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Japan Airlines: Melbourne to Tokyo from $942 Return (Oct, Jan-Jun Including Sakura Season) @ Beat That Filght

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Japan Airlines: Melbourne to Tokyo from $942 Return (Oct, Jan-Jun Including Sakura Season) @ Beat That Filght
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Associatedbeatthatflight on 01/09/2024 - 12:49 beatthatflight.com.au (1501 clicks)
Last edited 02/09/2024 - 14:53 by 1 other user

Japan Airlines is ranked as the 6th best airline in the world, and a 5-star airline. A direct flight on them from Melbourne for this price is unreal - note that some are direct, but sometimes the cheapest is via Singapore, still on JAL.

The cherry blossom or sakura is never perfectly predictable, but some early predictions are below:

A friend has a video series on the 10 Best Cherry Blossom Sakura Spots in Japan - Tokyo, Yamanashi! [4K] (CC)

Destination First bloom Full bloom
Kochi March 17 March 25
Kumamoto March 19 March 28
Hiroshima March 26 April 3
Kyoto March 26 April 4
Nagoya March 24 April 1
Kanazawa March 31 April 6
Tokyo March 19 March 26
Matsumoto April 2 April 11
Fuji Five Lakes April 2 April 10
Sendai March 31 April 6
Hirosaki April 20 April 26
Hakodate April 26 May 3

I also have an article on the top 5 most popular hotels in Tokyo for under $120.

Melbourne - Tokyo on Japan Airlines

Return Price Travel Dates
$956 1 Oct to 20 Oct
$955 7 Oct to 20 Oct
$951 16 Jan to 4 Feb
$951 18 Jan to 6 Feb
$950 20 Jan to 5 Feb
$950 22 Jan to 4 Feb
$950 26 Jan to 8 Feb
$950 28 Jan to 4 Feb
$950 30 Jan to 15 Feb
$949 1 Feb to 14 Feb
$950 3 Feb to 19 Feb
$951 5 Feb to 24 Feb
$950 7 Feb to 20 Feb
$950 9 Feb to 25 Feb
$950 11 Feb to 27 Feb
$950 13 Feb to 1 Mar
$950 15 Feb to 28 Feb
$957 17 Feb to 27 Feb
$955 19 Feb to 4 Mar
$944 21 Feb to 12 Mar
$942 25 Feb to 4 Mar
$944 27 Feb to 6 Mar
$943 1 Mar to 14 Mar
$958 3 Mar to 13 Mar
$944 5 Mar to 12 Mar
$949 26 May to 8 Jun
$953 28 May to 22 Jun
$954 9 Jun to 22 Jun

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  • 0 0 0 on 01/09/2024 - 12:54
    -8

    Just tried one of the links. Not available.

    Edit: tried another one, also not available

    • Associatedbeatthatflight @ Beat That Flight on 01/09/2024 - 12:56
      +1

      I just tried a bunch again and they are? Which ones are you trying?

      • 0 0 0 on 01/09/2024 - 14:09
        -8

        Tried the January ones. Looks like it might be working again but seats must be very limited. Doesn't work for 2 adults and 3 kids

    • tarxan on 01/09/2024 - 12:58

      worked for me

  • askbargain on 01/09/2024 - 12:59
    -4

    which are direct and which aren't? some have really long layovers

    • timthetoolman on 01/09/2024 - 16:18
      +6

      Flights where it doesn't stop are direct, and flights that stop over are not

  • ThatNintendoKid on 01/09/2024 - 13:17
    +6

    Don’t see any during sakura season

    • Jiv on 02/09/2024 - 07:11

      +1

      Looking for somwhere between 20 March to 15 April.

  • Selenium on 01/09/2024 - 13:18
    +2

    Still nothing mid March to early April return, sadly.

    • CharcoaI on 01/09/2024 - 13:39
      +1

      I'm waiting for mid April 😞

      • Lets Make Sandwiches on 01/09/2024 - 17:01

        Won't get it - these guys all seem to be over the school holidays

  • twig on 01/09/2024 - 13:28
    +2

    Japan Airlines is ranked as the 6th best airline in the world

    Was curious and checked Qantas. Sitting at 24th, down from 17th. Ouch

  • th123 on 01/09/2024 - 13:32
    +1

    Any business deals?

  • lachlantula on 01/09/2024 - 13:41
    +4

    im sorry but why do you use these ugly ai images lol, real photos of temples are much prettier

    • ldd-mn on 01/09/2024 - 15:35
      +1

      It's just being lazy

  • Darkscythe on 01/09/2024 - 13:57

    Panicked as i paid $1430 with JAL in February but noticed that the flights seem to be the ones with long layovers whereas I have direct both ways.

