Reply #6: Fares to Japan

[Lydia Leftcoast]

go way down in the fall, especially after all the exchange students have made their trans-Pacific journeys.

Summer is definitely the most expensive time to go, and if you do a fare search at this time of year, the airlines are hoping that you don't know that the fares go down in the fall. :-)

If there's a Japanese community in your area, try to find out what travel agencies they use. Those agencies can often get really good deals by putting in standing orders for a certain number of seats per week, but they don't advertise widely.