JAL adds PG as a JMB partner? Discount mileage campaign announced
Nov 5, 2012, 12:47 am
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JAL adds PG as a JMB partner? Discount mileage campaign announced
JAL announced a campaign to celebrate the commemoration of the new PG partnership and JMB members can receive 5,000 miles discount for a roundtrip economy class redemption on PG. But there's no announcement of the partnership, i.e. no accumulation or burn tables 
http://www.jal.co.jp/121campaign/pg_.../index_en.html
Edit: JAL will commence codeshare agreement with PG too. See Post #5 for details
Update 2: JAL has extended this promo till Dec 31 2014.
http://www.jal.co.jp/121campaign/pg_.../index_en.html
Eligible boarding period
November 15, 2012 - December 31, 2014 (Flight date)
Applications received on/after November 7, 2012 (Japan time) are eligible.
* Reservations may only be accepted until 12:00 noon 4 days (not including the day of departure) before the first segment departure date.
* Journeys must start and end within the campaign period.
Eligible members
JAL Mileage Bank (JMB) Members
Eligible Awards·Routes·Classes / Required mileage
Bangkok Airways(PG) Awards Tickets - (Economy Class)
Total trip distance (mile) Standard required mileage Required mileage
during promotion period
1 ～ 1,000 15,000 5,000
1,001 ～ 2,000 20,000 8,000
2,001 ～ 4,000 21,000 18,000
* In addition to the required mileage for the awards listed above, fuel surcharges and other taxes will be collected where applicable.
* Economy class are eligible.
* There are situations where there are limitations to the number of seats available for award use. There are also situations where seats for award use may not apply to certain flights.
* Standard mileage and discount mileage cannot be combined.
* Sectors that do not have traffic rights are not eligible.
* Some flights only operate seasonally, and not year round. Flights may be changed or cancelled by the operating carrier.
November 15, 2012 - December 31, 2014 (Flight date)
Applications received on/after November 7, 2012 (Japan time) are eligible.
* Reservations may only be accepted until 12:00 noon 4 days (not including the day of departure) before the first segment departure date.
* Journeys must start and end within the campaign period.
Eligible members
JAL Mileage Bank (JMB) Members
Eligible Awards·Routes·Classes / Required mileage
Bangkok Airways(PG) Awards Tickets - (Economy Class)
Total trip distance (mile) Standard required mileage Required mileage
during promotion period
1 ～ 1,000 15,000 5,000
1,001 ～ 2,000 20,000 8,000
2,001 ～ 4,000 21,000 18,000
* In addition to the required mileage for the awards listed above, fuel surcharges and other taxes will be collected where applicable.
* Economy class are eligible.
* There are situations where there are limitations to the number of seats available for award use. There are also situations where seats for award use may not apply to certain flights.
* Standard mileage and discount mileage cannot be combined.
* Sectors that do not have traffic rights are not eligible.
* Some flights only operate seasonally, and not year round. Flights may be changed or cancelled by the operating carrier.
Update 2: JAL has extended this promo till Dec 31 2014.
Last edited by JALPak; Nov 5, 2013 at 6:32 pm
Nov 5, 2012, 12:34 pm
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JAL announced a campaign to celebrate the commemoration of the new PG partnership and JMB members can receive 5,000 miles discount for a roundtrip economy class redemption on PG. But there's no announcement of the partnership, i.e. no accumulation or burn tables
http://www.jal.co.jp/121campaign/pg_.../index_en.html
http://www.jal.co.jp/121campaign/pg_.../index_en.html
Nov 5, 2012, 7:00 pm
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Nov 7, 2012, 3:08 am
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http://press.jal.co.jp/en/release/201211/002307.html
Finally the official announcement of the tie-up and new codeshare agreement
Finally the official announcement of the tie-up and new codeshare agreement
Nov 9, 2012, 3:50 pm
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Would someone be kind enough to help this newbie understand how I can participate in the promotion? 
Do I need to call one of the JMB offices to enroll in the promotion, and then I can redeem my MB miles online? Or... does the reservation need to be made over the phone as well?
Thanks very much.
Do I need to call one of the JMB offices to enroll in the promotion, and then I can redeem my MB miles online? Or... does the reservation need to be made over the phone as well?Thanks very much.
Nov 9, 2012, 4:18 pm
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Would someone be kind enough to help this newbie understand how I can participate in the promotion? Do I need to call one of the JMB offices to enroll in the promotion, and then I can redeem my MB miles online? Or... does the reservation need to be made over the phone as well?
Thanks very much.
Do I need to call one of the JMB offices to enroll in the promotion, and then I can redeem my MB miles online? Or... does the reservation need to be made over the phone as well?Thanks very much.
Nov 9, 2012, 4:32 pm
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I just gave them a call. Took awhile to get through to their Awards center. The CSR was a bit confused about the promotion and hadn't heard about it before ("we have a lot of promotions going on, sorry...*flip flip flip through binder*"). Availability seems to be very good and open; had no problems with the flight I needed in December for BKK-RGN.
Nov 9, 2012, 5:21 pm
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Thank you, JALPak! I just gave them a call. Took awhile to get through to their Awards center. The CSR was a bit confused about the promotion and hadn't heard about it before ("we have a lot of promotions going on, sorry...*flip flip flip through binder*").
Availability seems to be very good and open; had no problems with the flight I needed in December for BKK-RGN.
I just gave them a call. Took awhile to get through to their Awards center. The CSR was a bit confused about the promotion and hadn't heard about it before ("we have a lot of promotions going on, sorry...*flip flip flip through binder*"). Availability seems to be very good and open; had no problems with the flight I needed in December for BKK-RGN.
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Nov 14, 2012, 5:18 pm
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Just made some bookings with this promotion. Sort of painful as many of the reps did not know how to check availability on PG and availability is not so great for BKK-USM over the holidays. Still I am getting ~4 cents/SPG point and I still have 5000 orphan JAL miles that I'm not sure what to do with. Now how do I pull up these reservations on the PG website with my JAL PNR's?
Nov 14, 2012, 5:19 pm
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Just made some bookings with this promotion. Sort of painful as many of the reps did not know how to check availability on PG and availability is not so great for BKK-USM over the holidays. Still I am getting ~4 cents/SPG point and I still have 5000 orphan JAL miles that I'm not sure what to do with. Now how do I pull up these reservations on the PG website with my JAL PNR's?
Nov 14, 2012, 5:28 pm
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Nov 21, 2012, 7:31 am
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Is Dec 31, 2013 really the deadline for this promotion? I ask since I will be transferring SPG points and want to ensure that is indeed the case.