Date Posted:10/10/05 23:45 Author:admin Subject: Re: International flight pet fee In reply to:
Lisa
's message, "Re: International flight pet fee" on 10/ 3/05 13:45
GREAT INFO! Thank you SO much for sharing this... hopefully more people will post their experiences here.
Thank you..
:)
>When you leave Okinawa, you have to pay airfare for
>your animals at the Naha Airport - There are two types
>of pricing - International and Domestic.
>International costs are about double the price of
>Domestic flights (not that there is any difference in
>the way they handle pets - they have a written
>regulation which allows them to charge more - they
>would be happy to show you that reg). Once you hit
>Mainland Japan you will pay another fee (our fee from
>Okinawa to Tokyo was the same price as Tokyo to
>Seattle)
>
>If you purchase two seperate tickets for your animals
>you will pay less (Okinawa to Tokyo - Tokyo to USA).
>Sometimes the airlines even have discounts for
>pets....they were around $50 per animal from Oki to
>Tokyo at the time we were traveling...we had to pay
>the higher cost because we had international
>tickes....what a way to put the screws to you.