I’m a female member.

I’m a confused woman in my 60s. I felt a little sorry for the man, so I’ll answer with an example from my own experience. I made an offer to a woman coming from far away. Her profile didn’t mention anything about separate transportation costs, despite the distance. Just to be sure, I checked with the branch whether the standard transportation allowance would really be enough, and found out that the additional cost had simply been left out of the profile. I could have ended up being the subject of a complaint myself（笑） I don’t know exactly how it was worded in her profile, but if the wording was misleading, I don’t think it’s fair to place all the blame on the man. I was also told that whenever separate transportation costs are provided, we should always check the receipt for the ticket—at least for one way—before handing over the money. They explained that this was to prevent women from overcharging. In this case, it seems the woman didn’t show a receipt. If so, it’s also possible that the transportation cost she requested simply happened to match what the man had in mind. This incident made me feel that showing and checking receipts for transportation costs may not be standardized across all branches...

Maezawa from the CEO’s office here. だて◎ゆめさん is right. > Although it falls within the club’s rules of ¥5,000–¥10,000 for transportation expenses, That’s not how it should be understood. The ¥5,000–¥10,000 isn’t transportation reimbursement. It’s a thank-you payment for coming on the date, listed under the name of “transportation expenses.” This should have been explained clearly to the men when they joined. It would be unfortunate if any men had misunderstood this. So in this case, you should have received the actual transportation cost of ¥6,000, plus the ¥5,000–¥10,000 payment. Since ¥6,000 was the actual transportation cost, this cannot be considered within the club’s transportation-expense rules. Therefore, either they forgot to give you the payment listed as transportation expenses under the club’s rules, or, if the ¥6,000 was meant as the payment, they forgot to reimburse your actual transportation costs separately. If it was intentional, the man will be permanently expelled from the club. Please send the branch where you registered a detailed explanation of what happened via LINE or another channel as soon as possible. You should hear back from the club by tomorrow. It may take some time to confirm the details with the man, but we will handle this properly.

I’m だて◎ゆめ, a male member. This is a really interesting question. Transportation costs have come up many times in this anonymous Q&A box, so if you use the tags to look through past questions, you’ll find a detailed explanation. As I understand it, transportation costs are calculated as: The actual transportation expenses the woman paid to get to the date location + a thank-you for spending time with her = transportation costs. In this case, I assume that means ¥6,000 in actual transportation expenses + ¥0 as a thank-you for spending time together = ¥6,000. At the club, you’re supposed to receive the actual transportation expenses plus a thank-you for spending time together as “transportation costs.” My understanding was that the thank-you portion was usually ¥5,000–¥10,000. Since this was your first time and the date was quite far away, I imagine that’s why you found it confusing. It’s perfectly understandable that you had questions about it（笑） I think an ordinary male member would pay ¥6,000 plus ¥5,000–¥10,000. I suspect the male member you went on the date with intentionally gave you only ¥6,000 as transportation costs. I think you should explain what happened to the club as soon as possible and have them resolve it. It would be good if you have some evidence, but simply insisting on your respective positions won’t resolve anything.