Anyone been on a flight booked through Expedia Japan yet?

Mamaof3 on 05/06/2013 - 11:52

Hi All,
After discovering the wonderful prices that can be sourced from Expedia Japan thanks to a fellow OzBargainer's post a few weeks ago, I noticed that there were a few issues with the japanese address (i.e. it comes up blank but when invoice is issued the address is all in japanese). Just wondering if anyone's booked through Expedia Japan before that has actually been on their flight? Were there any issues? I would love to book our tickets but just a little worried that this might be a problem!

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Comments

  • Choc0 on 05/06/2013 - 12:56

    I booked a Jetstar flight for July and was sent a Jetstar reference number which you can just enter on the jetstar site and all the details are there.

  • Mamaof3 on 05/06/2013 - 13:15

    so did you get a funny japanese residential addresss on your emailed invoice?

  • Morahan1 on 05/06/2013 - 14:50

    I booked a jetstar flight to Brisbane through expedia.jp.
    I flew 2 weeks ago. No dramas.

    I am getting emails from expedia in japaneese though. Small price to pay for the financial saving.

  • Mamaof3 on 05/06/2013 - 15:20

    oh thanks Morahan1!

    Thats a relief. Based on that feedback i feel a bit better going ahead to book it now :-)

    Thanks heaps!!

  • Pab23q on 05/06/2013 - 15:54

    Are flights from Sydney to tokyo cheaper using exepdia.jp? I plan on going first week of Feb and I am wondering if I should book now or wait for sales? I read in a forum somewhere that sales for Japan usually come out Oct/Nov but I am worried it wont be for the travel dates I need.

  • atonz00 on 06/06/2013 - 09:06

    Booked Gold Coast to Sydney for $100 return a few weeks ago. No problems.

  • Mamaof3 on 06/06/2013 - 09:10

    Fabulous to hear, thanks Atonz00!

  • Frantic on 06/06/2013 - 14:38
    +1

    Booked for adelaide in one weeks time, fingers crossed.

    Haven't decided whether I need checked baggage..I can buy it online (15kg 1750 yen iirc) until check in opens, right? So basically 24 hours before flight departure time?

  • Mamaof3 on 07/06/2013 - 08:58

    Hi Frantic,

    Can you just log onto the australian jetstar website to buy your luggage requirements or must this be done through expedia japan?

    • Frantic on 08/06/2013 - 14:08
      +1

      In the Itinery Email there is a link to add baggage and it points me to this page:

      https://book.jetstar.com/DeeplinkChangeItinerary.aspx#baggag…

      And everything is listed in Yen

      I think I will buy 15kg so if anyone knows how to do it in AUD please speak up :)

      • Mamaof3 on 09/06/2013 - 23:13

        Hmmm, I just checked Jetstar Australia's website and it looks like their baggage fees are slightly cheaper at $15.50 for 15kg, $17 for 20kg, $23 for 25kgs etc….I wonder once you have a booking reference number whether you can use that to log onto the australian jetstar website to buy your luggage requirements?

      • altomic on 10/06/2013 - 19:09
        +1

        I booked my tickets with 0 baggage and got the confirmation/booking reference number. I then just logged onto jetstar.com.au and changed the booking. just had to pay the baggage fee.

        • Frantic on 11/06/2013 - 00:02

          Thanks, but jetstar.com.au still shows baggage fees in Yen for me :(

        • altomic on 11/06/2013 - 00:42

          about 100yen to $1
          is there a currency option on the page?

        • Frantic on 11/06/2013 - 01:35

          yep works out to about $18.69 (plus 3% with my Mastercard) for 15kg.. there is no option to change currency despite being on jetstar.com/au

        • altomic on 11/06/2013 - 03:36

          yeah can't remember if it was in yen for me or not. but after living in Japan for 4 years i'm bi-currencial

  • MITM on 09/06/2013 - 22:55
    +1

    Just completed OOL-SYD. Did web check-in, printed boarding passes, no prob at airport.
    No Feds/immigration officers at other end.

    • MITM on 10/06/2013 - 22:11

      $42 OW

  • altomic on 10/06/2013 - 19:04

    booked a week in NZ (OOL-ALK) leaving in 2 weeks. have boarding passes printed and ready to go.

    • MITM on 10/06/2013 - 22:10

      AUD =

      • altomic on 10/06/2013 - 22:20
        +1

        for 5 peoples it was AU$1200 (including baggage)

    • gimme on 11/06/2013 - 08:57

      You can PRINT boarding passes 2 weeks out from the flight???

