Rugby World Cup 2019 Japan Travel etc...

Phileas Frog

Ulster Bank will too - https://www.ulsterbank.com/microsites/foreign_currency/default.asp

finbarrk

Eod100 wrote: »

Did they have to order it in out of curiosity?

Yes, but it only took a couple of days.

basillarkin

have ye started to receive e ticket yet?

finbarrk

Phileas Frog wrote: »

That should last long enough to get you out of the airport anyway! :pac::D

Well the return journey on the Narita Express is JPY 4,000. So I will have JPY 76,000 when I arrive at my hotel!
https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/pass/nex_round.html

bennyl10

basillarkin wrote: »

have ye started to receive e ticket yet?

were available to print on the website on tuesday for myself

Riskymove

bennyl10 wrote: »

were available to print on the website on tuesday for myself

me too

cavemeister

Folks, anyone heading to Japan, have a read of this - Don't want to be a Debbie Downer but might be worth keeping an eye on the weather:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/sep/05/rugby-world-cup-pool-stage-cyclone-japan

MikeCork2009

cavemeister wrote: »

Folks, anyone heading to Japan, have a read of this - Don't want to be a Debbie Downer but might be worth keeping an eye on the weather:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/sep/05/rugby-world-cup-pool-stage-cyclone-japan

I'm flying to Tokyo on Monday for 3 weeks so hopefully I don't get disrupted/caught in the typhoon.

myles.91

Selling 1 x Cat D ticket for Ireland v Samoa if anyone interested?

Cheers

32mako

Been lurking for a while, excitement is building up now alright.... If anyone has tickets sitting together for the Ireland games please PM me. We've got 4 tickets to all Ireland's group games but they are various categories and not all sitting together. If anyone has 3 or 4 team packs sitting together they're not going to use then I'd be interested. Cat C/D please....

(Somehow, my wife thinks it's unreasonable that I let the kids wander off on their own in a Japanese stadium!)

bmcc10

Looking a spare for the Scotland game if anyone has one thanks

Dmac117

Been lurking on here getting travel info etc for a while. Finally took the plunge and signed up.

I’ll be in Japan for the Scotland game and then all the knockout stages as was lucky enough to get tickets to the final in the ballot.

I’ve got 2 spare tickets to the Scotland game is anyone is interested as my friend can’t get to Japan in time for the game now. PM me if you are interested.

Riskymove

32mako wrote: »

Been lurking for a while, excitement is building up now alright....

its funny I am up and down at present, as I am going to last pool game and knockouts our departure is still 4 weeks away and seems to be forever coming!!


I even know someone going to the first two games who will be home a couple of days before I go!!

MikeCork2009

Heading to the airport now!! 2 weeks touring Japan before the World Cup. See you all in Japan. Safe travels all and of course, Come on Ireland!!

lawrencesummers

MikeCork2009 wrote: »

Heading to the airport now!! 2 weeks touring Japan before the World Cup. See you all in Japan. Safe travels all and of course, Come on Ireland!!

Where are you planning on visiting?

MikeCork2009

lawrencesummers wrote: »

Where are you planning on visiting?

Starting with a few days in Tokyo, then across to Kyoto for a couple of days, followed by a few days in Osaka, will do a few day trips while there to Hiroshima, Nara and Kobe. Then it's back across to Yokohama for a long weekend and 2 RWC games (NZ v SA and Ireland v Scotland). Then off to Nikko for a couple of days before spending a few more days in Tokyo (plus some more day trips including to Mt Fuji) and then watch Japan v Ireland in a bar in Tokyo before flying home.

Blisterman

AIB charge a 3.5% fee on ATM withdrawals in Japan.

That's also roughly the cheapest I'm finding from anywhere selling cash in Ireland.

Is it really as difficult to find places accepting debit card over there as people make out?

Blisterman

Blisterman wrote: »

AIB charge a 3.5% fee on ATM withdrawals in Japan.

That's also roughly the cheapest I'm finding from anywhere selling cash in Ireland.

Is it really as difficult to find places accepting debit card over there as people make out?

Have you looked into using revolut?

lawrencesummers

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Have you looked into using revolut?

Do they charge anything? I have one and waiting on the card.

lawrencesummers

MikeCork2009 wrote: »

Starting with a few days in Tokyo, then across to Kyoto for a couple of days, followed by a few days in Osaka, will do a few day trips while there to Hiroshima, Nara and Kobe. Then it's back across to Yokohama for a long weekend and 2 RWC games (NZ v SA and Ireland v Scotland). Then off to Nikko for a couple of days before spending a few more days in Tokyo (plus some more day trips including to Mt Fuji) and then watch Japan v Ireland in a bar in Tokyo before flying home.

