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Caregiver Saver

Overview

Eligible Customers Individuals with Caregiver Discount Passes.
  • Online reservations are also limited to individuals with Caregiver Discount Passes. Please present your "Caregiver Discount Pass" when you purchase your airplane ticket and carry out the boarding procedure.
If you do not present the aforementioned certificate, you might have to purchase a ticket with a fare that is purchasable on the flight date.
Reservation Period Reservations are accepted from the sales start date designated by Solaseed Air until the departure date.
Reservation Changes Permitted.
After the reservation has been made, the name of the passenger cannot be changed.
Purchase Deadline Within 72 hours of reservation or 20 minutes before the flight departure, whichever is earlier.
However, if you make a reservation between 24 hours and 20 minutes before departure, immediate purchase is required.
Validity If the entire segment is unused: 1 year from the day after the ticket is issued.
If partially used: 1 year from the day after the start of the trip.

Refund

Refund Period Within 30 days as calculated from the day after the expiration date of the ticket.
Cancellation Fee Cancellation fees for both unused and partially used tickets are charged as follows:
Before departure: JPY 500
After departure: The amount equal to 25% of the fare

How to Apply for a Caregiver Discount Pass

  1. Individuals certified as needing long-term care/support, as well as the caregivers(12 years of age or older) who assist them, qualify to use a Caregiver Discount Pass, limited to 1 flight connected to the nearest airport of the person giving or receiving care. Nursing caregivers (individuals who provide care) can include up to 2 people from among the following: a first- or second-degree relative of a passenger certified as needing long-term care/support, the spouse of a sibling of that person's spouse, and the parents of that person's child's spouse.
  2. Caregiver Discount Passes can only be issued by the Solaseed Nursing Care Office. You cannot apply at the airport counter or at a sales branch office.
  3. To apply, please send the following documents. Please be aware in advance that checking the documents and issuing the Caregiver Discount Passes can take some time.

    Postal address:
    ANA Business Solutions, PO Box 48, Kamata Post Office, JAPAN POST Co., Ltd.
    1-2-8 Kamatahoncho, Ota-ku, Tokyo 144-8691

    Attn: Solaseed Nursing Care Office
    Tel: 03-6633-1812  (Only available in Japanese)

    • Caregiver Discount Passes are valid for 1 month following the end of the approved nursing care or support period.
    • To use the Caregiver Saver, you must wait to make your reservation and purchase until you have the Caregiver Discount Passes in your possession. Please be aware that the number of seats available is restricted.

Required Documents

  1. Your Long-Term Care Insurance card or certification results notification to provide proof of certification (copy permitted)
    • We will not accept an uncertified Long-Term Care Insurance card. We will not accept a Long-Term Care Insurance card whose certification expiration date has passed.
  2. Public document proving the relationship between the qualified care recipient and the caregiver (full or abridged family register, copy accepted)
    • This document must have been issued within the past 6 months (including the acquisition date). 1 copy will be permitted if the name can be confirmed.
  3. Documents proving the Caregiver Saver user's current address (resident register, driver's license, or health insurance card, or My Number Card, copy accepted)
    • This document must have been issued within the past 6 months (including the acquisition date). 1 copy will be permitted if the name can be confirmed.
      Only driver's licenses and health insurance cards that have not expired are accepted.
    • Please send one of the aforementioned documents that contain the name, etc. of the corresponding individual.
    • If the current address is included on the back of the health insurance card, please send a copy of the back of the health insurance card.
  4. A photograph of the Caregiver Saver user (3 cm × 3 cm)
    • It must be a photo of the person's upper body so their face can be confirmed. Please be sure to write that person's name on the back of the photograph.
  5. Caregiver Saver Pass application form (Japanese version only))
    (The file is in Acrobat PDF format. Adobe Reader is needed to download it. You might not be able to download it properly, depending on the software version. If you have difficulties, please upgrade to the newest version and try again.)

Renewing or Reissuing Caregiver Saver Pass

  • If the pass is still valid or up to 1 year has passed since it expired.
    The same documents used when the pass was initially issued (the above-mentioned required documents 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5), or your current pass and the above-mentioned documents 1, 3, 4 and 5 are required. However, if your Caregiver Saver Pass is not in your possession, you cannot purchase a ticket or board a flight.
  • If more than a year has passed since your pass expired, if your Long-Term Care Insurance number has changed, or if you have lost your pass, then the same documents used when the pass was initially issued (the above-mentioned required documents 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) are required.
  • The name of the care recipient or caregiver cannot be changed during the renewal procedure. Those who wish to change their name need to apply for a new Caregiver Saver Pass.

Notes

Fare application criteria may vary depending on when you purchase a ticket or make changes.
Adjustment of the cost difference, either an additional charge or a refund, might be necessary.
See here for information on fare application criteria.

Cautions

  • The issuance date of the airplane ticket will be the date of credit card settlement or the date our company confirms payment by cash.
  • Cancellations after purchase will incur cancellation fees. The fare that is valid on the day of purchase will apply.
  • We will collect a Passenger Facility Charges on behalf of the airport facility company if your flight departs from or arrives at an airport subject to this policy. 
  • The ticket can only be used by the person that is named on the ticket. Even if ownership of a ticket is transferred (sold via online auction, etc.), persons who are not named on the ticket cannot use it.