Originally Posted by
LapLap
I took into consideration that BA flights don’t include hold luggage (another £100) which meant that JAL effectively offered the cheapest direct flights at that time. Sitting 9 abreast within B787 Dreamliners for 14 hours (the reality for the LON-TYO BA and ANA routes) is way less attractive than spending that time in an 8 abreast configuration on a JAL B787 for that amount of time. If you are flying Economy, ANA and JAL are not equivalent.
I did this in November - JAL outbound from UK on the 777-300 and BA back on the 787-800. The only complaint about the JAL flight was the high cabin temp combined with wearing an FFP2 face mask for the duration of the flight made it uncomfortable.
The BA flight on the way back took nearly 15hrs and was by far the worst long haul flight I've taken. Found it really hard to get any sort of sleep.
I'm looking for GLA-TYO in September to go to the F1 race and am looking at nearly £1200 being the cheapest. Emirates via Dubai doesn't seem as bad now with the extended BA and JAL flight times.