Originally Posted by
lesliefd1968
It's all JL but I was told this morning by a JL CS agent that because of the visa free exemption being suspended and JL do not issue confirmed tickets for the connecting flight, most likely we'll not be allowed to board even from here in the US even if the connecting flight is wide open. I guess this is the scenario for non-revs who are planning to connect in Japan or HongKong as both countries have almost the same transiting rules. It worked for you because your tickets are a combo of award and non-rev.
The issue is that you are essentially on standby for the connecting non-rev flight out of Tokyo?
Would you be allowed to board the first flight if you had a full fare / fully refundable reservation for a flight out of Tokyo - with the intention of cancelling the full fare flight as soon as the non-rev flight is confirmed? I guess that would satisfy the requirement for a confirmed onward booking, but perhaps it would fall short of how the airline expects non-rev passengers to behave.