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Discount Air Ticket

By using discount services, foreign visitors can get tickets more cheaply. Certainly, the regular fares of airplanes are mor expensive than that of other modes of transportation. However, you can cut the cost and make it same to others by using discount services. You need some necessary conditions to use it, but it is easy to fulfill the conditions.

Discount Services for Foreign Visitors

Oneworld (including JAL) and Star Alliance (including ANA) offers special discount services for foreign visitors to Japan. By this services, you can fly everywhere in Japan at around 10,000 yen regardless of where you leave from and where you go to! This discount services enable to apply to only domestic flights by JAL or ANA, but JAL and ANA is the biggest airline companies in Japan, and they operate all over Japan.
In order to use this discount services, you need some necessary conditions. Moreover, you need to note that there are some limitation such as the period that you can use these services and times how you can apply these services.

Experience Japan Fare

Price	10,000 yen per 1 domestic flight by ANA airline
The Limitation of Frequency	No limitation. You can apply this service as many times as you want.
Blackout Periods	None
Qualifications	1): You need to be resident outside Japan. 2): You need to have your airticket that you use when you come to and you leave from Japan.
Purchase	From ANA online ticket reservation
Official Site	Experience Japan Fare

oneworld Yokoso/Visit Japan Fare

Price	10,000 yen per 1 domestic flight by JAL airline
The Limitation of Frequency	1 - 5 times
Blackout Periods	From March 14, 2014 to March 31, 2014 From August 08, 2014 to August 17, 2014 From December 19, 2014 to January 04, 2015 From March 13, 2015 to March 31, 2015
Qualifications	1): You need to be resident outside Japan. 2): You need to have your airticket that you use when you come to and you leave from Japan. 3): You need to come to Japan by oneworld airline (including JAL).
Purchase	You need to purchase tickets outside Japan. You cannot buy tickets applied this service in Japan.
Official Site	oneworld Yokoso/Visit Japan Fare

Star Alliance Japan Airpass

Price	10,000 yen per 1 domestic flight by ANA airline
The Limitation of Frequency	1 - 5 times
Blackout Periods	From August 01, 2014 to August 17, 2014 From December 19, 2014 to January 04, 2015 From March 13, 2015 to March 30, 2015 From July 31, 2015 to August 16, 2015 From March 11, 2016 to March 27, 2016
Qualifications	1): You need to be resident outside Japan. 2): You need to have your airticket that you use when you come to and you leave from Japan. 3): You need to come to Japan by Star Alliance airline (including JAL).
Purchase	You need to purchase tickets outside Japan. You cannot buy tickets applied this service in Japan.
Official Site	Star Alliance Japan Airpass

WELCOME TO JAPAN FARE

Price	13,000 yen per 1 domestic flight by JAL airline
The Limitation of Frequency	2 - 5 times
Blackout Periods	From March 07, 2014 to March 31, 2014 From July 04, 2014 to August 31, 2014 From December 05, 2014 to January 04, 2015 From March 06, 2015 to March 31, 2015
Qualifications	1): You need to be resident outside Japan. 2): You need to have your airticket that you use when you come to and you leave from Japan. You can use any airlines when you come to Japan.
Purchase	You need to purchase tickets outside Japan. You cannot buy tickets applied this service in Japan.
Official Site	WELCOME TO JAPAN FARE

Visit JAPAN Fare

Price	13,000 yen per 1 domestic flight by ANA airline
The Limitation of Frequency	2 - 5 times
Blackout Periods	From July 04, 2014 to August 31, 2014 From December 05, 2014 to January 04, 2015 From March 06, 2015 to March 30, 2015 From July 03, 2015 to August 30, 2015 From December 04, 2015 to January 03, 2016 From March 04, 2016 to March 28, 2016 From July 01, 2016 to August 28, 2016
Qualifications	1): You need to be resident outside Japan. 2): You need to have your airticket that you use when you come to and you leave from Japan. You can use any airlines when you come to Japan.
Purchase	You need to purchase tickets outside Japan. You cannot buy tickets applied this service in Japan.
Official Site	Visit JAPAN Fare

One world includes JAL, American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways, Qantas Airways, Finnair, Malaysia Airlines, and etc...
Star Alliance includes ANA, United Airlines, Lufthansa, Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Singapore Airlines, and etc...

Other Discount Services

The key to getting the cheapest airtickets is buying airtickets as soon as you can. Airline companies usually start selling airtickets from 2 - 4 monthes in advance (It varies by companies). Of course, the price of airtickets is varies by seasons, but if you can buy airtickets as soon as it are selled, you can fly Osaka - Sapporo (the longest route in Japan) at 5,000 yen! Especially, the discount of Jetstar is very big, so we recommend you see the price of Jetstar's airtickets from its official site if you plan air travel in Japan. Beside, SKYMARK changes the price of airtickets by the number of vacancy, so you may get cheap airtickets evan if cannot buy airtickets as soon as it are selled. (SKYMARK's official site)

**Regilar Airfare**
Route	Carriers	The Highest Fare	The Cheapest Fare
Tokyo - Osaka	JAL/ANA	28,000 yen	11,000 yen
	SKYMARK	14,000 yen	8,000 yen
	Jetstar	14,000 yen	3,500 yen
Tokyo - Sapporo	JAL/ANA	41,000 yen	12,000 yen
	SKYMARK	28,000 yen	9,000 yen
	Jetstar	21,000 yen	4,000 yen
Tokyo - Nagoya	JAL/ANA	24,000 yen	7,000 yen
	SKYMARK	-	-
	Jetstar	-	-
Tokyo - Fukuoka	JAL/ANA	52,000 yen	12,000 yen
	SKYMARK	30,000 yen	11,000 yen
	Jetstar	19,000 yen	5,000 yen
Tokyo - Naha	JAL/ANA	49,000 yen	13,000 yen
	SKYMARK	37,000 yen	12,000 yen
	Jetstar	30,000 yen	5,000 yen
Osaka - Sapporo	JAL/ANA	49,000 yen	11,000 yen
	SKYMARK	34,000 yen	9,500yen
	Jetstar	21,000 yen	4,000 yen
Osaka - Fukuoka	JAL/ANA	27,000 yen	10,000 yen
	SKYMARK	23,000 yen	8,000 yen
	Jetstar	15,000 yen	3,000 yen
Osaka - Naha	JAL/ANA	41,000 yen	15,000 yen
	SKYMARK	26,0000 yen	11,000 yen
	Jetstar	31,000 yen	5,000 yen

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