Big changes are coming to the Shinkansen and the Smart EX online reservation service! Find out about price rises, a fantastic new early booking discount, changes to the reservation window, on-board sales on the Shinkansen, and a huge shift in seat reservations at busy times of year.
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4 Comments
Thanks for this – the SmartEX changes are important
I discovered yesterday unfortunately another reason why I don’t want to use the Japan Rail Pass ever again. This was actually the first time for me using the pass as a ticket shape you put in the gate. I was used to the big one you show to the guard.
There’s a short story but the tl;dr is, I lost it.
I will never ever use anything that requires me to find and then secure a tiny piece of paper that’s worth multiple tens of thousands of yen while rushing for a train. And now with the new price I can’t dream of what I would have felt like had I lost it. If I loose my IC card I can just go to the ticket office and get it all back. Until JR respects the sanity of their customers I won’t be buying any tiny paper that’s worth 50 thousand yen or more
Nice video as always Andrew! I hope I can go again to Japan next year, and all those updates are very good to know
Thank you for these informative news. Do you happen to know if they offer 28 days advance discount to Hikari too?