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Dec 10, 2011 | 3:48 am

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Originally Posted by roquejo

Shucks, very expensive fare and no AVOD? It's like flying Delta airlines to Narita then JFK.

Guess to only regional route that has AVOD for CX is HND, that's why it is my favorite CX asia route, excellent value for money.

Monopoly indeed, because if you take Japan airlines instead, you have to transfer from NRT to HND by train before you connect to Sapporo which is quite a hassle.

Monopoly is really bad for the consumer because the seller can dictate a high price and still have demand.

I'll be in a deeply discounted Y in G booking class actually, as I will be in a packaged tour group of around 40 pax organized by a travel agent... it's my way of beating that outrageous fare via volume/wholesale discount.

I rather fly CX long haul to Europe/US/Canada/Australia for the same price rather than buying an individual non discounted Sapporo ticket

So UO's HKG-CTS flights don't count? And JAL has NRT-CTS flights which allow flight to/from HKG to make the same day connection, you don't need to do a NRT-HND land transfer at all.

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