{"id":121854,"date":"2022-04-23T05:37:11","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T20:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=121854"},"modified":"2022-04-22T15:36:10","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T06:36:10","slug":"surfboard-charge-jal-vs-hawaiian-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=121854","title":{"rendered":"Surfboard Charge:  JAL vs. Hawaiian Air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-97946\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_3944-600x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>it&#8217;s very nerve-racking for surfers when checking in because we have no power, the person checking you in has it all. \u00a0they can tell you to pay what ever they want and if you don&#8217;t pay, your surfboards don&#8217;t get on the airplane. \u00a0i know surfers who paid up to $4,000 just for their board bag. \u00a0anyway,\u00a0i had 2 big bags with 5 boards in each. \u00a0each one weighted 25KG or 50lbs. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-97947\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_3943-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and when you see the airport staff smile when they see your surfboards, you know you&#8217;re in trouble. \u00a0they are thinking &#8220;wow, we&#8217;re going to make a lot of money today!!!&#8221; \u00a0so they get out their tape measure and measure every inch. \u00a0then they take those numbers back to the counter, enter it into some kind of formula, and determine the outrageous price. \u00a0luckily in my lifetime, i paid anywhere from $0 to $400. \u00a0but i&#8217;ve had friends that paid into the thousands, including my own nephews. \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-97948\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_3945-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Japan Airlines is probably the most expensive airlines to take on surfboards. \u00a0they charge $200 for 2 boards in a bag. \u00a0and if the bag is big, they will measure and charge you more. \u00a0so i&#8217;m guessing each of my bags would have cost me over a thousand dollars. \u00a0BUT, i was on JL 720 which was also a Hawaiian Air code charge flight. \u00a0so to be smart, i booked my ticket through Hawaiian Air so i go by their rules. \u00a0and Hawaiian Air&#8217;s rules are $150 per each board bag up to 25KG. \u00a0that means you can put as many surfboards as you desire. \u00a0when i told the airport staff that, they weren&#8217;t very happy. \u00a0there smiles turned into disappointment. \u00a0i got away with $300 for 10 surfboards. \u00a0so before you take your dream surf trip, make sure you do your research. \u00a0sometimes you might find a cheap ticket, but after the surfboard charge, it could be a lot more. \u00a0other than that, good luck&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>it&#8217;s very nerve-racking for surfers when checking in because we have no power, the person checking you in has it all. \u00a0they can tell you to pay what ever they want and if you don&#8217;t pay, your surfboards don&#8217;t get on the airplane. \u00a0i know surfers who paid up to $4,000 just for their board [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-121854","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-kirbyblog"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121854"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121856,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121854\/revisions\/121856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}