One of my students yesterday told me about a great deal that he found on a flight to Okinawa using a “LCC” (low cost carrier) in Japan. \u00a0LCCs are trying to break into the Japanese market which until now has been held captive by the overcharging domestic airlines JAL and ANA. \u00a0With a tough economy the LCCs are hoping that the time is right. \u00a0My student got a flight for about 30% of the price of regular airlines, and I think a lot of people in Japan would probably follow his lead. \u00a0I’ll have to spend some time looking at flights. \u00a0We’ve pretty much put domestic trips on hiatus – for the same price we can fly to somewhere in SE Asia and enjoy low prices on everything from hotels to beer.<\/p>\n
Tonight I’ll do a little research and see what I can find…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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