Originally Posted by
flyerCO
Apparently. I dont remember ever seeing anything about this before.. of course FULL J fares are going to be very expensive. I think most that can afford FULL J, most likely can afford F fares.
Originally Posted by
rylan
I don't recall seeing that before either... nice that you can actually get real international first class that way on KE... however a J fare may be more expensive than just booking the KE first class fare.
The cheapest J bucket fares I'm seeing this summer on LAX-ICN are
13,501.17 (JNG0ZNDD) with some dates only offering 14,001.17 (JNO0ZNDD).
By comparison, the cheapest first class fare is $15,924.17, as a P fare.
It's not the best in terms of value-per-instrument if you're willing to buy economy and are flexible to find confirmed upgrade space/be happy with J, but a pretty decent savings over buying F if you'd already be buying a ticket on KE.