Originally Posted by
YYCCL3
I'm not sure where you heard this, but sadly it's incorrect, at least it was earlier in the year and again at the present time.
A few tidbits from this journey so far:
I'm in NRT now transferring from JL to EK. At the transfer desk I was issued a meal voucher for 3500 JPY, but there was only 10 minutes to use it at the only restaurant open in the terminal before it closed.
I showed up at the JAL lounge asking if I could get in either on the basis of my EK flight or the inbound JL flight; answer was no; need a same day departing flight on oneworld to gain access. I considered booking a throwaway or fully refundable ticket on the QR flight just to access the lounge but decided against it.
SFO777 there's literally nothing to do in the terminal after 18h30, it's completely dead. Nothing is open after that time except maybe one duty free shop depending on what day of the week it is.
On the plus side, I was able to check in luggage to DXB on this trip thanks to the very helpful JL staff in LAX
Interesting, I have certainly encountered Emirates passengers in the JAL lounge in Narita. But it might have been that the JAL lounge closed early compared to the Emirates flight it. If the last JAL flight was around 6pm to 7pm they might not have been wanting to stay open for the Emirates flight around 10pm.