right after the news went out about this package for AE members, most, if not all, went crazy on twitter lol. They're basically saying that it's unfair that AE members got such a late notice about this event. Most of them might not be able to ask for days off at work or school. so money ain't the issue for them but the miscommunication and the event planning is. I guess we're all experiencing problems then lol.

It's just funny reading their tweets

I've sent a tweet to management and you guys can also join. I sent mine in English. Hopefully they have a translator in their team because a couple of more e-mails are going out soon:
Inquires about the tour: tourdesk157@or.knt.co.jp

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Anime Expoライブに最大120名限定鑑賞ツアー！
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someone just mentioned this in the FB group:

According to the UST, the girls and staff are aware of the campaign but it's not mentioned if they have authority over it or not. But that was the only thing they mentioned about the LA event (still broke my heart...)

So keep up the tweets I guess. lol

honkey5 said:

Well the mononofus dont worry me, but that AX would change the date does worry me. This is turning chaotic by the minute

I welcome the mononofus, not their fault for whats going on anyways. And I doubt AX would be stupid enough to change the dates as they SHOULD know people with passes have already made reservations.

ssk_lennie10 said:

USTREAM live now

They might mention something regarding this situation

someone translate for us non-Japanese speaking individuals lol
maybe its a good time to send kwkm a tweet :P

Gomen ne. I was the one who posted about the UST on FB XP

My Japanese is very rough but they didn't really go into detail about it. I couldn't make out most of it but the girls did hope that some Japanese fans might be willing to fly over through the campaign. They didn't really mention is overseas fans which is kind of a shame because the whole point of actually flying to America was to meet the fans there and possibly expand the fan base if possible. Its pretty weird how this kind of campaign was established for an overseas event.

guys, maybe now is the time to send out a couple of tweets to kwkm, since he's online and all he's doing is posting pictures to twipple

Okay, yeah, about the UST, I picked up something else.
It looks like the girls cannot go sightseeing. Reni asked and was rejected, and she looked disappointed.
Also, Momoka did not know what the word "tsua" (tour) meant, and that made me laugh.
They talk about it really briefly and I think the campaign is explained to them, and then they shift the conversation back to Toujinsai I think.

So not much gained from there, but if I heard right, we probably won't be seeing the girls on the street, and probably not at the con either.

We need to get those Japanese fans to help us get a meet and greet.

I'm hoping those AX guys don't work the weekend since I'll have to go to my niece graduation in Vegas in a little bit. I'll check back when I get back tomorrow. So if you don't see me responding, thats why. And yeah, it would be great if we can get the Japanese fans to help with the meet and greet.

I'm sure AX wont have updates until after the raffle period ends. they can't open up sales for premier fans or general attendees until raffle (AE members) winners are chosen.
[Lottery time period]
start: 10AM Saturday June 6, 2015 (6PM Friday June 5, 2015 L.A. Local Time)
ends: 10AM Tuesday June 9, 2015 (6PM Monday June 8,2015 L.A. Local Time)
Note: Applications for the General Public will open Thursday June 11 *only if all 120 raffle tickets have not been sold*

If we want to meet up with mononofus from Japan we have to wait until they start planning the meetup. I'm sure the raffle winners will all plan a meetup together so I'll be on the look out for that info when the time comes.

AE members will be arriving from Narita International Airport & Haneda Airport and only have these hotel options below:
-Holiday Inn Los Angeles Gateway - Torrance
-Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles
-Luxe City Center Hotel Los Angeles
-DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Los Angeles Downtown
-Historic Mayfair Hotel
-Doubletree by Hilton Torrance - South Bay
-Miyako Hotel Los Angeles
-Radisson Los Angeles
-Marriott
-The L.A. Hotel Downtown
-Kawada Hotel

AE members are NOT allowed to change dates of arrival and departure. They have to stay within the time period that is stated in the Tour Package (3 nights, 5 days).
arrival: Tuesday June 30, 2015
departure: Saturday July 4, 2015

Only flight options from the tour package:
Delta Airlines, United Airlines, American Airlines, Japan Airlines, Singapore Airlines
(maybe we can wait at arrivals to meet some of them?)