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Old Jan 22, 2010, 6:59 am
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Driving by MIA this morning and there was a JAL 747 on the south side of the airport, anyone have any idea why it is here? Maybe bringing personnel or supplies for Haiti??
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Old Jan 22, 2010, 3:38 pm
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Probably. JAL did operated charter flights for Haiti relief but I am not sure if it's flying to MIA or not.
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Old Jan 23, 2010, 5:47 am
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It was JL8808 (NRT-LAX-MIA), chartered by the Ministry of Defense, for Haiti relief.
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Old Jan 29, 2010, 4:35 am
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Originally Posted by SFOandNRT
It was JL8808 (NRT-LAX-MIA), chartered by the Ministry of Defense, for Haiti relief.
Good to know! I was at the MIA airport that day and saw the JAL 744. I kept wondering: since when did JAL start flying here?!??!?!
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Old Jan 29, 2010, 1:31 pm
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Originally Posted by fly747first
Good to know! I was at the MIA airport that day and saw the JAL 744. I kept wondering: since when did JAL start flying here?!??!?!
They sometimes operate charter flights to MIA for tourists too
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Old Feb 10, 2010, 12:04 pm
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for a moment there I got excited reading the title...currently looking for business class award seats from MIA-HKG using AA miles, and JAL executive class wouldv'e been a no brainer vs. AA
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Old Feb 10, 2010, 3:13 pm
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Originally Posted by milefan
for a moment there I got excited reading the title...currently looking for business class award seats from MIA-HKG using AA miles, and JAL executive class wouldv'e been a no brainer vs. AA
But you can still fly on JL out of JFK (JL005/006)/ORD/LAX/SFO (in order of preference) or fly on CX if you are not too "wide" for their lie-flat C seats and is traveling alone. There's no direct flight from MIA to NRT/HKG anyways
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Old Feb 11, 2010, 9:40 am
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Originally Posted by JALPak
But you can still fly on JL out of JFK (JL005/006)/ORD/LAX/SFO (in order of preference) or fly on CX if you are not too "wide" for their lie-flat C seats and is traveling alone. There's no direct flight from MIA to NRT/HKG anyways
If how about BA to LHR and BA/CX to HKG?

I did a BA/CX/JL J trip and was pretty impressed with BA's hardware compared to CX herringbone: if your sleep is important you can even try BA to HKG as well! (And transiting in LHR i dont think you need to pay those taxes!)
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