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Old Feb 12, 2011 | 5:43 pm
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Originally Posted by hockeysticks
Trying to find any kind of good flight deals flying out of Japan to North America is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. The travel agent industry is controlled by 1 company. What's more upsetting is that this particular company (HIS) loves to advertise extremely low fares but is NEVER able to offer tickets at prices anywhere close to their ads. Booking direct through the airlines seems to be only slightly cheaper.
Really? I thought the industry was controlled by JTB. So does that mean it is a duopoly?

I do agree with you, fares ex-Japan are in general a rigged game. For example, NRT-HKG-NRT could be as much as twice as expensive as HKG-NRT-HKG for the same flights, the same booking class, the same airline, and the same booking engine.
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