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Business Class Return to Tokyo, Japan: SYD from $2387, MEL $2461, BNE $2485 on Fiji Airways via Nadi @ Beat That Flight

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Business Class Return to Tokyo, Japan: SYD from $2387, MEL $2461, BNE $2485 on Fiji Airways via Nadi @ Beat That Flight
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Associatedbeatthatflight on 23/01/2024 - 12:49 beatthatflight.com.au (3235 clicks)
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While there are some exceptional China Southern prices to Japan, sometimes it's nice to travel in a bit more style, and Business Class fits that bill!

Aircraft: Combination of A350, A330 and 737 Max 8s.
Luggage: 2 checked bags

On many of the dates, Virgin will also show up. While a good price, they're on a 737 narrow-body the whole way, which just doesn't quite compare, unfortunately.

The cherry blossom or sakura is never perfectly predictable, but some early predictions are below:

A friend has a video series on the 10 Best Cherry Blossom Sakura Spots in Japan - Tokyo, Yamanashi! [4K] (CC)

Destination First bloom Full bloom
Kochi March 17 March 25
Kumamoto March 19 March 28
Hiroshima March 26 April 3
Kyoto March 26 April 4
Nagoya March 24 April 1
Kanazawa March 31 April 6
Tokyo March 19 March 26
Matsumoto April 2 April 11
Fuji Five Lakes April 2 April 10
Sendai March 31 April 6
Hirosaki April 20 April 26
Hakodate April 26 May 3

As such, I've compiled dates before and after Easter in 2024.

I also have an article on the top 5 most popular hotels in Tokyo for under $120.

Some examples (Sorry, you can see I ran out of time after Sydney, haha):

Sydney to Tokyo on Fiji Airways

Dates: 1 Feb 24 - 30 Nov 24

Return Price Travel Dates
$2484 15 Feb to 8 Mar
$2481 23 Feb to 19 Mar
$2387 4 Mar to 19 Mar
$2482 12 Mar to 9 Apr
$2488 14 Mar to 2 Apr
$2488 18 Mar to 9 Apr
$2487 9 May to 28 May
$2487 9 May to 31 May
$2485 13 May to 4 Jun
$2486 13 May to 7 Jun
$2483 31 May to 25 Jun
$2477 31 May to 28 Jun
$2485 6 Jun to 25 Jun
$2480 6 Jun to 28 Jun
$2501 18 Jun to 28 Jun
$2501 16 Jul to 26 Jul
$2482 18 Jul to 6 Aug
$2482 22 Jul to 16 Aug
$2474 26 Jul to 20 Aug
$2474 26 Jul to 23 Aug
$2474 30 Jul to 27 Aug
$2482 1 Aug to 20 Aug
$2486 1 Aug to 23 Aug
$2481 5 Aug to 27 Aug
$2482 5 Aug to 30 Aug
$2474 9 Aug to 3 Sep
$2484 9 Aug to 6 Sep
$2479 19 Aug to 10 Sep
$2480 23 Aug to 17 Sep
$2474 27 Aug to 24 Sep
$2479 29 Aug to 17 Sep
$2479 2 Sep to 24 Sep
$2480 2 Sep to 27 Sep
$2475 6 Sep to 1 Oct
$2475 8 Oct to 5 Nov
$2475 18 Oct to 12 Nov
$2475 18 Oct to 15 Nov
$2475 22 Oct to 19 Nov
$2469 1 Nov to 26 Nov
$2475 1 Nov to 29 Nov

Brisbane to Tokyo on Fiji Airways

Dates: 1 Feb 24 - 30 Nov 24

Return Price Travel Dates
$2487 15 Feb to 8 Mar
$2494 19 Feb to 15 Mar
$2505 29 Feb to 15 Mar
$2487 18 Jul to 2 Aug
$2485 10 Oct to 25 Oct
$2485 7 Nov to 22 Nov

Melbourne to Tokyo on Fiji Airways

Dates: 1 Feb 24 - 30 Nov 24

Return Price Travel Dates
$2472 19 Feb to 5 Mar
$2465 19 Feb to 15 Mar
$2471 14 Mar to 29 Mar
$2469 13 May to 28 May
$2461 5 Aug to 20 Aug

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  • The Judge on 23/01/2024 - 12:59
    +10

    Clicked on a random Sydney date…outbound journeys are all in excess of 12hr, return most are >24hr. Seems like a lot of mucking around just to get a slightly cheaper J class fare.

    • soupratt on 23/01/2024 - 16:00
      +2

      Correct. From Melbourne it was 31 hours outbound and 36 hours return. Thats 3 times longer than JAL. Sure, the business seat is nice but you're sitting in a plane and layover for 30+hours. Insane.

