Date Posted:03/16/06 8:31 Author: Kim Subject: IMPORTANT! Re: Flight Charges out of Okinawa In reply to:
Lisa
's message, "Flight Charges out of Okinawa" on 08/27/05 8:13
Just want to highlight this message - as it is EXCELLENT information!
>Ok folks, I have a real good piece of information...I
>left Okinawa (June 05) and found out the hard way
>about the difference between International and
>Domestic flights. If you book your animals from
>Okinawa straight through to the States, you will be
>paying the international fee and not a domestic
>fee.....even though ANA only does domestic flights.
>The fee is about $200 dollars more per animal. So the
>solution is to book your animal on a domestic flight
>from Naha to Mainland Japan then on a seperate ticket
>from Japan to CONUS. If SATO is scheduling your
>reservations, make sure they book them on seperate
>tickets or even better, have them book them from
>Mainland Japan to CONUS and you handle the domestic
>flight....they usually have discounts going on....call
>the airlines directly to check on prices. With the
>AMC flights ending, I am sure there will be lots of
>people caught in this situation and will not be able
>to afford the outrageous "International" price for
>providing a "Domestic" service. Animals may start
>getting dumped right at the airport.