Apologies for the misunderstanding, and thanks for the replies.
Originally Posted by
Wasabi Tofu
Assuming your first award ticket is ORIGIN - xHND - HIJ, then you want to drop HND-HIJ ?
Strictly speaking, it is routing change. So, you have to reissue the ticket.
Practically, you have to clear immigraiont/custom at HND with your bag, So you can no-show for HND-HIJ.
Of course, there is a little chance that JAL see this as an invalid use of a ticket.
Yes, that is the case. For convenience and to be in the safe side I will not check in my baggage, which is only one small trolley case anyway. More than that and traveling around gets very slow and cumbersome.