Savage trip, nice one. I’m Looking forward to Hiroshima, gonna be there for the Japan vs Scotland game which should be good.

lawrencesummers

lawrencesummers wrote: »

Do they charge anything? I have one and waiting on the card.

Haven't looked into myself but a big selling point of theirs is it's international nature. A quick google says there's no fees apparently

https://community.revolut.com/t/revolut-card-in-japan/37158/2

Blisterman

I have a Revolut. Only allows €200 in ATM withdrawals a month though. After that it's a 2% fee, which is admittedly much cheaper than the other options, so fair point.

lawrencesummers

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Haven't looked into myself but a big selling point of theirs is it's international nature. A quick google says there's no fees apparently

https://community.revolut.com/t/revolut-card-in-japan/37158/2

They charge for cash withdrawals over 200/400/600 depending on your account.
Think I will bring a wad of cash in euros and Yen anyway.

Chris871

Blisterman wrote: »

AIB charge a 3.5% fee on ATM withdrawals in Japan.

That's also roughly the cheapest I'm finding from anywhere selling cash in Ireland.

Is it really as difficult to find places accepting debit card over there as people make out?

I've been over a few times. It can be difficult enough trying to pay by card in a lot of places alright, so i make sure I've always cash on me.

But theres no issue finding Atms at all. Every corner shop has one.

Riskymove

lawrencesummers wrote: »

They charge for cash withdrawals over 200/400/600 depending on your account.
Think I will bring a wad of cash in euros and Yen anyway.

ATMs in post offcies charge 1% apparently

Revolute charge 2%

i.e. 2 euro for every 100 you take out


I think you'd be crazy to carry around a large amount of cash for the sake of a few euro

deezell

Anyone having trouble printing E tickets? all my tickets returning a 404 error.

lawrencesummers

Riskymove wrote: »

ATMs in post offcies charge 1% apparently

Revolute charge 2%

i.e. 2 euro for every 100 you take out


I think you'd be crazy to carry around a large amount of cash for the sake of a few euro

Going by your name your just the cautious type.

matrim

deezell wrote: »

Anyone having trouble printing E tickets? all my tickets returning a 404 error.

I'm getting the same thing

finbarrk

Riskymove wrote: »

ATMs in post offcies charge 1% apparently

Revolute charge 2%

i.e. 2 euro for every 100 you take out


I think you'd be crazy to carry around a large amount of cash for the sake of a few euro

I'm just bringing plenty cash. Couldn't be bothered arsing with cards and atm's.

deezell

matrim wrote: »

I'm getting the same thing

Hopefully its just a glitch. I've got to sell 3 full sets of Ireland tickets due to family events.

Deisegodeo

Is anyone concerned about having tickets bought from someone else, not from the portal, therefore not having your name on the ticket and whether the Japanese will enforce this? I came across a bit of talk about it recently on social media and seemed to be mixed views on it.

MisterAnarchy

Deisegodeo wrote: »

Is anyone concerned about having tickets bought from someone else, not from the portal, therefore not having your name on the ticket and whether the Japanese will enforce this? I came across a bit of talk about it recently on social media and seemed to be mixed views on it.

There are no ID restrictions on tickets.

aahern

Blisterman wrote: »

Has anyone resold tickets using the official resale site?
On the one hand it asks you to send your ticket to them in Japan at your own expense, but also says

"For any tickets successfully resold that are not returned to the Rugby World Cup 2019 Ticketing Centre , the refund process will be made within 16 days following the relevant match date."

Does that mean there's no need to actually send it to them? I'll get the money anyway after the match? I'd rather not have to queue at the post office and pay god knows how much it'd cost to send a registered letter to Japan.

I sold mine for one of the pool games. The hard copy tickets arrived but opted not to send them back...as you said the cost of postage would probably out-weigh the resale. If you opt not to send the hardcopy back they'll refund the money after the game.

lawrencesummers

Deisegodeo wrote: »

Is anyone concerned about having tickets bought from someone else, not from the portal, therefore not having your name on the ticket and whether the Japanese will enforce this? I came across a bit of talk about it recently on social media and seemed to be mixed views on it.

How is it any different from any other sporting event? The names don’t mean a thing.

Riskymove

lawrencesummers wrote: »

How is it any different from any other sporting event? The names don’t mean a thing.

Occasionally there have been events that claimed that names had to be on each ticket and they were non-transferable

It is difficult to see how an ID check would be enforced, especially in larger stadia games...in any event that is not the issue here.

