My parents and three other relatives took ZIPAIR from Narita to Los Angeles/LAX yesterday after we found their pricing very attractive (it was much cheaper to book a flight with them to LAX and then book a separate ticket to San Francisco/SFO on another airline, because nonstop ticket pricing between SFO and Tokyo can be very expensive to the point even purchasing a new ticket from a missed connection may still cost less). I myself took JAL nonstop between SFO and NRT/HND for our family vacation in Japan this past week, but I was very interested in returning to Japan using ZIPAIR with someone else on a future trip. I found your video when I researched to see what the seats in rows 56 or 57 looked like, and how physically far away they were from the window as I also enjoy taking videos like at 6:10 and 13:30. This is because ZIPAIR will also begin flying to San Jose/SJC (near San Francisco) from Narita soon, and because I prefer window seats while my traveling companion prefers aisle seats, and there would be no third or middle seat in rows like yours. I am wondering, did you find any difficulty in reach the window from your seat to take video out the window? In any case, I enjoyed your video and found it very informative! I look forward to visiting Japan again and again.
@travel_japan Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your comment! As a direct flight from the US mainland to Japan, ZIPAIR is very attractively priced. The distance from the seat to the window is wider than a normal seat, so of course it hurts if you keep reaching out. 💦 However, having more space on either side of the two-person seat will make the flight less stressful. We are looking forward to seeing you in Japan from San Jose. Please let us know what you think.
Not worth it. The airline goes out of its way to live up to the title of budget airline. Not offering basic necessities like water to your passengers is unethical. Worst experience, and having a business class seat did not make up for the bad experience. If you’re a your traveler on a budget maybe. As an adult that expect a little decent service definitely staying away from this airline. I spent extra for a business class style seat, big mistake. Better off flying economy with a reputable airline.
@travel_japan Жыл бұрын
It is a problem that only seats are business class. But maybe someone wants a wider seat at a lower price. Not you, not me. it's the elderly. If you are an English speaker and do not understand Japanese, I do not recommend ZIPAIR specifically. Because they had strong accents and spoke words that even I, a Japanese person, could not understand. I have to say that language education is not perfect. Korean, Thai and Singaporean airlines are one step better. Anyway, thank you so much for your comment.
@jefthomas122 Жыл бұрын
Accents or language barrier has noting to do with the fact the airline does not provide water and good customer service to its passengers.
@mooseofspruce Жыл бұрын
@@jefthomas122 The video uploader seems to be agreeing with you and is just adding her take after you offered yours. But it's a budget airline and isn't going out of its way to convince anyone otherwise. Norwegian learned this the hard way and initially didn't serve complimentary water on their Europe-USA flights either, but they eventually did. Time will tell if ZIPAIR will change anything now that they're expanding more into the US mainland. I've found that the other airlines out of for example SFO can charge $1000 more per person for return tickets than ZIPAIR has from nearby SJC (starting in a couple days), even after ZIPAIR's addons like bags, seats, or a meal. That's $1000 that can instead be spent in Japan itself, or in the US by a Japanese visitor (whereas from LAX, their other US mainland destination, the price difference between them and the competition isn't as big). I've been pampered by JAL or Virgin Atlantic with two meal services and traveled on budget long-haulers like Norwegian and Level-Iberia alike, and I've heard the experiences of my parents/relatives who used ZIPAIR to LAX while I used JAL to SFO. For $1000 less it isn't much to ask of me to fill a reusable water bottle in the airside concourse, or the extra steps in travel planning, but again that's me. If ZIPAIR eventually starts serving complimentary water, then that's great, but if they won't, it's not the end of the world for me and chances are I'd still be saving hundreds of dollars that I can in turn blow on more frivolous things in Japan.
@702TifosiGambler Жыл бұрын
@@jefthomas122 I agree with you, IMO Zip only makes sense if you can get an amazing deal into Japan ie: $500 rd trip from LAX to NAR and you have a carry on bag etc but if one is actually "traveling" with check in luggage and wants an inflight meal, good seat etc the extra couple hundred saving even in business class isn't doesn't compare to the better service of a Delta or JAL. I think Delta Premium Select is the best bang for the buck. I do think Zip is a notch above the LCC in US like Spirt and JetBlue etc it's a better comp with Southwest and Hawaiian Air even tho SW doesn't do Japan flights. Cmon SW do Japan flights I love 2 free checked bags.