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土曜日午後3時過ぎに友人に駅まで送ってもらって出発します。 I'll be leaving on Saturday just after 3pm, with a friend driving me to the station. |
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近鉄西大寺駅から大阪難波まで三宮行きにのります Take the train bound for Sannomiya from Kintetsu Saidaiji Station to Osaka Namba |
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16：01西大寺発の快速急行、土曜日だがこの時間でこの混み具合 The rapid express train departing Saidaiji at 16:01 is so crowded even at this time on a Saturday. |
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生駒駅からトンネルを抜けると夕暮れの大阪市内が見える Exiting the tunnel from Ikoma Station, you can see Osaka city at dusk |
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やってきました近鉄鶴橋駅到着16：25、エスカレータに乗ったらJR鶴橋駅ホーム We arrived at Kintetsu Tsuruhashi Station at 16:25. We took the escalator and arrived at the JR Tsuruhashi Station platform. |
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土曜日だが学生や一般客で混んでいる It's Saturday, but it's crowded with students and regular customers. |
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この電車は荷物をもってドナイしようかと思うくらい混んでいたが降りる客が多かったので何とか大きな荷物と共に乗れた。ラッシュ時には荷物は持ち込めないJR大阪環状線、16：38の環状線外回り16：43には天王寺に着き、16：51発の関空快速に乗れた。 This train was so crowded that I almost had to leave with my luggage, but many passengers were getting off so I managed to get on with my large luggage. During rush hour, you can't bring luggage on the JR Osaka Loop Line, but I got off at 16:38 on the outer loop line and arrived at Tennoji at 16:43, where I was able to board the 16:51 Kansai Airport Rapid train.. |
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天王寺からの関空快速は17：42に関西空港駅に着いた。チェックインカウンターでは離陸3時間前なのにすでにチェックインは始まっていた。チェックインに問題のある人が多く、時間が掛かるからだ。私の後ろの日本人は慣れているらしく私の荷物と同じ位の重さなのに預入荷物は30ｋｇを購入したと言っていた。 The Kansai Airport Rapid train from Tennoji arrived at Kansai Airport Station at 5:42 PM. Even though it was three hours before departure, check-in was already underway at the check-in counter. This was because many people had problems checking in, which took a long time. The Japanese passenger behind me seemed to be used to it, and said that he had purchased 30 kg of checked baggage, even though his luggage was about the same weight as mine. |
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私はチケット以外に預け入れ荷物20kg￥2000-も購入していた。食事と全部合計￥53000-のチケット 普通の航空会社の航空券には自動的に20kg程度の預け入れ荷物が1個はあるが格安航空では買っておかないと預け入れ荷物 1kg/￥2000-を払う羽目に。この時点で私がこの案内の餌食になるとは思っていなかった。 In addition to my ticket, I had also purchased 20kg of checked baggage for \2,000. The total price for the ticket, including meals, was \53,000. While regular airline tickets automatically include one checked bag of about 20kg, budget airlines require you to purchase a baggage allowance, meaning you end up paying \2,000 per kilogram. At this point, I never expected to fall victim to this tactic. |
