RetireJapan

Many thanks for the replies. Plenty to read through and think about.

This is a request to the experts here for some advice with a bit of life planning. (I am early 50s; JP spouse; PR.) If I were to stop working in, say, 3-5 years' time and take early retirement here in Japan what are the ongoing/regular payments (other than accommodation costs) which I would face? An...

In the end, this was all sorted out in December when the outstanding balance was simply deducted from my November credit card bill, which is what I would have settled for in the first place. There were no communications from JCB as to why they decided to change how they refunded me the outstanding b...

Okay, so I was overly hasty/optimistic when I wrote a few days ago that this was solved. The refund appeared in my JCB statement at the beginning of November, and I was supposed to have had the money transferred to my regular bank account, the one from which I always pay JCB and have been using for ...

Turkish Airlines (TK) have a Tokyo office with an 03- number. If you call you get messages in Turkish, Japanese and English. If you select English you are automatically connected to the main TK call centre in Turkey; choose Japanese and one of the airline's Tokyo-based Japanese staff will field your...

In the end, JCB refunded my money in full at the start of November, three months after the initial failed payment. It struck me as a long time for the whole thing to be resolved, but JCB were good about keeping me informed regarding the status of my case. For those who are interested, the airline in...

It's been quite a saga, but JCB have now taken over following a final communication from the airline (to me) in which they said that they had not received the money. JCB has accepted all the facts and evidence I have provided and will refund my money in due course. I'll come back here and give more ...

Thank you for your reply, Tkydon. Just to clarify: The airline is yet to acknowledge after a week that the transaction in question even took place, hence my investigating what other options might be available if things don't work out. You can send them your Credit Card Statement with the Payment Re...

Thank you for your reply, Tkydon.
Just to clarify: The airline is yet to acknowledge after a week that the transaction in question even took place, hence my investigating what other options might be available if things don't work out.

I've had credit cards in Japan for decades and never had any problems until this past week. I've encountered a tricky situation and any advice on how to move forwards would be most welcome. Last week I bought an airline ticket online, using my JCB card, with a major overseas flag carrier. Although t...