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Old Jan 12, 2017, 2:31 pm
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Wiki Updated 2017-09-13 to include #610

QR fare rules for this one can be found here.

I have created a travel trips thread in the Japan forum. A good place to discuss hotels, trips, restaurants and maybe even arrange meet ups: The QR week(end) HND/NRT travel thread (2017)

Sorted by departure month:

November

Outbound
CPH-HND : 03/11/17 : denkigroove
LHR-HND : 03/11/17 : Cymro +1
BRU-NRT : 08/11/17 : mad_rich
AMS-NRT : 08.11.17 : jordie
AMS-HND : 13.11.17 UAPremierGuy
BRU-NRT : 15/11/17 : xtommox
AMS-HND : 15/11/17 : phoneticduck +1
AMS-NRT : 17/11/17 : polochick
BRU-NRT : 17/11/17 : Asserti+1 (DOH-NRT 18/11)
LHR-HND : 18/11/17 : justatourist
AMS-HND : 19/11/17 : Tennislover9
AMS-HND : 20.11.17 : travellingjake +2
LHR-NRT : 23/11/17 : Pilot37
LHR-HND : 23/11/17 : Carofos
AMS-NRT : 24/11/17 : island82


Inbound
HND-AMS : 05/11/17 : toastedcafe
HND-AMS : 11/11/17 : Cymro +1
NRT-AMS : 12.11.17 : jordie
HND-AMS : 19.11.17 : UAPremierGuy
HND-AMS : 21/11/17 : phoneticduck +1
NRT-BRU : 22/11/17 : mad_rich
NRT-BRU : 23/11/17 : Asserti+1 (DOH-BRU 25/11)
HND-AMS : 25/11/17 : denkigroove
HND-AMS : 26/11/17 : Tennislover9
HND-AMS : 26/11/17 : polochick
NRT-BRU : 26/11/17 : fbruno
HND-LHR : 27/11/17 : Pilot37
NRT-AMS : 28/11/17 : island82
NRT-BRU : 28/11/17 : xtommox
HND-LHR : 29/11/17 : Carofos
NRT-MAN : 30.11.17 : travellingjake +2


December

Outbound
BRU-HND : 04/12/17 : jlisi984 +2
AMS-NRT : 10/12/17 : NikaK +1

Inbound
NRT-AMS : 04/12/17 : justatourist
HND-AMS : 12/12/17 : jlisi984 +2
NRT-AMS : 14/12/17 : NikaK +1
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Old Jan 13, 2017, 2:38 pm
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Park Hyatt booked and Wiki updated - my little one love raw fish and are already now excited ... if you disagree with kids in Biz class avoid my flight :-)
Darn... Too late. Will you be in the front or the back of the cabin on DOH-HND? Can I recommend row 9? Lots of room for the kids to play around the bar.
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Old Jan 13, 2017, 2:42 pm
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Park Hyatt booked and Wiki updated - my little one love raw fish and are already now excited ... if you disagree with kids in Biz class avoid my flight :-)
Rooms at the Park Hyatt are great. See if they'll give you one with a Mount Fuji view, it's a long way off but still cool to look out on
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Old Jan 13, 2017, 2:43 pm
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The lists IMHO still fails to take into account common segments.

While on different routes, the DOH-HND is the same.
Well, don't let me stop you...
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Old Jan 13, 2017, 2:59 pm
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Well, don't let me stop you...
Are you challenging me...?
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Old Jan 13, 2017, 3:05 pm
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Are you challenging me...?
Nope. Just saying that if you want to improve something you are welcome to do it. ^
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Old Jan 13, 2017, 3:08 pm
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Rooms at the Park Hyatt are great. See if they'll give you one with a Mount Fuji view, it's a long way off but still cool to look out on
Quite steep prices @ 2.2k for 3/N in June (2,8 w/ Breaky). Worth it?
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Old Jan 13, 2017, 3:13 pm
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Quite steep prices @ 2.2k for 3/N in June (2,8 w/ Breaky). Worth it?
Really? For a room? It is a nice place but you might as well take the IC Tokyo Bay for €170 a night. Unless you plan on staying indoors all the time. I also like the Hilton by the way.

The Ueno area is quite nice. Great park, bit more local.
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Rooms at the Park Hyatt are great. See if they'll give you one with a Mount Fuji view, it's a long way off but still cool to look out on
If you're a Hyatt fan check out the Andaz, it's effectively a brand new Park Hyatt that accidentally got branded wrongly!
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Old Jan 13, 2017, 3:20 pm
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Really? For a room? It is a nice place but you might as well take the IC Tokyo Bay for €170 a night. Unless you plan on staying indoors all the time. I also like the Hilton by the way.

The Ueno area is quite nice. Great park, bit more local.
Agreed, that's too rich for me. It might be cheaper through a consolidator type site, but I wouldn't say it was worth those quoted prices.
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Nope. Just saying that if you want to improve something you are welcome to do it. ^
Ok. Edited the wiki and now the departures and returns are listed separately and some dates have already been consolidated.
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Originally Posted by henkybaby
Really? For a room? It is a nice place but you might as well take the IC Tokyo Bay for €170 a night. Unless you plan on staying indoors all the time. I also like the Hilton by the way.

The Ueno area is quite nice. Great park, bit more local.
Thanks Henk! Since we are both Dutch, I like to look at places which are bang-for-the-guilder.
Hotel room should be convenant and close to the action for us, nice breaky is appreciated but not mandatory.
I friend pointed me into the direction of monterey akasaka and monterey ginza, which are 2/10 of the price Park Hyat!
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Old Jan 13, 2017, 3:28 pm
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If you're a Hyatt fan check out the Andaz, it's effectively a brand new Park Hyatt that accidentally got branded wrongly!
It is about as expensive as the Park Hyatt. Andaz is their new 'upscale' hip brand. Very nice yet equally overpriced.

No offence meant, but this are hotels for Americans who want everything to be like it is at home but then somewhere else. Find a smaller hotel in a nice area and at least get some taste of what it means to be in Japan, where nobody understands you and you understand nobody. It is marvellous!

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Thanks Henk! Since we are both Dutch, I like to look at places which are bang-for-the-guilder.
In that case, also check out the Hotel Risveglio Akasaka. Same quiet area as the one you mentioned so close to everything - and transport - very cheap and very good. Rooms can be a bit on the small side if travelling as a couple. It is a bit more modern and hip than the Monterey.

I'd rather spend the €1000/€2000 saved on good food and sake!
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Old Jan 13, 2017, 3:36 pm
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Find a smaller hotel in a nice area and at least get some taste of what it means to be in Japan, where nobody understands you and you understand nobody. It is marvellous!
PAGING lost_in_translation

And yes: it's totally fun. I've overnighted a couple years ago in small Japanese town and everyone in the hotel spoke Japanese and only Japanese. Pure comedy gold.
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It is about as expensive as the Park Hyatt. Andaz is their new 'upscale' hip brand. Very nice yet equally overpriced.

No offence meant, but this are hotels for Americans who want everything to be like it is at home but then somewhere else. Find a smaller hotel in a nice area and at least get some taste of what it means to be in Japan, where nobody understands you and you understand nobody. It is marvellous!
I have indeed done that before, but each to their own I guess. What is overpriced depends on what you're looking for, but the prices for the Andaz have indeed only gone upwards since opening.
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Old Jan 13, 2017, 3:47 pm
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PAGING lost_in_translation

And yes: it's totally fun. I've overnighted a couple years ago in small Japanese town and everyone in the hotel spoke Japanese and only Japanese. Pure comedy gold.
Haha . Unfortunately I speak enough bits of Japanese that I can't get that any more
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