      • jaygee on 23/01/2024 - 18:30
        +3

        Get some beach in you son

      • Hangryuman on 24/01/2024 - 12:27

        31+36 hours - jeebus priest ! and 6 across seats in 3 pairs look barely wider than other airlines' premium economy - CA business class was 4 across with single seat privacy - not sitting next to a random with just a little head wing for privacy - and are these lay flat seats which I want for a long flight ?

        looks like nah - https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/travel/fiji-airways-busin…

        so that's a nah from me

  • chadbest on 23/01/2024 - 13:08
    +1

    They perfectly avoid the school holiday period, nice！

  • cynicor on 23/01/2024 - 13:12

    It’s a bit better than “slightly cheaper” but depends on whether you are getting a sale price or not.

  • Bonbi on 23/01/2024 - 13:21
    +6

    Random flight departing Melbourne: 18 hour transit in Nadi on the way there, 23 hours on the way back. What in tarnation! No thanks.

    • mt2000 on 23/01/2024 - 13:52
      +1

      LOL WOW those are long time hanging around. You be stuff before getting there and you be stuff coming back.

      EDIT: Remind me when I was heading to Japan a few months ago with Singapore Air from ADL. 7 hrs flight in the morning then 8-9 hrs transit at Changi Airport then then took the 11pm over night to Tokyo for about 7 hrs. As you can see almost 24hrs LOL never again. It was a long long day and very tiring.

      • The Vat on 23/01/2024 - 14:37
        +2

        We did a 1 hour transit through Changi with Singapore on both legs, and about a 4 hour transit coming home. That was enough. This sounds like..torture.

        • nightelves on 23/01/2024 - 18:44
          +2

          Lounge access really helps with long layover in Changi.

          • The Judge on 24/01/2024 - 10:46

            @nightelves: It does, but there's always the transit hotel or the sleeping rooms for a few hours kip. When I was (a lot) younger I always enjoyed walking between the terminals from 1 through 5…it's a good way to stretch legs (it's several km) and enjoy the liminal spaces you find in the empty departure lounges way out on the "arms" of terminal 2. Best time is between midnight and 5am, fewer people obviously and emptier spaces like the sunflower garden and cinema.

    • Telios on 23/01/2024 - 13:54
      +5

      Yeah I'm definitely starting to favour faster flights that cost more.

      Sitting in airports or having annoying periods of checking luggage in and out of flights just isn't worth it.

      Especially when that airline has a history of no hotels/activities for extended layover periods.

  • ter on 23/01/2024 - 13:34
    +5

    Few years ago, I was stuck in Japan for a week because Fiji airline decided to cancel the flight and next available is in 5 days. No accommodation provided, You can not even find a representative from Fiji airline in Japan airport. Never flight with Fiji airline again.

    • takezo on 23/01/2024 - 14:25
      +7

      There are worse places to be stuck! Nonetheless horrible situation.

    • t25 on 24/01/2024 - 00:40

      Would TI cover you in that case?

      I wouldn't mind an extra few days in Japan if someone picked up the tab for hotels.

  • cerealsmok3r on 23/01/2024 - 13:55

    can't tell from the description but is this to haneda or narita airport?

    edit: its to Narita

  • countmein on 23/01/2024 - 13:56
    +1

    Flat bed?

    • Autonomic on 23/01/2024 - 14:11
      +1

      Only on the A350 routes (SYD-NAN)

      • DingoBlue on 23/01/2024 - 14:13
        +2

        Yeah they look alright, A330 looks more like a domestic business / international premium thing. Probably explains the pricing.

    • localhost on 23/01/2024 - 14:11

      At the airport :)

  • DingoBlue on 23/01/2024 - 14:14
    +3

    Fiji Airways

    737 Max 8

    Sounds like a match made in heaven

    • Hangryuman on 24/01/2024 - 12:32

      if you've got Tinder, we've got the match !

      'ah - my last flame'

  • vodamerc on 23/01/2024 - 14:38
    +2

    Narrow body business class is really more of a premium economy.

  • GY666 on 23/01/2024 - 14:50

    18hr 30min layover plus A330 preimum economy type of bussiness seat from NAN-NRT.
    No thx

    • Pcoder on 23/01/2024 - 15:45

      It's not really premium economy as the usually only go up to 40 inches pitch (102cm),whereas this seat is upto 60 (152cm). This is the old style Business class which was mostly prevalent from the 90s to the 2000s.

      The seats the have are known as angled flat beds, which are different to later seats that changed to a lie flat design. Their obviously not as good as lie flat but probably better than the premium economy recliners.