| 私の預け入れ荷物は22kg、今までの航空会社では何もいわずに受け取ってくれたので大丈夫だと思っていた。 ここは格安航空なのだと思い知る羽目に。「預け入れ荷物は2.6kgオーバーしています、手荷物は13.6kgなので6.6kgオーバ−しているので預け入れ荷物にしてください。 一緒に量ると合計 16kg分の超過預け入れ荷物になるのでお支払いお願いします」と言うセブパシフィック日本人係員。 私は「何でここで￥32000-もエエッ」と耳を疑った。 機内持ち込み手荷物は許容7ｋｇまで、13.6kgを7kgにせよって事は半分の重さにせよって事？ 私は持っていたナップサックにパソコンや予備電池など重たい物を詰め込んだが車輪の着いた機内持ち込みカバンの重さがが5kg程もあるので 下着の着替えも何もかも出さないと半分の重さにならないし手持ちのナップサックは大きいものでなし、 この時点でナップサックの重さを言われたらドナイしようと思っていた。 My checked baggage was 22kg, and I thought it would be fine because previous airlines had accepted it without a word. I was about to find out that this was a low-cost airline. "Your checked baggage is 2.6kg over the limit, and your carry-on baggage is 13.6kg, so it's 6.6kg over, so please check it in. When weighed together, it comes to a total of 16kg of excess checked baggage, so you'll need to pay that," said the Japanese Cebu Pacific attendant. I couldn't believe my ears and thought, "Why am I paying 32,000 yen here?" The carry-on baggage limit is 7kg, so reducing 13.6kg to 7kg means I have to make it half the weight, right? I packed heavy items like my laptop and spare batteries into the knapsack I was carrying, but my carry-on bag with wheels weighed about 5kg, so I would need to take out everything, including a change of underwear, to make it half the weight, and my knapsack wasn't very big, so at this point I was thinking that if they told me how heavy my knapsack was, I would donate it. 後から思うと機内持ち込み手荷物以外にハンドバッグと傘類は持ち込み出来てそれらは重さや大きさの規定がないのだ。 更に着ている物やポケットに入っているものが多くても重くても何も言わない。 実際には機内持ち込み手荷物も細かい規定があってエコノミーは大きさサイズは50ｘ37ｘ25ｃｍと重さ7ｋｇ、どこの航空会社も大きさは倍以上でも、 重さも25％増しまでは大目に見てる。今回は大きさは文句を言わなかったが重さは厳蜜になった。 Thinking back, I realized that in addition to carry-on baggage, handbags and umbrellas can be brought on board, and there are no regulations regarding their weight or size. Furthermore, no one says anything if you are wearing a lot of clothes or have heavy items in your pockets. In fact, there are strict regulations regarding carry-on baggage, with economy class dimensions of 50 x 37 x 25 cm and a weight of 7 kg, and all airlines will tolerate luggage that is more than twice the size, and up to a 25% increase in weight. This time, no one complained about the size, but they were strict about the weight. 今年3月16日にミンダナオ島からセブ島までこの航空会社に乗った時は同じ内容の同じ機内持ち込み手荷物で 電池を持ち込めないと言っていただけで重量は全く言わなかった。 荷物の中身は同じだし13kgと同じはず。最近になって厳しくしたのだ。格安航空会社は儲からないから 何でもいい取れる所から金を取る主義ッテ事？金持ちの株主から言われたのか、 弱い者イジメもいいところだ。セブパシフィックでは機内持ち込み手荷物サイズは56ｘ23ｘ36ｃｍで7ｋｇ未満と言っていた、 サイズは大幅に超え重さも7ｋｇを超えても文句は言わなかったがサイズは今後厳重になるかも。 更にハンドバックの重さも言い出すかもしれない安心して乗れないのが格安航空。 When I flew with this airline from Mindanao to Cebu on March 16th of this year, I had the same carry-on luggage, but they just said I couldn't bring batteries on board and didn't say anything about the weight. The contents of my luggage were the same, so it should have been the same 13kg. They've only recently made the rules stricter. Low-cost airlines don't make a profit, so they just take money wherever they can? Perhaps it was a request from a wealthy shareholder. This is bullying the weak at best. Cebu Pacific said the carry-on luggage size was 56x23x36cm and less than 7kg. They didn't complain even though my luggage was way over the size and weighed over 7kg, but they may be stricter about size in the future. They might even start asking about the weight of my handbag, so you can't fly with peace of mind on a low-cost airline. 機内持ち込み手荷物から中身を手持ちナップサックにいっぱい詰めたが13.6ｋｇを10kgにするのが精一杯、 これでは持ち込み手荷物は機内持込として受け付けてくれない、 でも預け入れにするにしても支払いを少なくするために3kg＝￥6000-分をハンドバッグに入れた、 心の中ではハンドバッグの重さを言われたらドナイしようかと思っていた。 結局は機内持ち込み手荷物の7ｋｇ分は権利を行使できずに預け入れ荷物になって、仕方なく支払った超過12kg分の￥24000-の領収書を下に掲載。 