Originally Posted by
RichardInSF
While they give you a bog standard Suica card with Y1500 credit, the N'Ex ticket you get is for a specific seat on a specific train on a specific day. I don't think that you want to commit to your plane not being late, immigration not being slow, etc., weeks in advance.
Also, if you buy a ticket from Narita airport to Yugawara, the savings will be somewhat variable (maybe a slightly better deal, maybe a slightly worse deal) compared to just using it into Tokyo. This is because of how Japanese train fares are constructed, there is a slight saving in doing A-B-C on express trains without stopover compared to A-B and B-C ticketed separately.
Thanks Richard, that is so true about commiting to a reserve ticket especially flying on UA
. More time at the lounge for me then.
BTW, when you say buy the ticket from Narita to Yugawara, do you mean forget the N'Ex + Suica combo and just purchase a N'Ex + JR ticket directly from JR ticket machine? I really don't need a Suica card as I already have one from previous visit but I thought the combo deal is cheaper.