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Hey all. Question for anybody in the know. Have an offer from Air Japan on the 76. Only benefits are on Star alliance carriers ( Zed fairs ). I live in Houston.....CAL's not star alliance. Is their a way to get an ID-90, Zed, or other travel bennie on CAL that you know of? Their is NO way I am double DH'ding through ORD on Yo'nited to Tokyo:puke:. Not even for 685K for 5 years. Not worth it. Anyone have any plausible commuting options IAH-NRT??? Interested, but not at the sake of my family. I gotta have a one legger.
 
Full fair and deduct the whole thing. You will have to do it for sure during the summer season and around the holidays anyway, no way you will make it during those days on standby tickets.
 
ZED agrements seem to be a little strange at Air Japan. Typically, a ZED ticket is valid on any ZED carrier but here, you are limited to only 4 carriers per ticket. CO, as well as AA and NW are Zed carriers, but for some reason we do not have an agreement with them. According to the manual, the only carrier that Air Japan has interline agreements with going to the US is United(and of course ANA).

Over the last 6 years at my previous job, I have done well over 100 segments using ZED / ID 90 tickets and I never got stuck. Sometimes it took some very creative ticketing (meaning around the world in the opposite direction), but you can always make it work if you plan ahead and are flexable. Of course, this causes an increase in transit time and less time at home.

While I am no fan of United, they are the best way to get to Japan from most of the US. You could very easily get from Houston to Chicago and probably fairly cheaply if you planned ahead and bought a confirmed ticket. You then have 2 UA flights a day from Chicago plus an NH (ANA) flight that you could use ZED tickets on. Other options are getting to SFO, LAX, or SEA also having 1 to 2 flights daily to NRT on UA and NH.

That being said, if you cannot do a multi-leg commute, you will have to buy a ticket or look elsewhere. Houston would be easierto commute from if you were able to do a 2 leg commute but I totally understand your reasoning.

** take my opinion with a grain of salt. I am still here in training and dont have any actual experience using ZEDs here at AJX. It shouldnt be much different than any other carrier though.
 
You could actually fly to SAN, go over to TIJ and take AEROMEXICO's three time weekly service to NRT. Something like 1000 bucks round trip i think or get a ZED with them. Good luck.
 
I'm in NRT now for the interview I second what someone else said about UAL thru one of the west coast hubs. I live in DFW and the 2 a day direct on AA would be great.
 
I can't seem to dig up any info on Air Japan. Is this the contract that's been advertising so much? Info appreciated. (and sorry to hijack)
 
svcta said:
I can't seem to dig up any info on Air Japan. Is this the contract that's been advertising so much? Info appreciated. (and sorry to hijack)
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Check the ppRune and I did an extensive debrief on propilotworlddotcom

the pay is higher on HACS but no retirement account. Japan is coming on the rainy season so bring an umbrella and watch out for the bicycles.

rw
 
GCD said:
And, look to the right, first, before crossing a street.
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The first time a lagre truck went by me with about 10CM to spare I learned the lesson R-L-R and use the cross walks for you own safety.

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Rouge Warrior said:
The first time a lagre truck went by me with about 10CM to spare I learned the lesson R-L-R and use the cross walks for you own safety.

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I had some lady damn near take out me and my wife right infront of the hotel. She was texting away on her phone while waiting for the light to turn green. Then it did, and she just kept texting and the people behind her let her know she needed to pay attention. When she looked up, she took off and didnt see us in the crosswalk (she was making a right turn) and we had to jump out of the way. Missed us by about 3 feet.

They are glued to their phones here. They will text while riding a bike, walking on the street, or driving a car. Just watch out.
 
Dumb Pilot said:
Full fair and deduct the whole thing. You will have to do it for sure during the summer season and around the holidays anyway, no way you will make it during those days on standby tickets.
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Can you use the commuting allowance to buy full fare tickets?

In general, for guys there, how does it work every month, with having to commute to Japan. I'd imagine this could be quite difficult during peak times. I've heard there's been a bunch of people not renewing because the commute is such a drain.....

Do most Yanks working there live in a city like ORD, NYC, SEA, SFO, that has easy ANA/UAL access to Japan.

Also, whats the "competitive minimums" to get an interview there. And when applying, is it best to go through just one company (like Parc) or all three. Who does the screening for interviews - AJX/AJV or the agencies?

Thanks in advance,

FCN
 

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