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Thursday, 13 April
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Planning to Attend Welcome Drinks at Pub Cardinal Akasaka, Thursday, 13 April 19:00~
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Planning to Join Tokyo Shitamachi Walk, Friday, 14 April 09:45~
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Japan Do #5 - Tokyo - April 13-15, 2017

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Old Apr 7, 2017, 2:20 pm
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Old Apr 7, 2017, 3:29 pm
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TPAC UA
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Old Apr 7, 2017, 6:43 pm
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TPAC UA
He and a few others survived UA35 SFO-KIX lsat year despite being 5+ hours late.
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Old Apr 7, 2017, 7:25 pm
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Will that be in the new Polaris biz seats? If so, the flight might be quite nice.
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Old Apr 7, 2017, 8:27 pm
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Since I'll only be arriving around midday 14th at nrt AND not have a space for the DO dinner I might be out of luck. I'm a pretty seasoned tokyo traveller and i do have a vague idea of what i can do when the group is still in tokyo but i'd still like to meet everyone over dinner if miraculously there are extra seats at the restaurant. Please do let me know otherwise we shall meet for the matsumoto trip.

at the same time are there "public" alternative plans for 14 evening for those who cant/wont make the dinner?

now i should find who hosts the whatsapp group...
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Old Apr 7, 2017, 8:50 pm
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Originally Posted by kaka
now i should find who hosts the whatsapp group...
If you scroll back a page or two, you'll find it's NewbieRunner who is "running" the WhatsApp group

Originally Posted by nme7
Will that be in the new Polaris biz seats? If so, the flight might be quite nice.
I'll let kirkwoodj correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe it's still the old J.
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Old Apr 8, 2017, 12:21 am
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Originally Posted by kaka
Since I'll only be arriving around midday 14th at nrt AND not have a space for the DO dinner I might be out of luck. I'm a pretty seasoned tokyo traveller and i do have a vague idea of what i can do when the group is still in tokyo but i'd still like to meet everyone over dinner if miraculously there are extra seats at the restaurant. Please do let me know otherwise we shall meet for the matsumoto trip.

at the same time are there "public" alternative plans for 14 evening for those who cant/wont make the dinner?

now i should find who hosts the whatsapp group...
What if you happen to be at the restaurant say 6:30 or so and just stayed until the group showed up at 7? Would the restaurant kick you out?
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Old Apr 8, 2017, 11:46 am
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Originally Posted by NewbieRunner
He and a few others survived UA35 SFO-KIX last year despite being 5+ hours late.
Indeed. That sucked. There were 6 of us.

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Will that be in the new Polaris biz seats? If so, the flight might be quite nice.
Nope, good ol' pmCO 777 with Polaris soft product.
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Old Apr 8, 2017, 12:02 pm
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Originally Posted by perthite
[Just need the waitlist on Fridays dinner to clear ]
Originally Posted by kaka
Since I'll only be arriving around midday 14th at nrt AND not have a space for the DO dinner I might be out of luck. I'm a pretty seasoned tokyo traveller and i do have a vague idea of what i can do when the group is still in tokyo but i'd still like to meet everyone over dinner if miraculously there are extra seats at the restaurant. Please do let me know otherwise we shall meet for the matsumoto trip.
I've contacted our man in Tokyo who is currently travelling in the US about the possibility of increasing the number for the dinner. He tells me the maximum size of the space he could reserve was for 30 people but he will try and contact the restaurant to see if the number can be changed. He will try and do it before Monday morning Japan time. So watch this space.

I believe there are currently five people on the waiting list.
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Old Apr 8, 2017, 1:14 pm
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I've contacted our man in Tokyo who is currently travelling in the US...<snip>
Hope he's not flying DL <duck>

Excited to be leaving this snow behind late Monday

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Old Apr 8, 2017, 7:58 pm
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Originally Posted by NewbieRunner
I've contacted our man in Tokyo who is currently travelling in the US about the possibility of increasing the number for the dinner. He tells me the maximum size of the space he could reserve was for 30 people but he will try and contact the restaurant to see if the number can be changed. He will try and do it before Monday morning Japan time. So watch this space.

I believe there are currently five people on the waiting list.
I can't seem to find the waiting list...can someone point me to where I can add my name to it? (User error is a problem.)
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Old Apr 8, 2017, 9:35 pm
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I can't seem to find the waiting list...can someone point me to where I can add my name to it? (User error is a problem.)
when i tried to book a ticket it prompted me to add myself to the waiting liat
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Old Apr 8, 2017, 9:39 pm
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when i tried to book a ticket it prompted me to add myself to the waiting liat
Thanks - I think I am on the wait list now.
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Old Apr 9, 2017, 6:46 pm
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Sorry (again), but I am out for this year. I have a funeral on Wednesday, and there is a bit too much "going on", so I don't want to go away.

The good news is that I have asked armagebedar to release my dinner seat to someone on the wait-list. I am also about to release my Hyatt Regency booking, and award seats up to Japan in the next few minutes. If anyone has particular interest please contact me ASAP.

Unfortunately my attendance record at this do is almost as bad as the thread creator's... Must do something about that.

I hope it is a great do.
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Old Apr 10, 2017, 12:59 am
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Originally Posted by penegal
Sorry (again), but I am out for this year. I have a funeral on Wednesday, and there is a bit too much "going on", so I don't want to go away.

The good news is that I have asked armagebedar to release my dinner seat to someone on the wait-list. I am also about to release my Hyatt Regency booking, and award seats up to Japan in the next few minutes. If anyone has particular interest please contact me ASAP.

Unfortunately my attendance record at this do is almost as bad as the thread creator's... Must do something about that.

I hope it is a great do.
Sorry about not making Tokyo and condolences.

OTOH, am i next on the waitlist? Am i next on the waitlist? :P (I'm with a friend so will need 2 spaces.)
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