I stuffed the contents of my carry-on bag into my knapsack, but all I could do was reduce the weight from 13.6kg to 10kg. At this rate, they wouldn't accept my carry-on baggage, but even if I were to check it in, I put 3kg (6,000 yen) in my handbag to reduce the cost. In my mind, I was thinking about donating it if they told me how heavy my handbag was. In the end, I couldn't exercise my right to have 7kg of my carry-on baggage, so it ended up as checked baggage, and I had no choice but to pay 24,000 yen for the excess 12kg. See the receipt below. ところがこの時点で国内線の便がキャンセルになっていたが係員はそれを言わないで私には「メール連絡は入ってませんでしたか」としか言わなかった。 チケット購入時にはメール連絡先番号は日本とフィリピンの番号両方書いておいたが彼らはフィリピンの番号にフライトキャンセルになった連絡をしていたのだ。 出発前なら日本に居ることが判っていてフィリピンの番号に連絡してる仕事をする気のないバカ丸出しのセブパシフィック。 この後も客には厳しく自分たちはアイムソーリーで逃げるお国柄丸出しの対応が続く。 情けないのは日本人係員が相手の身になって対応しない自己中心フィリピンスタイルで仕事していることだ。 However, at this point, my domestic flight had been canceled, but the staff member didn't mention that and simply asked me, "Didn't you receive an email?" When I purchased my ticket, I had written down both Japanese and Philippine contact numbers, but they had contacted the Philippine number to inform me of the flight cancellation. Cebu Pacific knew I would be in Japan before I left, so they contacted the Philippine number, showing they are complete idiots with no intention of doing their job. After this, they continued to be harsh on customers, then run away saying "I'm sorry," in a manner that is clearly indicative of their national character. What's pathetic is that the Japanese staff member was working in the self-centered Filipino style, not putting themselves in the other person's shoes. 結局大阪ではマニラまでの荷物タグで預け入れ荷物を受け付ける、本来は国内便のキャンセルになった便の代わりの便を予約して 最終目的地までの荷物タグにし領収書もOSAKAからCEBUまでにしないといけなのだが、 それをせずに安易な事をしてくれたのでマニラに着いてから再び係員と言い合いになる。 In the end, my checked baggage was accepted in Osaka with a tag to Manila. I should have booked a replacement flight for my canceled domestic flight, tagged the baggage to my final destination, and gotten a receipt from Osaka to Cebu, but they took the easy way out and ended up arguing with the staff again when I arrived in Manila. 後から落ち着いて考えるといろいろとアイデアが思い浮かぶ。 チェックイン前にチェックインカウンターから見えない所に荷物を置いておき、それらを含まずにチェックインして重量は規定の範囲内でチェックイン、 後は出国審査場に向かって歩いて他のカウンターの前を通り置いた荷物を手荷物に入れ戻してから出国検査に向かう。 つまり重量を測るのはチェックイン時だけなのでその時点だけ重量オーバーにならないようにすれば良いのだ。 関西空港では荷物が放置してあっても目立たない場所なら1時間位は不審荷物にならないし、いつもカバンに入れている錠前を掛けておけばなくなる事もない。 Thinking about it calmly later, a number of ideas came to mind. Before checking in, leave your luggage somewhere that cannot be seen from the check-in counter, then check in without it, making sure your weight is within the permitted range, Then walk to immigration, pass the other counters, put your left-down luggage back into your carry-on, and then head for immigration. In other words, weight is only measured at check-in, so all you have to do is make sure your luggage doesn't go over the weight limit at that point. At Kansai Airport, if your luggage is left in an inconspicuous place, it won't be considered suspicious for around an hour, and if you lock it with the lock you always keep in your bag, it won't go missing. チェックインカウンターで超過重量が判ってからでも「超過の荷物は送ってくれた友人に渡してくるので後から再度チェックインする」と 言い残して見えない所に荷物を置きに行けば良いのだ。 ただし各荷物の重量がどれくらいかはカウンターに居る間に量って重量配分を予め考えておかないと間違う事になる。 