{"id":6430,"date":"2010-05-11T05:18:02","date_gmt":"2010-05-10T20:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=6430"},"modified":"2010-05-11T08:01:48","modified_gmt":"2010-05-10T23:01:48","slug":"terumi-club-refuses-nj-for-travel-fares-and-tours-has-cheaper-fares-for-japanese-only-like-h-i-s-and-no-1-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=6430","title":{"rendered":"Terumi Club refuses NJ for travel fares and tours, has cheaper fares for Japanese Only. Like H.I.S. and No.1 Travel."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hi Blog. \u00a0Speaking of “Peter Rabbit Taxes<\/a>” for Japanese tourists: \u00a0Here we have more information about Japanese travel agencies overcharging, surcharging, or refusing to sell tickets at all to NJ. \u00a0Tellmeclub.com is offering different prices based upon nationality, according to A and J below. \u00a0Contrast with H.I.S. and No.1 Travel doing the same thing back in 2006, despite their claims that they would stop.<\/p>\n

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Travel firm rapped over foreigner ticket policy
\nTop travel agency charges foreigners more for ‘discount’ air tickets<\/strong>
\nBy VANESSA MITCHELL<\/p>\n

Japan Times July 4 2006<\/strong><\/p>\n

The nation’s largest discount travel agency, HIS, which also runs foreigner-friendly No.1 Travel, has based the price of some air tickets from Japan on the nationality of the traveler, possibly in breach of Japanese law, The Japan Times has learned.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Foreigners trying to buy discount tickets through the company were quoted higher prices than Japanese customers purchasing discount seats on the same flight.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The policy came to light when the company offered a discount ticket to Los Angeles over the telephone to a Japanese caller, but said it was no longer available at the quoted price after finding out a Canadian was the intended traveler.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

It then informed the caller that the price for the ticket would be higher for a non-Japanese customer.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

However, Japanese Air Law, Article 105, Paragraph 2, clearly states that “no specific passenger or consigner will be unfairly discriminated against.”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The company, which has acknowledged the ticketing policy, has defended its actions, denying ticketing pricing discrimination and suggesting foreign customers pose a threat to profits.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Rest of the article at http:\/\/search.japantimes.co.jp\/print\/fl20060704zg.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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Debito.org archives on H.I.S. et.al:
\nhttps:\/\/www.debito.org\/HISpricing.html<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/www.debito.org\/?s=%22H.I.S.+Travel%22<\/a><\/p>\n

Do watch yourself when dealing with travel agents in Japan. \u00a0Check pricing at the agency’s website after you get an estimate, and don’t buy on the spot. \u00a0Charging different fares by nationality, according to my investigations back in 2006, is not allowed by the Ministry of Transport<\/a>. \u00a0But it happens in Japan, it seems quite unabated. \u00a0Where are you, government enforcers? \u00a0Arudou Debito in Sapporo<\/p>\n

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Apr 7, 2010<\/p>\n

Dear Debito, <\/em>First of all, lot of thanks for you daily effort to the cause of improving the living of the foreign community in Japan\u00a0and arduous endeavor without any doubt.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The last two years I have been witnessing how foreigners colleagues are denied travel tours (national and international) because they are foreigners and can not speak Japanese fluently.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

This time happened to my girlfriend when trying to make a reservation for a tour trip to Hong Kong for the both of us. It made her felt so bad that she automatically canceled.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I don’t want to be excessively reactionary about this but it doesn’t seem right.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I’m thinking about asking myself why are the reasons I have to extra pay, because I don’t really get it.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Any thoughts would be really appreciate it.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Please find enclose the mail.<\/em><\/span>
\n<\/em> By the way I’ve been living 12 years in Japan and I do speak, read, write fluently Japanese.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks for your time. <\/em>A<\/em><\/span> in<\/em>Tokyo<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Also from J:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

April 7, 2010<\/p>\n

Sorry to bother you, but a friend sent me this “gem”, and I’m itching\u00a0to send them an\u00a0e-mail:<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u25a0\u65e5\u672c\u56fd\u7c4d\u306e\u65b9\u5bfe\u8c61\u30b3\u30fc\u30b9\u3067\u3059\u3002\u5916\u56fd\u7c4d\u306e\u304a\u5ba2\u69d8\u306f\u3001\u8ffd\u52a0\u6599\u91d1\u304c\u5fc5\u8981\u306b\u306a\u308b\u5834\u5408\u304c\u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u3059\u306e\u3067\u3001\u5225\u9014\u304a\u554f\u5408\u305b\u4e0b\u3055\u3044\u3002 \u00a0(It was 5000 yen.)
\nhttp:\/\/www.tellmeclub.com\/tour\/detail.php?al_id=9832&tour_no=KVNAV30RA003&ym=MMMM<\/a><\/p>\n

It gets better:
\n<\/em> \u203b\u65e5\u672c\u56fd\u7c4d\u306e\u65b9\u5bfe\u8c61\u306e\u30b3\u30fc\u30b9\u3068\u306a\u308a\u307e\u3059\u3002\u5916\u56fd\u7c4d\u306e\u65b9\u306e\u307f\u3067\u306e\u3054\u53c2\u52a0\u306f\u627f\u308c\u307e\u305b\u3093\u3002
\nhttp:\/\/www.tellmeclub.com\/tour\/detail.php?search=on&tour_no=KFNAT01CM004&ym=201001<\/a><\/p>\n

They don’t even bother explaining why.
\n<\/em> ENDS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Speaking of “Peter Rabbit Taxes” for Japanese tourists: Here we have more information about Japanese travel agencies overcharging, surcharging, or refusing to sell tickets at all to NJ. Tellmeclub.com is offering different prices based upon nationality, according to A and J below. Contrast with H.I.S. and No.1 Travel doing the same thing back in 2006, despite their claims that they would stop.<\/p>\n

Do watch yourself when dealing with travel agents in Japan. Check pricing at the agency’s website after you get an estimate, and don’t buy on the spot. Charging different fares by nationality, according to my investigations back in 2006, is not allowed by the Ministry of Transport. But it happens in Japan, it seems quite unabated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,34,11,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bad-business-practices","category-exclusionism","category-problematic-foreign-treatment","category-8"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6430\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}