgin had the best time for the trip. 1300 hrs lon arrive nrt at 0900. just nice for the start of the day. sigh..
i panicked.. as usual.. i don't like changes... especially when i'm really eager to do something.. (which also turns me into a gaga if i found one girl i like) so i went searching for the cheapest flight and best alternative online.
i thought it was just a mistake. virgin must have played a trick on me so that i'd buy the more expensive fare which was £894. arghh... anyways, i started searching
in no particular order i searched from
i. thomascook.com ( not really cheap. cheapest was JAL for £636 - where i could get 3% for using an affiliate program. which amounts to £18 which was KIV)
ii. flight.co.uk ( nothing really fantastic. BA had flights for £663. i didnt really like BA after i flew with BA to aberdeen. no offense. but not my cuppa tea.)
iii. cathay pacific i tried.. but that was horrible. £915 plus a stopover in Hong kong. don't want to do a stopover + the price wasn't at all that attractive.
iv. then i tried looking at baa.com to find out which airlines flew ex-LHR to NRT. only 5 airlines. which was ( aeroflot - russian airline with no online booking facility, virgin - which didnt have the fare i wanted anymore. ANA - fare was too expensive. i checked. about same as virgin's premium fare., BA - need i say more ? last was JAL - which looked promising.but still a tad high at £615. )
v. ebookers.com - checked that. gave me JAL was cheapest at £606 but they charged like 1.5% on credit card transactions and they didnt accepted solo. and my debit card had not enough money lol )
-_-
vi. i thought of going to japantravelcentre in piccadilly tomorrow but then again.. i really am too lazy to go so i searched again tried expedia uk. wow. turned out they had a nice fare for the same flight. at about the same price of the virgin flight but a later flight. which was at 1900 hrs and arriving at 1445. and because most of the hotels in tokyo check in time was like at 3 pm or 4 pm.. i thought to myself yeah this one looks alright.
and out came my credit card. checked and rechecked for best fares again. and then thought about credit card here i can pay like 56 days later. hmm... sounds good. and waht's more expedia don't charge for credit cards.. yay !
finally.. it's booked. (the flight that is) for £595.50. about 2 pounds more than virgin's but i guess it's alright considering it's JAL. and apparently ebookers had a do have a list of legroom provided by airlines in the coach section. link here. seems that JAL had longest legroom at 34". where virgin had 30". and i'm not very short.
that's it. i had to find excuses for myself for not booking the virgin's flight :D
ya.. that's the reason for the post at this time of the night. i spent the whole day in front of my computer searching for information on hotels,places to see, shoppings stuffs etc. etc...
finally it's booked. my second step to japan. lol
anyways, now to have to make sure i can get the visa done and the hotels booked.
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