私もこの方法にすれば追加支払いゼロの可能性だってあったのだが、思いつかなかった。 ただ小さなカバンに6.6ｋｇもの荷物を詰めるのは至難の業かもしれないし、マニラでも機内持ち込み手荷物は重量を測るからチェックイン前に 一旦荷物を取り出して同じ事を繰り返さないといけないので随分な苦労を二度行う事になる。 Even after finding out that your luggage is overweight at the check-in counter, you can just say, "I'll give the excess baggage to my friend who sent it, and I'll check it in again later," and go and put your luggage somewhere out of sight. However, you'll make a mistake if you don't weigh each piece of baggage while you're at the counter and think about the weight distribution beforehand. I could have avoided paying any extra if I had done this, but it never occurred to me. However, it might be extremely difficult to pack 6.6 kg of luggage into a small bag, and because carry-on baggage is weighed in Manila as well, you'll have to take your luggage out and repeat the process before check-in, which means you'll end up going through a lot of trouble twice. そんな様子からこの後はこの旅ではセブパシフィックの荷物重量検査を気にしていた。 行きは国内線、帰りは国際線のマニラでは同じようにしてカウンターから離れた場所に荷物を置く方法が使えそう、だが マニラは空港内とはいえお国柄盗難の可能性はある。 セブからの帰りは国内線だがチェックイン後のターミナルフィー徴収所前に再び機内持ち込み手荷物の重さを量っていた。 それ以降は機内まで重量計測なしだった。 つまりフィリピンではチェックイン後も搭乗口までは7ｋｇ未満の機内持ち込み手荷物重量を維持しておくこと。 Given this, I was concerned about Cebu Pacific's baggage weight inspections for the rest of the trip. It seems like I could use the same method of placing my luggage away from the counter on the domestic flight to Manila and the international flight back, but even though Manila is inside the airport, there is still a chance of theft due to the country's culture. On the way back from Cebu, I took a domestic flight, but my carry-on baggage was weighed again before the terminal fee collection office after check-in. After that, there was no further weight check until I got on board. In other words, in the Philippines, even after check-in, it is important to keep your carry-on baggage weight below 7kg until you reach the boarding gate. 私自身が気を付けていたのはハンドバッグはどんなに重くても軽いように持ち、 重量を測る機内持ち込み手荷物は重たそうに引きずらないとハンドバッグが7ｋｇを超えていたら「重たい方が機内持込荷物として扱う」と 規約にない条件を勝手に言われたら金を払う羽目になるので私の帰りはハンドバッグは7ｋｇを越えていたが軽く持っていた。 What I was careful about was to carry my handbag as if it were light, no matter how heavy it was, and not drag my carry-on luggage, which is weighed, so if my handbag was over 7kg, they would say "the heavier bag will be treated as carry-on luggage."If they arbitrarily insisted on a condition that was not in the terms and conditions, I would end up paying, so on the way back, my handbag weighed over 7kg, but I carried it lightly. 格安航空の彼らはあの手この手で出来る範囲で新しい文句をつけて金を取ろうとしているので今後は機内持込手荷物の大きさを言い出すかもしれない。 その時のためにネットで条件の詳細を調べてチケット購入時には20ｋｇ/￥2000-を預け入れ荷物がなくても保険と思って着けて置くのが得策、 チェックインの時ででは1ｋｇ/￥2000-だ。 今後搭乗口で重量を測っても免税品は重量を測らないだろうし免税品用の袋を持参して入れる手段も用意が必要か？ Low-cost airlines are trying every possible way to make money by coming up with new complaints, so in the future they may start making restrictions on the size of carry-on baggage. When that happens, it's a good idea to look up the details of the conditions online and pay 20kg/\2,000 when purchasing your ticket, and keep it on as insurance even if you don't have any checked baggage. When you check in, it's 1kg/\2,000. Even if weight is measured at the boarding gate in the future, duty-free items will probably not be weighed, so will you need to bring your own duty-free bag to put them in? 