Upcoming trip - Adelaide to Sapporo

[cwliew]

Hi guys,

I am flying from Adelaide to Sapporo in J using cathay in a week or so. The flight is an adelaide - melbourne - HK (onight stay) - Narita. Then we've got inner japan flights from narita to Sapporo etc.

Looking at the oneworld website, JAL fly between sapporo and narita. If possible, I'd like to fly this route just for the points etc.

I can't seem to book this at all via any websites.

Does anyone know how to do this at all?

Thanks!

Addit: I am a SG FF, and was wondering what lounges I should go to when I get to Melbourne, HK and While waiting in narita on the way home. Flying J in cathay. Any good ideas?

 

[Hvr]

Hi guys,

I am flying from Adelaide to Sapporo in J using cathay in a week or so. The flight is an adelaide - melbourne - HK (onight stay) - Narita. Then we've got inner japan flights from narita to Sapporo etc.

Looking at the oneworld website, JAL fly between sapporo and narita. If possible, I'd like to fly this route just for the points etc.

Maybe I am confused but aren't you already flying to CTS?

There are only a couple of JAL flights a day between NRT domestic and CTS. The main airport for flights to CTS is HND.

Also from Feb 5-11 the Sapporo Snow Festival is being held. You would have to be very lucky to get a flight to CTS from anywhere during that period.

If you really want to fly this route then noting you are arriving using a OneWorld fare the cheapest way is to use a Visit Japan fare which gives you up to 5 internal flights for 10,00 Yen each. If you really want to go NRT-CTS have the flight numbers ready to tell the QF call centre when you ring to book you Visit Japan fares. Also you will need to tell them the booking numbers of your OneWorld flights to Japan so they can get these fares.

 

[cwliew]

Ah ok...sorry, that was meant to mean - I am trying to get adelaide to apporo, but so far I am from adelaide to narita, then one of my friends has organised a flight from narita to sapporo. We are all travelling back at different times from sapporo, and I was wondering whether I can get a oneworld flight from sapporo to narita only.
Don't need any more sectors. But looking at those, we should have gotten those in the first place!

Any other ideas?

 

[blu]

On what airline did your friend buy the tickets (JAL, Skymark, ANA, Air Do).
JAL only have one or two NRT flights a day and these may be booked out months in advance. You can enquire locally about JAL at JTBOI.

 

[Cynicor]

If this hasn't been sorted yet, I would be booking an HND to CTS and get the airport limousine shuttle between the two if you can't find a suitable NRT-CTS The bus is pretty simple and runs almost exactly to schedule. Can't remember the price but the site is on google...

Jon

 

[cwliew]

Am writing this from amazing place in Niseko. What a beautiful place.

A trip synopsis for anyone that cares.

Flew Adelaide - Melb - HK on cathay in J. Quite nice. THe seats go ffully flat which is great for sleeping (But was a daytime flight and was too exicted to sleep) yes, they are quite narrow, but overall, it was pretty good. Wasn't too narrow for me and I'm 5-11. The food was ok - sing airr better. But definitely palatable. Service was awesome. One minute my bowl of olives were empty - 2 seconds later, it was full!

The lounge in Melbourne was also nice. Any lounge that serves asahi in the fridge gets my vote!

HK to tokyo (overnight stay in HK) was on an A330 as well, but a differnt seat config. They wre wider, and front facing. Also very comfy. More like domestic J class qantas, but nicer (more room, better food, better service)

From tokyo, we stayed the night in Rappongi (More stories there) and then took the train for cheap to haneda airport where we fleew Skymark to Sapporo. 2.5hours of bus trip later to niseko resort.

Halfway through the bus trip from haneda, boy was the stop awesome. There is a little hut in the middle of nowhere. In there, there is a piano which plays itself, and a guy making these weird fish looking things, which are just pastries full of chocoolate/strawberry/ or anything. Amaazing. And a vending maching with can asahi for 260 yen (A$2.60!)

Niseko is just incredible. Never been to a snow field like it. Even whistler didn't seem as good. The snow is falling so softly you can watch each flak fall gently to the ground. The roads are surrounded by 2 metres of powder snow.

Night skiing until 9pm every night.

Its so fun...

JAL fully booked when I enquired in the airport in haneda and sapporo.

I ended up going with ANA. Cost was 33500 yen which was cheaper than my mate who bought the ticket online for 37500...