When making a round trip from New Chitose Airport to Asahikawa For example, when making a round trip between New Chitose Airport and Asahikawa. This is an actual case that the author experienced, and it was triggered in a situation where the Haneda-Asahikawa flight was drastically reduced due to the new Corona, and the alternative was to depart from and arrive at New Chitose. A normal one-way ticket between New Chitose Airport and Asahikawa costs 3,650 yen, and a nonreserved seat express ticket between Sapporo and Asahikawa costs 1,830 yen (2,360 yen for a reserved seat), for a total of 5,480-6,010 yen. A round-trip ticket would cost between 19,060 and 12,020 yen. However, there is a special “S ticket” between Sapporo and Asahikawa that is valid for 6 days and costs 5,550 yen for a round-trip ticket. In addition, a ticket between New Chitose Airport and Sapporo costs 1,150 yen one way, or 2,300 yen round trip. Combined with the “S ticket,” the cost is only 7,850 yen. Incidentally, the “S ticket” between Sapporo and Asahikawa can also be purchased at the reserved-seat ticket machine at New Chitose Airport Station. In the photo at the beginning of this article, I bought a paper ticket, but it is likely that you will use a transportation system IC card between New Chitose Airport and Sapporo. In either case, you need to exit and re-enter once at Sapporo. Otherwise, when you exit at Asahikawa Station, you will have to insert the “S ticket” into the automatic ticket gate with no entry record. If you do not keep a record of your entry on your transportation system IC card, an error will occur the next time you board the train. However, it is not so bad to enter the station once because you can eat and shop at Sapporo Station on the way to the station.
The reason for this phenomenon is that there are sections where there is fierce competition with other competing modes of transportation. The reason is that there are some sections where “discounted specials are offered in order to compete with other competing transportation services. The greater the discount, the cheaper the ticket becomes even if it is bought in installments. The Sapporo – Asahikawa route is a fierce battleground where not only JR trains but also many highway buses come and go, and many people also use their own cars to get to and from the destination. Therefore, the “S Ticket” was established to offer a lower fare in exchange for limited unreserved seats and no stopovers. Not only between Fuda-Asahi, but there are also many sections where “round-trip tickets between two stations at a discount” are offered. Most of them are for limited express trains, some with reserved seats and some with non-reserved seats. This is a reflection of the fact that railroads can easily demonstrate their strength in inter-city transportation. In some cases, when an unlimited-ride package is offered within a specific area, a separate ticket is prepared for the portion of the train that extends beyond that area and is combined with the package. However, whether or not this is profitable depends on the way you ride, so it is essential to make a preliminary estimate. There are a large number of products, and their contents and lineups change. Therefore, we will not list individual products, but please check the “discount tickets” section on the websites of the JR passenger companies. Most of them have a category such as “round-trip type. Of course, there is also a page in the paper timetable that summarizes “discount ticket” information.
Read the warning carefully It is an ironclad rule of life that “cheap products have their own reasons for being cheap,” and the railroad industry is no exception to this rule. Inexpensive products usually have some kind of restrictions, which are written in the notes. For example, some tickets are limited to “use only on the designated section,” and cannot be used in combination with other tickets, or cannot be used over to the next section. However, once you exit, the ticket is “cut off,” so you can simply re-enter using another ticket. In fact, this is what was done in the case of the “S ticket” between Fuda-Asahi mentioned at the beginning of this article. However, it is necessary to take this into consideration and allow enough time for the transfer. Another common restriction is that “no stopovers” are allowed. In addition to this, they are limited to weekends, cannot be used during peak periods such as Bon holidays and New Year’s, etc.
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