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Fancy an impulse trip from Tokyo?

This may interest you.

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Fare JPY 10,000 per flight for all routes.
Applicable routes SNA all routes
From / to Haneda(Tokyo) - Miyazaki, Kumamoto, Nagasaki and Kagoshima
From / to Naha(Okinawa) - Miyazaki, Kumamoto, Nagasaki and Kagoshima
Conditions Non-Japanese passport holder, aged 3 and over can use VISIT JAPAN fare.
You are a foreign tourist visiting Japan from abroad for sight-seeing, under the entry status of “Temporary visitor.”
“Temporary Visitor” entry status, according to Japanese Immigration Law, allows a stay in Japan of 90 days for ”sight-seeing, etc.”
If you apply for a “stay for sight-seeing” when you enter Japan, entry personnel will stamp your passport as “Temporary Visitor,” as shown below. Only person who has a passport bearing this stamp can use a VISIT JAPAN fare.
Available on stand-by basis only. When there is a seat available at the airport on the day of departure(booking is not available).

http://www.skynetasia.co.jp/eng/fare/price/visit.html

Basically the same as oneWorld JAL visit Japan product ? (well 1000 yen cheaper than ANA ? ) except much less choice

http://www.oneworld.com/ow/air-trave...es/visit-japan
http://www.ana.co.jp/wws/general/e/t...l/airpass.html

SNA's fare is on stand-by basis. This means you don't have to purchase the tickets before you enter Japan while ANA and OW fares require you to do so.

Some tourists may find the fare very useful.

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Originally Posted by O Sora (Post 12816501)

SNA's fare is on stand-by basis. This means you don't have to purchase the tickets before you enter Japan while ANA and OW fares require you to do so.

Some tourists may find the fare very useful.

Not so sure how many tourists on a short trip will want to hang around an airport hoping standby space is available!

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Originally Posted by RichardInSF (Post 12817954)

Not so sure how many tourists on a short trip will want to hang around an airport hoping standby space is available!

Richard san, Japanese careers are not so good at yield management and inventory control.

The average seat occupancy of SNA in Oct. is 68% only.　
http://www.the-miyanichi.co.jp/conte...p?itemid=21584

32% of the seats were available for stand-by.

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Originally Posted by O Sora (Post 12825951)

SNA might fill more seats if they actually promise a seat to people who are interested in this offer. As Richard pointed out -- for a tourist with a limited time in Japan, the risk idea of making a trip to Haneda only to be told that the flight is full just doesn't seem worth the risk. If SNA doesn't get that, they don't deserve to fill even 68% of their seats.