I sent in an inquiry form a week ago to a company that had an awesome business class rate on a flight to Thailand... only I never heard back from them. So I gave up and phoned the travel agent I normally deal with and the best price they could quote me was 100,000 yen for economy class. Umm... no thanks. So I hung up the phone, jumped on the internet and pulled up the cheap rate web page and found another company that was offering the same cheap business class rate as the no-response company. I gave them a ring, and not only did I get the tickets, they spoke English! Whehoo!! I can fly business class for 90,000 yen! That's cheaper than economy. Awesome.
Of course, if you are having a heart attack over those prices consider that I'm going during Golden Week when everyone leaves the country and prices skyrocket here. Usual economy price tickets are 30 - 40,000 yen to Bangkok, so that 100,000 gives you a pretty clear picture of the price gouging that goes on. My flight is not direct, I have a stop over in Taipei, but heck, that just means I can hang out in another business lounge! I'm thrilled with the tickets I got.
Life is good. I'm looking forward to a week of luxury :)
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