  • abcdefcuk on 23/01/2024 - 14:52
    +2

    Upvoted to encourage/motivate OP for more business class flights deals (albeit Fijian). Would be even greater if more options (SQ / ANA?) :D

  • Miso on 23/01/2024 - 15:01

    Just about gets a +1 but you'd only want to fly out of the ports that have the a350 and have an interest in a day in Fiji

  • mkowarkski on 23/01/2024 - 16:28

    I cannot buy flight ticket, because I don't have money :(

    • 191919 on 23/01/2024 - 17:05
      +7

      have u considered a life of crime?

      • abcdefcuk on 24/01/2024 - 00:28

        Everyday we hustling OzBargaining!

      • mkowarkski on 26/01/2024 - 13:26

        Plz explain more :D

  • froogletom on 23/01/2024 - 17:26

    Brisbane class im poor i need economy

  • swiggity123 on 23/01/2024 - 18:23

    Flying Bsusiness class with Fiji airways to Vancouver. Curious how their A350 business class is - ive heard Fiji airways is known to swap their air craft….id be so upset if I got an A330 instead

  • HunterxHunter9000 on 23/01/2024 - 20:32
    +1

    These prices makes me not want to ever leave my work with my current airline, nothing will beat or come close to standby prices.

    • ryefig on 24/01/2024 - 09:41

      Hey @HunterxHunter9000 , out of curiosity, can you tell us more about standby prices and how the process works?
      You don't have to tell us the airline, but I'd love to hear from you about how it works. I assume you log into a portal and add yourself to a standby list? Are the flights free or discounted by a certain %? Do you add yourself to the business standby list and get knocked back to economy if no business available? Do you have visibility on how full the flight is at the time you book?

      • HunterxHunter9000 on 24/01/2024 - 10:14
        +2

        Hey @ryefig certainly i can help answer your quires. You log in to a portal where you can view the available seats for your airline as well as those of other airlines based on their alliance groups. The system uses color-coded labels (green, orange, and red) to indicate the likelihood of securing a seat. For your own airline, you can book up to business class, and first class becomes accessible after 10 years of service. After six months, you gain access to the alliance portal, allowing you to book standby discounted fares with other airlines. While most alliances only offer economy class, some provide the option to book business class.

        Confirmation of standby tickets typically occurs one hour before the flight, but some may offer confirmation up to 24 hours in advance for flights with ample availability. A round-trip journey from SYD to Tokyo in business class costs $530, while an economy class ticket is priced at $320. This is for direct 10h flights.

        If you book Business, you get put into economy with upgrade priority to business if there's any available within 1 hour of departure.

        • Jackjcca on 25/01/2024 - 08:12
          +1

          Woah tell me more.

        • ryefig on 25/01/2024 - 11:01
          +1

          Wow, that is very interesting. Quite a scary thought of having confirmation just 1 hour before a flight, but for those prices the uncertainty is worth it!

          Thanks for sharing!

          • t25 on 25/01/2024 - 11:32
            +2

            @ryefig: Normal for those on standby or special tickets (employee discounted tickets).

            Another relative of mine used to work for SQ, and their staff were put at the very bottom of the wait list (full fare paying passengers > discounted fare paying passengers > redemptions >>>>>>>>>>> staff benefits). Often I would have to drive to the airport wait with bags and see if they were lucky enough to get on. If not, back to hotel it was.

            • HunterxHunter9000 on 25/01/2024 - 11:51
              +1

              @t25: Exactly how it is, i get stuck sometimes in transit if my destination needed a transit which is why i always make sure i have the visa for the transit incase i want to go out to hotel/visit the country etc, sometimes up to 24h to days to get on since staff are the last to get on after all paying / point redemption passengers. and if its on an alliance flight your even more down the list since own airline staff get on first.

              • ryefig on 25/01/2024 - 12:59
                +1

                @HunterxHunter9000: @HunterxHunter9000 Makes sense. I suppose you would want to allow a few days on the return side of an overseas trip just to be sure you will make it back in time for work.
                Guessing that any discount on confirmed fares (if that even is a benefit) is still much more expensive than a standby fare..

                • HunterxHunter9000 on 25/01/2024 - 13:25

                  @ryefig: my airline does give a 25% confirmed seat discount 4 times a year so at least its a backup if i am really stuck so it can come handy but like you said yeah most you'd make sure to leave your holiday a bit early to make sure you can come back on time before work. Our staff benefit can get revoked if we use it on days where were supposed to be at work or on sick days, also if your attitude is not good, if your not dressed appropriately etc there's a lot of restrictions.

  • Hangryuman on 24/01/2024 - 12:31

    while sakura = cherry blossom, the attendance for viewing cherry blossoms is commonly called hanami = "flower viewing"

    or sakura hanami = cherry blossom viewing - commonly seen in parks full of the blue plastic picnic mats sat on by increasingly drunk and noisy celebratory groups of young people eating and drinking

    https://www.sakurainhighpark.com/sakura-hanami

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