Flight Review - Thai Airways Part 1

September 22, 2013

Today Japlanning have our latest flight review for you, with our flight to Tokyo via Bangkok with Thai Airways. Thailand’s national airline has been flying since 1960, and has multiple flights per day to Bangkok from Melbourne and onwards to Tokyo. Read on to see our first part of the review, the Melbourne to Bangkok leg on a Boeing 777 aircraft. See what we loved, didn’t care for, and what Thai stood out in.

We just flew to Tokyo from Melbourne, Australia in late August, and decided to try Thai for the first time with a transit through Bangkok before heading onwards to Narita Airport, Tokyo. The 16-hour travel time was a little longer than usual direct flights from Australia, however the chance to go with a full service airline was worth the change. Thai Airways is one of the few airlines that fly out of Melbourne with a stopover with minimal wait before your flight on to Japan. Where many other airlines transit flights through other south-east Asia countries, and can leave you waiting up to 12-hours for your next flight, Thai is a convenient 90 mins between flights.

Flight Review - Jetstar

July 16, 2013

Today, Japlanning is launching into its latest airline review. On our late-2012 trip to Tokyo, we flew with Jetstar from Melbourne to Tokyo, via Gold Coast. Read on to find out how they were, and what we loved and didn’t like about Australia’s number one low-cost airline.

Today we are flying with Jetstar, in economy, from Melbourne, Australia via Gold Coast to Narita International Airport, Tokyo, Japan.

Japlanning 101 - Airfares

May 12, 2013

So you want to visit Japan? Wise choice. There is nowhere else like it on earth! First thing you’re going to need is an Airfare to get you there. Well, unless your canoe is in great shape, that is.

On most trips you take, your biggest single purchase is going to the ticket that gets you there and back. And in 99% of cases this is going to be an Airplane tickets. These days airfares are rising in cost and rarely stay static in pricing. The price range can vary from a few dollars to hundreds of dollars with just a day’s difference in your travel dates. Here are some tips on how to get the best deal on that ticket to Japan.