      • altomic on 11/06/2013 - 11:13

        My bad. The booking/check in docs.

    • MITM on 11/06/2013 - 11:31

      Coolangatta to Korce (Albania - ALK) ;-)
      Even Cooler than AKL :-)

  • MITM on 10/06/2013 - 22:29

    Very cool.
    NZ is domestic ? Nice if Bali or Phuket were also.

    • altomic on 11/06/2013 - 03:40

      didn't check Bali or Phuket - do they work?.
      I just happened to whack in NZ on a whim and ka-ching- bought tickets.

  • Pratty on 11/06/2013 - 08:58

    I've booked a GC - Sydney return at the end of June. No issues.

    Friend of mine was so excited about it, booked a return trip to Cairns last week. Absolutely no issues at all.

  • Frantic on 11/06/2013 - 17:40

    Anyone know what the cutoff for buying baggage online and not getting slugged at the airport is?

    • altomic on 11/06/2013 - 18:44

      time frame wise? I'd assume that you can arrive at the airport, log on to the airline booking/reservation system, add your baggage and then go to the check in counter.

      • Frantic on 12/06/2013 - 00:34

        yep, what I thought thx

  • grasstown on 15/06/2013 - 12:49

    Edit

  • benjiross on 01/07/2013 - 23:16
    +1

    Bought ADL-MEL-ADL tickets for next week. 3 tickets for 300AUD.
    Saved about 40%

  • Mamaof3 on 01/07/2013 - 23:18

    Yep we went ahead and bought our tickets as well and received all the jetstar paperwork ok. Only thing we regret is ummming and ahhhing about it for so long because by the time we actually went to buy it, the AUD dollar had gone down and we ended up paying more for our tickets than say 2mths ago. Oh well, still cheaper than Jetstar direct i guess :-)

  • banzini on 08/07/2013 - 18:40

    looks like expedia japan has removed jetstar flights?

    • Mamaof3 on 08/07/2013 - 20:25

      nah, I can still see them…just looked 5mins ago.

  • banzini on 09/07/2013 - 11:27

    cool cheers me too now - last night they werent there (i tried brasil site too) and diff dates,

  • benjiross on 13/07/2013 - 21:47

    Travelled without any problems ADL-MEL
    Didn't opt for any checked in luggage.
    On the jetstar website, when I checked my trip all the options like travel insurance, checked in luggage, etc were in Yen.

  • Maz78 on 23/07/2013 - 11:56
    +1

    Just booked a return flight from MEL-> Gold Coast for the olds. 2 return flights came to $309 AUD (inc CC fee).
    Freaking bargain. Checked on Jetstar locally they wanted $560~ and Virgin was $510.
    Expedia.jp FTW!

    Cheers to the op and others who have made me aware of Expedia.jp's great prices!

    :)

  • lukeloop on 28/07/2013 - 09:09

    Went to Melbourne for the football — no problems at all. About 45% of the price of normal Jetstar prices.
    One question though, does anyone know where to change your home address on the site? Thanks as the default is in Japan somewhere and I had to ring Jetstar to change it.

  • Frantic on 30/07/2013 - 01:34

    Damn.. No more cheap ADL-MEL fares for August.. Must of changed this a day or two cos checked last week and thought sweet return for 60 odd bucks..

  • lukelegend on 30/07/2013 - 07:53
    +3

    I actually had to cancel my trip and got a refund credit voucher back through jetstar in YEN$

  • pyramid on 06/08/2013 - 10:31
    +1

    Booked and travelled MEL-SYD-MEL with 6 adult and 2 infants. Big savings with expedia.jp. Thanks OP.

  • theaussie on 26/08/2013 - 16:43

    I just did Bne-Syd-Bne without a problem. Checked luggage and all. I saved $120 on a weekend fully booked flight. Thanks OP!

  • zenwhey on 31/08/2013 - 19:29
    -1

    No more cheap tickets from expedia Japan =(

  • theaussie on 01/09/2013 - 20:17

    really? I booked last week (23/8/13) and i still saved around $120??

    On a mock booking for Sydney for weekend of 13-15/9, jetstar website says $358 return
    Same flights expedia japan says 23700yen (xe.com says thats around $271)

    Still not a bad saving, definitely cheaper

    • Frantic on 03/09/2013 - 05:16

      yep, was saved by expedia.jp early last month as they had one cheap flight on the day I had to leave for Melb

    • zenwhey on 05/09/2013 - 11:32

      i tried syd-adl, but the price was the same as jetstar's website. Should have bought my ticket earlier

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