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You might want to double check the fine print on your ticket.  Some places allow airlines to pass on a fuel surcharge even after you have purchased the ticket.  Our next door neighbors got hit with such a surcharge after the fact on a recent trip to Africa (last week).  They had purchased the tickets months ago...long before missiles started flying.  Regulations vary by country, but it seems here in the US the airlines are allowed to pass on the fuel surcharge regardless of when the ticket was purchased.  

Another Day, another Trump SCAM !    Oh Donnie, REALLY ?     Another shooting attempt.... dont ya think that party trick is getting old ? Tonight, at what was supposed to be the FIRST White House Correspondents dinner that Trump attended as President, a shooter attempting to breach the event was apprehended, but not before mayhem and chaos,  and ANOTHER MAJOR DISTRACTION for Trump was launched.... Is the Iran War becoming such a major problem for Trump that he needed to cause "distraction" from it by THIS event ? All the prior publicity about his attendance at this event, and then THIS !     Couldnt have been a better setup for him, and all his publicity about the event makes clear sense now. . Oh Donnie, your stunts are OLD and tired.  And then you give yourself away at your presser, when your opening comments make a PLEA for the NEED of your gilded ballroom, which judges have put a temporary STOP to.....   SO OBVIOUS that THIS was your opening comment.....  He said the PRESIDENT needs a secure ballroom for these types of events. because the hotel had lax security.    But WHY did the hotel have LAX security ?    YOU are the fucking President. for God's sake......   And then a reporter asks :  "Mr Trump, why do you think THIS keeps happening to you".....   It's clear NOONE believes this stunt.....  And Trumps demeanor was NOT of a person that just endured another assassination attempt in a room of 1000 people....  He acted just too flippant, as if you say "GOTCHA again"  ! Come on people, get with the program... This guy is a con, and he's at it again.   But will YOU be DUPED again ?   And will you stand for more "wasteful" taxpayer dollars for bogus investigations ?    The Pennsylvania shooting attempt gained Trump sympathy and HELPED him WIN the 2024 election.   THIS stunt is designed to counter his quickly sinking poll numbers and ratings and gain him sympathy for his actions with the Iran War.... Just another episode of The Trump Reality show.....   Bottom line:  We wont be talking about Iran for a few days.....        

I can't help wondering (useless exercise, I know) how much further the ¥ will fall against other major currencies. When I first visited 45 years ago, the rate was US$1=¥250. Over the next decade, the US administration worked hard on getting Japan to revalue its currency. By the time I went to work in Tokyo the rate against the dollar was about ¥159. By the time I left it was up to ¥121. It then hovered for quite a number of years reaching its all-time high of ¥76 in August 2011. Pre-covid it was around ¥110. Since 2022 it began its major decline. Great for visitors, though, as prices in the country are geared to the local population rather than tourists. And even for tourists, with the crash of tourism from mainland China, prices are amazingly low. 

Fortunately for you that you bought your air ticket before price increase! Now you have more money to spend on boys!