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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 14, 2017, 4:30 am
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Originally Posted by BlackBerryAddict
As a fellow cloggie that hotel does have a good price - an it looks nice too
Us cheeseheads need to counterbalance the £400 a night hotel trend a bit.
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Old Jan 14, 2017, 4:50 am
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Judging from the wiki though it seems I will have the place to myself. Probably because I chose totally inappropriate dates from a weather perspective
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Old Jan 14, 2017, 5:03 am
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Originally Posted by Cymro
Just had a second e-mail chasing verification of my payment. I've responded, again, but I'm a bit concerned that they are saying they hadn't received a response as it might auto-cancel.

Annoyingly my travel companion is on a second booking so I can see a situation where he is travelling but I am not...
I called them about this and the reservations agent said that if I show the card at check in then I don't need to complete the payment verification. She put some notes on the system but I am still worried about the 'payment verification department' cancelling it.

This whole payment verification is ridiculous!

I was told by the agent that the credit card statement you send to them has to show the payment taken by Qatar for the flight they are verifying. How can anyone reasonably be expected to show them this within 48 hours when it can take 3-4 days for the payment to show up on your credit card?

I am due to fly in 2 weeks and so need to book positioning flights but not sure how long to wait before it's safe
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Old Jan 14, 2017, 5:36 am
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Originally Posted by BlackBerryAddict
Yes,any ideas for things to do and places to go outside Tokyo would appreciated. We went to Kyoto last time, so looking for different ideas.
Since you're going in July/August, you could climb Mt. Fuji if temperatures are already high enough. I did it on my last trip and of the 14 or 15 hours, it heavily rained for 10 hours straight. I didn't get to see the sunrise nor could I see the crater (heavy winds kept us from getting to see it), but it was awesome.
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Old Jan 14, 2017, 5:38 am
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Originally Posted by englisha
Exactly the same here, 2nd request sent and once again I sent the documents off.. I also never got an automated email to say they received it (only a screenprint which doesnt have any details on).

Payment went through on 12/1 and PNR and ticket number all look ok though.
Just to note I had the same experience where I submitted yesterday (though I did get a confirmation email) and then received a reminder with a 24 hours to comply message today. Have just spoken to the QR call centre in the UK and they could see all the documents from yesterday in the system and suggested they looked fine, but said they would email the payment verification team just to be sure. So hopefully fine, but maybe worth a phone call to double check...
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Old Jan 14, 2017, 5:38 am
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Has anyone been charged yet? I selected my seats and the booking seems to be fine but my CC has not even been pre-authorised yet. My AMS-BKK flight was charged pretty much straight away.
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Old Jan 14, 2017, 5:41 am
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Originally Posted by AndyRobin
How can anyone reasonably be expected to show them this within 48 hours when it can take 3-4 days for the payment to show up on your credit card?
All my credit card statements all show the payment with 24h, provided it's a working day. Just a question of online banking.

But if QR is so worried about, they probably should add 3-D Secure to the payment process.
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Old Jan 14, 2017, 6:29 am
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My flight gets to HND a bit late in the night (22:40) and after immigration/etc/etc I am afraid I won't be able to catch the last monorail (00:06) to the last station. I'm staying at Kiyosumi Shirakawa (for now, it's a free cancellation) but was just thinking if it would be prudent to get something closer to the airport?
Any advices are welcome.
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Old Jan 14, 2017, 6:32 am
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Originally Posted by xhemp
My flight gets to HND a bit late in the night (22:40) and after immigration/etc/etc I am afraid I won't be able to catch the last monorail (00:06) to the last station. I'm staying at Kiyosumi Shirakawa (for now, it's a free cancellation) but was just thinking if it would be prudent to get something closer to the airport?
Any advices are welcome.
There's the First Cabin capsule hotel in the terminal itself, for an "authentic" experience. Has semi-private pods and an onsen.
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Old Jan 14, 2017, 6:38 am
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Originally Posted by henkybaby
Added Zolex to the lonely months of March and April. Even though he is technically on a rijsttafel-fare...
I don't know what to expect of a 'rijsttafel fare' but it doesn't sound bad to me at all!!
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Old Jan 14, 2017, 6:50 am
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Originally Posted by ritesa
I have a bit more complicated routing: AMS-DOH-HKG-NGO / NGO-ICN-DOH-AMS.

Have added it to the wiki as AMS-NGO / NGO-AMS, specifiying via HKG/ICN only at the end. Hope that's ok.
May I ask how you booked this? I was not able to coax the Qatar website into doing indirect routings, even through the multicity tool. Or is it NGO in particular only for which this works?

Never mind I got it.
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Old Jan 14, 2017, 6:53 am
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Originally Posted by umbyboy
Has anyone been charged yet? I selected my seats and the booking seems to be fine but my CC has not even been pre-authorised yet. My AMS-BKK flight was charged pretty much straight away.
Just checked my CC statement. Nothing there yet, even in pending transactions, but I have ticket number and seat reservation.
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Old Jan 14, 2017, 7:13 am
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Originally Posted by mad_rich
Just checked my CC statement. Nothing there yet, even in pending transactions, but I have ticket number and seat reservation.
Already showing on my Amex card.
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Old Jan 14, 2017, 7:17 am
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I called my bank (Lloyds) and they can see the payment authorised from their end but are waiting for Qatar to take the funds.

I checked my statement from last year and it took 4 days from booking to show up.
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Old Jan 14, 2017, 7:36 am
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Originally Posted by KARFA
Already showing on my Amex card.
Also showing on mine
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