    • Shanetrain on 01/09/2024 - 15:19

      Gotta just not look and be happy with what you paid aye haha 🤣 we paid $1050 return and direct with Qantas for this November.

      • Darkscythe on 01/09/2024 - 15:31

        Haha. Yep! I turned off all of price alerts once I booked but still doesn't solve the OzB addiction…

    • lunartemis on 02/09/2024 - 06:51

      I got a direct flight in April next year for $1060 Melb-Narita.

    • Arick on 09/09/2024 - 09:46

      I would say even now that's a decent price. I'm looking at them direct for the same period and probably minimum $1500 for very specific dates but most of them would be $1750 minimum

      • Darkscythe on 09/09/2024 - 09:51

        Yeah, hence why I pulled the trigger. I could have saved about $400 by having an overnight stopover in Singapore but that adds an extra night in a hotel plus transport plus it was QANTAS on the last leg instead of JAL (so who knows how good/bad it would be given some of the recent things I've seen online). Not to mention - by that point, you just want to be home.

  • pixelbug on 01/09/2024 - 14:43

    Managed to book directly with the airline for a trip in late Jan to late Feb (direct flight there, via SIN with a 2 hour layover on the way back) for a tick over $1000 a few days ago. Usually far less hassle booking directly with the airline (plus you get free seat selection when booking), but any sort of price around this range is very good for JAL

  • Edwog on 01/09/2024 - 16:17

    Booked late Jan early Feb. Good prices for JAL. Don't love the reviews for booking via Flight Network. Anyone got any experience/comments? Flights have appeared in my Qantas app, so that's a good sign I guess

    • Associatedbeatthatflight @ Beat That Flight on 01/09/2024 - 16:39
      +1

      I've used them as recently as July for a trans-Tasman flight with no issues.

      • Edwog on 01/09/2024 - 16:54

        Great. Thanks for the reply

    • Arick on 09/09/2024 - 09:47

      Did you go direct? The layover flights that I saw for the same period you mentioned made the total duration about 30h.

  • princesszeldachechen on 01/09/2024 - 16:31
    -3

    flying is dangerous. direct only no stopover, take off and landing have the most accidents

  • buckster on 01/09/2024 - 16:37

    JAL were beset with delays when we used them last year, I'd fly with ANA if I needed to again :/

    • Fredfloresjr on 02/09/2024 - 09:47

      Just your experience mate, we never had probs with them, flew 4x.

      • buckster on 02/09/2024 - 11:49

        Let's hope so - in my case it was domestic legs which were terrible

  • big bill broonzy on 01/09/2024 - 17:30

    Thinking of traveling to Tokyo and Osaka around Feb to very early March. Anyone have any experience traveling around this time?

  • Time has come on 01/09/2024 - 18:42
    +5

    Hope this helps someone find a gem without the crap long layovers and Qantas hell flights.

    Below is a list of available dates for 10-14 day trips, only direct flights, and only booking direct with JAL with reasonable prices.

    A few are $1,235 in Feb, the rest mostly $1,145, and $995 in late May and June.

    Departure dates:
    24 Feb
    2, 3, 4 March
    23, 28, 30 April
    26, 28 May
    2, 4, 9, 11, 16, 18 June.

    Returning dates:
    8, 16 March
    5, 11, 13 May (warning: Golden Week is to be avoided)
    8, 15, 22, 29 June (warning: June is undesirable weather)

    https://www.jal.co.jp/au/en/

    • Dangerwoodlett on 03/09/2024 - 14:36

      Thanks for this - was able to find dates that worked for us and booked. Much appreciated.

      • Time has come on 03/09/2024 - 16:19

        Nice to know I helped. You'll have a great flight with JAL.

  • chickhen on 01/09/2024 - 23:31

    wondering how humid and rainy tokyo would be from 28 May to 8th June…got two kids under 3

    • Time has come on 03/09/2024 - 16:34

      Check out the averages for that period and see if it's tolerable.
      https://weatherspark.com/y/143809/Average-Weather-in-Tokyo-J…

      If you could wait until late October to early November, it's better for clear skies and cool comfortable temperatures.

    • quint_10 on 04/09/2024 - 17:57

      hey. it's generally fine. this year there was almost no rainy season in June. and the summer heat started in July and is still going

  • eman resu on 02/09/2024 - 09:16
    -1

    why cant they bloom during school holidays? So unfair!

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