Thanks for sharing. Next time will have other options when looking for flight

Hows vietjet? Better than Airasia?

hahaha, even airasia budget i found the service quite ok la, even the online check in procedure is fine. the only thing i dont like is the seat too hard
now u mentioned that the translation a bit off then got risk

never take scoot b4 but heard a lot of horror stories, like the service is worse than airasia and meal/drink is bloody expensive since they use sgd

Airasia will start to fly from kl to Taipei to narita?

wise much cheaper compare to local money changer. sure wise do charge u some fees but in the end wise win hands down by a lot. the convenience of just withdraw cash at any 7-11 atm or use the card like that, not to mentioned when u see jpy low you can straight away change myr to jpy on wise real time.
this year b4 i went to japan i stupid go money changer exchange 0.33, when wise is only 0.31 learnt my lesson then

This post has been edited by HumanExtinction: Dec 21 2023, 09:17 PM

yes gud enugh. 2gb per day fast and unlimited data slow (i hit b4, really unusable). my use case 1 day i use around 1.5gb even with a lot of social media browsing.

depend on station, some can go up to 1k

in my case, last month i bump into more indians than chinese

metro is fine and reach anywhere within tokyo, its just some places will need to walk further compared to jr. but for some places may need to topup when u exit the station, for example the setagaya area. when exit the station just show the exit counter you have this metro card, and the staff will ask you to pay the remaining fees

any major station can redeem the ticket, just scan the qr code. there will be one very big machine specially to redeem the ticket

i bought around rm900 on last oct and nov

my bro stay b4 at mystay hotel at around rm300 (2 ppl) which is 7-8 min from the airport, there is a free shuttle bus that will take you from the bus terminal to the hotel. But if first timer to haneda then maybe will get loss like my bro and miss his final hour bus and in the end have to take taxi. a quick search at agoda shows that all hotel near the airport are around the same price as well.

also beware even if 10.40 arrive, still have to clear custom and immigration. lucky can within 15 - 30 min clear, there are times when too many ppl can take up to an hour or more.

my suggestion would be save money and just stay at the airport till 5am and wait for the monorail to operate. even if u book hotel u not gonna stay long as well, most hotel checkout would be at 9-11am. unless u are willing to book 2 day at the hotel.

This post has been edited by HumanExtinction: Jan 15 2024, 10:48 AM

nope, free to sleep anywhere as long theres a chair. some ppl using multiple chair to sleep as well. dont sit near the elevator area, the elevator will keep making warning noise to watch ur step and its annoying to hear that every 5-10 min lol. 4th and 5th floor the lights darker a bit, a lot of ppl sleep there also. 2nd floor and 3rd floor a bit noisy, since its arrival and departure.

see if u can catch the train b4 12am or not, if able then can try to find a capsule hotel or internet cafe to rest. if have iphone then can top up suica, no need to lineup and buy train ticket.

This post has been edited by HumanExtinction: Jan 17 2024, 09:46 PM

starting from 25 jan, immigration and custom both combined into single qr code

It’s easier to do in web, fill up everything and just show the qr code to the immigration and customs officer.

Can do manual white card also, but it is encouraged to use the qr code to expedite the process while going through immi and custom.

Better calculate and plan b4 purchasing the unlimited usage pass. For example the Tokyo metro 1/2/3 day pass, if use a lot of the subway throughout the trip then definitely worth it. Another example is I used to stay near the Tokyo metro, from to and back to my place ard the prices of 1 day pass if I used suica instead of the pass. In this case of course it’s a no brainer for me to purchase the pass. But if you stay near jr station, then you will have no choice but to use suica. Jr and Tokyo metro are 2 different thing, Tokyo metro day pass cannot be used on JR and vice versa.

The city you are visiting definitely can use IC card to purchase things, but ultimately Japan is still a very based cash society. Cash is king over there, some places and vending machine still don’t accept suica. Suica is exactly like tng. But if you plan to reload suica on your iPhone, for some reason they only accept Mastercard, all Visa card will get declined. Cc Mastercard can be reload to suica on iPhone but the rate is quite high. Iirc I used my brother maybank to reload 1000 yen almost rm 40+.

What I did was just reload 1000 yen on my phone to activate the card, and when I reach there I only top up more at the 7/11 atm.

This post has been edited by HumanExtinction: Jan 24 2024, 12:07 AM

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This post has been edited by HumanExtinction: Jan 24 2024, 12:07 AM

yes, better to bring cash and a small little coin purse, will have a lot of coins

can fill for family also

if you use digi, maxis or celcom, the roaming plan is actually quite cheap and worth. Data is also generous.

should be enugh, i use around 1-2gb per day when im there, but i also stream a lot of songs, google mapping and watch a lot of social media videos while on train

This post has been edited by HumanExtinction: Feb 12 2024, 01:00 PM