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

Mar 15, 2023 | 11:06 am

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Originally Posted by eponymous_coward

I’m so old I remember a no-notice devaluation of EK awards in 2016. And AS being one of the very first to have multiple tier awards on their own metal (which basically gave them DL-style award pricing on most of their routes).

I remember this too! I flew First in EK pre-2016 for 90k with a stopover. Those were the days.....That devaluation was hard, so I'm not griping about JAL too much because I think it could be a lot worse.

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