Airfare comparison table of flights between US and Japan (as of August 9, 2008) **airfares, tax and fuel surcharge are subject to change until tickets are issued**
February 16 departure - field trip 1 (eastern Hokkaido) + meeting February 19 departure - meeting only
Departure Location Departure date JTB Travelocity Orbitz Anchorage February 16 Airfare $1,232.00 $1,508.30 $1,658.65 Route Leaving flights: Anchorage -> Leaving flights: Anchorage -> Leaving flights: Anchorage -> Seattle -> Narita (Tokyo) -> Taipei (Taiwan) -> Sapporo Seattle -> Narita (Toyko) -> Sapporo (arrive on Feb 17) / (arrive on Feb 17) / Returning Sapporo (arrive on Feb 17) / Returning flights: Hakodate flights: Hakodate (depart on Returning flights: Hakodate (depart (depart on Feb 26)-> Haneda Feb 26) -> Haneda (Tokyo), on Feb 26) -> Nagoya (Japan), (Tokyo), Narita (Tokyo) -> overnight stay in Tokyo, Narita overnight stay in Nagoya, Nagoya - Seattle -> Anchorage (arrive on (Tokyo) -> Taipei -> Anchorage > Narita -> Seattle -> Anchorage Feb 26) (arrive on Feb 27) (arrive on Feb 27) Airline Northwest and Japan Airlines China and Japan Airlines Alaska, Northwest, and Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways Total flight duration 29 hr 20 min 29 hr 10 min 31 hr February 19 Airfare $1,232.00 $1,815.70 $1,375.39 Route Leaving flights: Anchorage -> Leaving flights: Anchorage -> Leaving flights: Anchorage -> Seattle -> Narita (Tokyo), Honoulu, overnight stay in Seattle -> Seoul (S. Korea) -> overnight stay in Tokyo, Haneda Honolulu, Honolulu -> Narita Osaka (Japan), overnight stay in (Tokyo) -> Hakodate (arrives on (Tokyo), Haneda (Tokyo) -> Osaka, Osaka -> Hakodate (arrive Feb 21) / Returning flights: Hakodate (arrive on Feb 21) / on Feb 26) / Returning flights: Hakodate (depart on Feb 26) -> Returning flights: Hakodate Hakodate (depart on Feb 26) -> Haneda, Narita -> Seattle -> (depart on Feb 26)-> Haneda, Seoul -> Seattle -> Anchorage Anchorage (arrive on Feb 26) overnight stay in Tokyo, Narita - (arrive on Feb 26) > Taipei (Taiwan) -> Anchorage (arrive on Feb 27) Airline Northwest and Japan Airlines Alaska, China, and Japan Alaska Airlines, Korean Air, and All Airlines Nippon Airway Total flight duration 29 hr 40 min 35 hr 40 min 37 hr 59 min Seattle February 16 Airfare $1,361.00 ($1,298.00 w/ ANA*) $3,762.40 $1,515.27 Route Leaving flights: Seattle -> Narita Leaving flights: Seattle -> Leaving flights: Seattle -> Narita (Toyko) -> Sapporo (arrive on Narita (Toyko) -> Sapporo (Tokyo) -> Sapporo (arrive on Feb Feb 17) / Returning flights: (arrive on Feb 17) / Returning 17) / Returning flights: Hakodate Hakodate (depart on Feb 26) - > flights: Hakodate (depart on (depart on Feb 26) -> Osaka Haneda (Tokyo), Narita (Tokyo) - Feb 26) - > Haneda (Tokyo), (Japan) -> Honolulu -> Seattle > Seattle (arrive on Feb 26) Narita (Tokyo) -> Seattle (arrive (arrive on Feb 26) on Feb 26) Airline Untied and Japan Airlines All Noppon Airways Northwest and Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airway Total flight duration 22 hr 4 min 21 hr 59 min 27 hr 4 min February 19 Airfare $1,361.00 ($1,321.00 w/ ANA*) $1,787.00 $1,280.89 Departure Location Departure date JTB Travelocity Orbitz Route Leaving flights: Seattle -> Narita Leaving flights: Seattle -> Seoul Leaving flights: Seattle -> Seoul (S. (Tokyo), overnight stay in Tokyo, (S. Korea, red eye flight) -> Korea), overnight stay in Seoul, Haneda (Tokyo) -> Hakodate Haneda (Tokyo) -> Hakodate Seoul -> Osaka (Japan) -> (arrives on Feb 21) / Returning (arrive on Feb 21) / Returning Hakodate (arrive on Feb 21) / flights: Hakodate (depart on Feb flights: Hakodate (depart on Returning flights: Hakodate (depart 26) -> Haneda, Narita -> Seattle Feb 26) -> Haneda (Tokyo), on Feb 26)-> Seoul -> Seattle (arrive on Feb 26) Narita (Tokyo) -> Seattle (arrive (arrive on Feb 26) on Feb 26) Airline Untied and Japan Airlines Korean Air, Asana, Japan, and Korean Air and All Nippon Airways Northwest Airlines Total flight duration 21 hr 49 min 26 hr 20 min 28 hr 10 min San Francisco February 16 Airfare $1,288.00 $1,319.90 $1,636.77 Route Leaving flights: San Francisco -> Leaving flights: San Francisco - Leaving flights: San Francisco -> Narita (Toyko) -> Sapporo (arrive > Narita (Tokyo) -> Sapporo Narita (Toyko) -> Sapporo (arrive on Feb 17) / Returning flights: (arrive on Feb 17) / Returning on Feb 17) / Returning flights: Hakodate (depart on Feb 26) - > flights: Hakodate (depart on Hakodate (depart on Feb 26) -> Haneda (Tokyo), Narita (Tokyo) - Feb 26) - > Haneda (Tokyo), Osaka (Japan) -> San Francisco > San Francisco (arrive on Feb Narita (Tokyo) -> San (arrive on Feb 26) 26) Francisco (arrive on Feb 26)
Airline Japan Airlines Japan Airlines US and All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines Total flight duration 23 hr 27 min 23 hr 10 min 29 hr 11 min February 19 Airfare $1,361.00 ($1,321.00 w/ ANA*) $2,175.30 $1,333.41 Route Leaving flights: San Francisco -> Leaving flights: San Francisco - Leaving flights: San Francisco -> Narita (Tokyo), overnight stay in > Hong Kong (Hong Kong, red Seoul (S. Korea, red eye flight) -> Tokyo, Haneda (Tokyo) -> eye flight) -> Haneda (Tokyo) -> Haneda (Tokyo) -> Hakodate Hakodate (arrives on Feb 21) / Hakodate (arrive on Feb 21) / (arrive on Feb 21) / Returning Returning flights: Hakodate Returning flights: Hakodate flights: Hakodate (depart on Feb (depart on Feb 26) -> Haneda, (depart on Feb 26) -> Haneda 26) -> Seoul -> Los Angeles -> San Narita -> San Francisco (arrive (Tokyo), Narita (Tokyo) -> San Francisco (arrive on Feb 26) on feb 26) Francisco (arrive on Feb 26)
Airline Untied and Japan Airlines American and Japan Airlines, Korean Air, Asiana, All Nippon, and All Nippon Airways American Airlines Total flight duration 23 hr 12 min 30 hr 20 min 31 hr 40 min ▪ Tax and fuel surcharge are inluded in all airfares above ▪ Airport Limousine fare between Narita Airport and Haneda Airport (both located in Toyko area) for one way travel is 3,000 yen as of 8/9/2008 Conditions applied to ticket purchase at JTB * Airfare using All Nippon Airways (ANA) and United Airlines. For this airfare, reservation of domestic flights within Japan by ANA can be made earliest two months prior to the travel dates. United Airline tickets to/from Japan can be purchased separately beforehand. ▪ All airfares above are after $20.00 discount has been applied to the lowest fare in the market ▪ Applicable airlines for the above fares are; Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways, United Airlines, Northwest Airlines, American Airlines, Continental Airlines ▪ If cheaper fare is offered with the same itinerary elsewhere, JTB will match the fare to the cheaper fare if beofre issuing tickets ▪ If JTB has applicatble promotions with better offers in the future, it will be appllied to your tickets as well