I bought the tickets and my name is on all of them so they can track them back to me if an issue arises. But the actual person using the ticket is not named.

lawrencesummers

Riskymove wrote: »

Occasionally there have been events that claimed that names had to be on each ticket and they were non-transferable

It is difficult to see how an ID check would be enforced, especially in larger stadia games...in any event that is not the issue here.

I bought the tickets and my name is on all of them so they can track them back to me if an issue arises. But the actual person using the ticket is not named.

If any sporting event decided to enforce the rule that correct names must be on each ticket then stadiums would be a quarter full at best.

The Danish soccer authorities enforced it for a match in some play off a few years back, a friend of mine had to show his wallet and when they saw his bank of Ireland card it didn’t matter he was wearing a danish jersey, he wasn’t allowed in.

But this isn’t soccer.

Whitters22

Not sure if brought up already but is there any vaccines that should be gotten before flying over does anybody know?

wake

deezell wrote: »

Anyone having trouble printing E tickets? all my tickets returning a 404 error.

This is driving me spare to be honest - managed to view one eticket briefly on my iphone over the weekend and have been trying all day to print from laptop but 404 keeps happening (iphone not showing either)

I'm flying on Thursday and would be great to have printed copies in hand for safety.

Anyone been able to find a workaround as yet?

Riskymove

Whitters22 wrote: »

Not sure if brought up already but is there any vaccines that should be gotten before flying over does anybody know?

None compulsory but some recommended

Most people wont especially if staying mainly in cities

https://www.tmb.ie/featured/travelling-to-rugby-world-cup-in-japan

Riskymove

wake wrote: »

This is driving me spare to be honest - managed to view one eticket briefly on my iphone over the weekend and have been trying all day to print from laptop but 404 keeps happening (iphone not showing either)

I'm flying on Thursday and would be great to have printed copies in hand for safety.

Anyone been able to find a workaround as yet?

I downloaded mine fine

chalky92

wake wrote: »

This is driving me spare to be honest - managed to view one eticket briefly on my iphone over the weekend and have been trying all day to print from laptop but 404 keeps happening (iphone not showing either)

I'm flying on Thursday and would be great to have printed copies in hand for safety.

Anyone been able to find a workaround as yet?

I'm having the same issue, haven't been able to open the tickets at all! I've emailed the support email but no idea if/when i will hear back!

lawrencesummers

chalky92 wrote: »

I'm having the same issue, haven't been able to open the tickets at all! I've emailed the support email but no idea if/when i will hear back!

Have you tried different browsers?

deezell

lawrencesummers wrote: »

chalky92 wrote: »

I'm having the same issue, haven't been able to open the tickets at all! I've emailed the support email but no idea if/when i will hear back!

Have you tried different browsers?

It's a disaster. Can't print on any browsers PC or Mobile. Is it the Typhoon in Japan has fried connections? F*****g ticketmaster behind this. Not a whisper from them.

Brozy

deezell wrote: »

It's a disaster. Can't print on any browsers PC or Mobile. Is it the Typhoon in Japan has fried connections? F*****g ticketmaster behind this. Not a whisper from them.

Just checked my e tickets there on my phone and they worked fine. Can you even view them?

deezell

Brozy wrote: »

deezell wrote: »

It's a disaster. Can't print on any browsers PC or Mobile. Is it the Typhoon in Japan has fried connections? F*****g ticketmaster behind this. Not a whisper from them.

Just checked my e tickets there on my phone and they worked fine. Can you even view them?

Just my list if tickets. When I click "open the e ticket", I get a 404 error

deezell

Been ringing the helpline which closes at 10.00am ffs, that's sunset (6.00) in the land of the rising sun, actually got through and was in the Q till cut off. Now I cant even get the robot to answer.

deezell

It's frustrating beyond belief. It's working now, but seemingly only those tickets I hadn't clicked days ago, like the failed attempts are locked out. I can download exactly half of each allocation, 1 of 2 Scotland, 2 of 4 Japan etc. It's maddening

deezell

And now this;

"Pardon Our Interruption...

As you were browsing something about your browser made us think you were a bot. There are a few reasons this might happen:
•You're a power user moving through this website with super-human speed.
•You've disabled JavaScript and/or cookies in your web browser.
•A third-party browser plugin, such as Ghostery or NoScript, is preventing JavaScript from running. Additional information is available in this support article."

I got one more printed from my phone before it shut down. 3 to go....

aahern

I had the same problem. Clear your browsing history and it should work again.

deezell

Finally got them all. Clearing cache, etc, no joy. Then plugged up a different pc. Got last 3. What a pita, but sorted now.