JTB

I did a quick search on Expedia for tickets to Thailand during golden week. The average hit was $2000 but I saw some over $4000. USD! I kid you not. The flights were 25 hr long with at least one stop over. I saw this and I panicked a little bit. I had set my heart on going back to Thailand in May but I couldn’t ever justify a plane ticket more than a month’s worth of pay!

I went over to JTB to see if I could get cheaper flights. I’m sure there are cheap flights where I can get OUT of Japan, and then go to Thailand from there. Matsumotosan agreed with me. She thought it would be a good idea to fly to China, and then to Chiang Mai. She tried to look up the cheapest flights, but the fare was not available yet. When she called the office, she found out that fares for May wouldn’t be available until March!

Matsumotosan suggested that I try to get the cheapest tickets I can now and hold the tickets (Is that possible without paying?). In March, she will look for flights. Hopefully JTB will have some kind of discount and I’ll be able to get cheaper tickets.