日本の格安航空ではだます様な金の取り方は今の処は耳にしないが、 離陸後も指定された座席から移動できないなど細かい部分で今までの航空会社とは全く違う対応だ。 チケット購入時には搭乗条件の詳細は一度でなく一定の期間毎に確認要だ。 I haven't heard of any cheating methods being used by low-cost airlines in Japan at the moment, but they do have some small differences from previous airlines, such as not being able to move from your assigned seat even after takeoff. When purchasing a ticket, it's important to check the details of the boarding conditions not just once, but periodically. 携帯電話の料金プランや条件も格安になればなるほど条件と価格その他は各社とも競争するように日々刻々変化する。 ビジネス上の生存競争が熾烈を極める時代になっているからだ。 自分で自ら「格安」を相手にしているのを自覚して飛行機でも何でも最新の詳細を常に把握するべき時代かもしれない。 The cheaper mobile phone plans and terms become, the more the conditions, prices, and other factors change every day as companies compete with each other. This is because we live in an age where the fight for survival in business is extremely fierce. Perhaps it's time to be aware that you're dealing with "cheap" plans and keep up to date with the latest details on flights and other things. |
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出発ゲートは35番、今日は南側のカードラウンジ金剛、荷物検査で100ｃｃ以上の水は持ち込めないが空容器は持ち込める。機内では水は有償なのでここでペットボトルに水を入れておかないといけないのだ。 The departure gate is 35. Today I'm in the Kongo Card Lounge on the south side. I can't bring more than 100cc of water through baggage inspection, but I can bring empty containers. Water is charged on the plane, so I have to fill up my plastic bottle here. |
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搭乗直前の第一ターミナル南端西側には見覚えのある塗装のセブパシフィックの機体が駐機していたエアバス320 Just before boarding, a Cebu Pacific Airbus A320 with a familiar livery was parked on the west side of the southern end of Terminal 1. |
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操縦室ドアを開けている客室乗務員、飛行中は簡単に開けられるのが格安航空か？？なんともお粗末なセキュリティ管理、格安航空はハイジャックは無いと思っているのだろうか？？？ 前方フードブース1区画だけがオーブンになっていて一度には6個の容器が暖められる。機内食を注文していたのは２百人を超える搭乗客の中の1割程の客。電子レンジはなくオーブンで弁当の容器は全てアルミホイル。 A flight attendant opens the cockpit door - is it really that easy to open it during flight on a low-cost airline? What poor security management - do low-cost airlines really think that hijackings don't happen??? Only one section of the food booth at the front is equipped with an oven, which can heat six containers at a time. Only about 10% of the more than 200 passengers on board had ordered in-flight meals. There is no microwave, so the bento containers are all in aluminum foil. |
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ビニール張りの安作り座席シート、でも国際線用の機体は各席にテーブルが付いている。関西空港離陸は20：52、トイレは付いているが便座紙シートは付いてなかった。 The seats were cheaply made with vinyl upholstery, but the plane for international flights has a table at each seat. The plane took off from Kansai Airport at 20:52, and although there was a toilet, there was no toilet paper provided. |
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私はチケット購入時に5種類程の品からビーフシチューを注文しておいたのだが、実際はビーフ角切りのバター炒め、煮込んだスープの全くないこれを彼らはビーフシチューと称している非常識の押し付け、ネット購入時の写真とは大きく異なる。それにしてもバターと共に塩やコショーを効かして味を調えると思うのだが バターのみで味気ない素人料理でなく子供の料理。付属のジュースは粉末を溶かした味なのは判っているので水に交換してくれと言ったら水はP50￥120-で買ってくれと。これが￥800程の機内食。コンビに弁当と比較したら暴利をむさぼっているのが判る。 |
