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| Above, Osaka Castle. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
The December airfare check on what the Travel Section of the Los Angeles Times came up with was posted on December 2. Since we are near the end of the year, this'll be the final one for 2013.
I checked yesterday's Travel Section and the prices they came up with were up significantly from what they posted earlier this month. Back then, the prices they came up with were unchanged from November's. They were $1,171 to $1,359 (not counting taxes and other fees the airlines have been tacking on).
The Los Angeles Times published their latest prices on December 22 and they ranged from $1,351 to $1,891 (not counting taxes and other fees the airlines are tacking on). Perhaps the hike in airfares is due to the holidays (New Year's is one of the biggest holidays in Japan).
After this, I then went to my favorite airfare supplier, GatewayLAX, and they came up with this for a round-trip based on a December 30 departure from LAX (Los Angeles International Airport) to NRT (Narita International Airport) with a return trip on January 6:
As you can see, GatewayLAX has the Times's fares beat again. The above fare is the lowest they came up with, quite a bit higher than the fare I received of $160 (plus taxes and fees) earlier this month (again, likely due to the holidays). I wish I just had to pay the $160, but the airlines nail you with the taxes and fees. Those made my total price $860.60. I'm glad I got my tickets when I did.
The next airfare check will be next year (in January).
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