Plane Tickets: LAX To Narita

Above, a Korean Air Boeing 777 at Narita International Airport.

People often are surprised when I tell them that it doesn't cost $1,200 and up to fly round-trip to Japan. This is particularly true when one travels during the off-travel-season. Travelers will pay higher prices during the peak travel season.

One fellow, a co-worker, was shocked to learn of the actual price when I told him last week.

I bought my plane tickets (LAX to Narita) through an online airline discount ticket agency called GatewayLAX. I used to use Travelocity.com or Priceline.com. But I've found that GatewayLAX generally beats their prices. Remember, not all discount ticket agencies are created equal!

Those of you who plan to go on G-TOUR II, you may want to keep GatewayLAX in mind for your plane tickets since the tour cost does not include airfare or your flights. You may get better prices by buying your flight tickets earlier rather than later.

This trip's airfare ticket price came to $565.00. But one has to add tax and fuel charges to the ticket price and it jumped to over $800. That's still better than $1,200 and up!

I will be flying for the third time on Korean Air (this will be in their Boeing 777s) (see photo at top). Their service and food are good (although I have to give Singapore Air and United Airlines higher marks for their food). During the last two Japan trips, Korean Air had Astroboy cartoons (the ones from about 7-8 years ago) as part of their in-flight entertainment along with Korean and Japanese dramas.

GatewayLAX is located in downtown Los Angeles and their website is at http://www.gatewaylax.com/