By TADAYUKI ITO/ Staff Writer
June 19, 2022 at 07:00 JST
A panel at the airport displays the names of frequent flyers who repeatedly visit Monbetsu, Hokkaido, simply to racket up air miles. This photo was taken April 9. (Tadayuki Ito)
MONBETSU, Hokkaido--Air travelers from Tokyo whose sole purpose is to ratchet up air miles to stay ahead of reward programs are descending in droves at Okhotsk Monbetsu Airport here in far northern Japan--and then often taking the return trip back to Tokyo just 30 or so minutes later. [Read More]
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