FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Definitive "Booking Japan Airlines (JL) Using AS Miles" Thread (2023-26)

Feb 4, 2023 | 4:26 pm

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Originally Posted by kurtz9

Hey looked through thread but didn't see anything relevant... I was looking at Alaska website to try and book biz or first to Tokyo (honestly not even caring much from where in the US) and found a really weird result-

Searching SEA to HND it's showing me 2-stop trips going first to somewhere like Boise or Spokane then on to SFO or LAX for the overseas leg on JAL in first class for 70k each way...but if I change my search to start in SFO or LAX it shows 0 availability for first.
Why would jumping between 2 other cities to get to SFO or LAX magically open up first availability and how do I get around this to just book the non-stop?

Are you sure the lax-tyo segment is actually in F? Often it will show that F is avail w the full F price, and when you click on it, it turns out that the only F segment is the US connector.

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