| When I bought my ticket, I ordered beef stew from about five different items, but it was actually just cubed beef stir-fried in butter, with no simmered soup whatsoever, and they called it beef stew, which is an absurd imposition, and it was very different from the photo I saw when I bought it online. Even so, I thought they would season it with salt and pepper along with the butter, but it was a bland, amateurish dish made by just butter, more like a child's meal. I knew the juice that came with it tasted like dissolved powder, so I asked to change it for water, but they said I had to buy water for P50 (120 yen). This was the in-flight meal that cost about 800 yen. Compared to the bento lunches at convenience stores, it's clear they're making exorbitant profits. 食事は全く塩味がないので客室乗務員に塩コショウがないかと言うと「有るか見てくる」と言ったまま知らん顔して半時間程も接客、追いかけていって 「見てくると言ったがマニラに着いてから見に行くのか」と詰問した。「では今から見てきます」、結局「塩も胡椒もないアイムソーリー」だけ。 本当に見に行っただけで捜さなかった気がする仕事振り。 The food was completely unsalted, so I asked the flight attendant if they had any salt or pepper. She said, "I'll go and see if they have any," and then ignored me and continued serving for about half an hour. I chased after her and questioned her, saying, "You said you'd go and see, but are you going to go and see after we get to Manila?" She replied, "I'll go and see now," and in the end all she said was, "Sorry, there's no salt or pepper." It felt like she just went and looked, but didn't actually look for it. 自分達の仕事はいつもいい加減なのに客には厳しい態度で金を取れるところなら、何にでも値段を付けていた。 利益を出すためには次はトイレに使用料金が書いてありそうだ。 他の航空会社では無料で配る小さなクッキー類も有償、サンミゲルビールはP100￥220-だった。 食事は有料だが事前購入だけで機内で注文できる食事類はカップラーメンだけ。 お湯は無料で入れてくれる。機内での支払いはフィリピンペソだけしか見なかったが日本円も使えるのかも、でも両替レートは極端に悪い気がする、 おつりはペソでしかもらえない。 They were always sloppy with their work but strict with customers, charging a price for anything they could get a fee for. To make a profit, they'll probably start posting usage fees on the toilets next. Even the small cookies that other airlines give out for free had to be charged for, and San Miguel beer was P100 (220 yen). Meals were charged for, but the only food you could order on board was cup ramen, which you had to purchase in advance. Hot water was free. I only saw Philippine pesos accepted for payment on board, but Japanese yen may also be accepted, although I feel like the exchange rate was extremely poor, and you only got change in pesos. |
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三人がけの真ん中は空席、窓側は30才代のフィリピン人女性、一人で3泊4日で関西を旅してきたと。彼女は注文していたパスタは美味しくないので一口しか食べれないと言っていた。私に食べるように言ってきたので食べたが私のビーフシチューよりは美味しかった。味を調えなくても使っているケチャップなどに味が着いているからか？ The middle seat of the three-seater was empty, and the seat by the window was occupied by a Filipina woman in her 30s who said she was traveling alone in the Kansai region for three nights and four days. She said the pasta she ordered was so bad she could only eat one bite. She told me to try it, so I did, and it was better than my beef stew. Maybe it was because the ketchup and other ingredients had flavor even without seasoning? |
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予定通り23：46マニラに到着、夜だからか搭乗ゲートを使ってターミナルビルへ、フライト時間は他の航空会社の便より早い、4時間未満のフライトだ。 We arrived in Manila at 11:46pm as scheduled, and because it was night we were able to use the boarding gate to go to the terminal building. The flight time was shorter than other airlines, at just under four hours. |
