Originally Posted by
dreamingbeyond
Thanks folks, I think I'll check out the TIAT lounge, then escape to JAL F with my mum once the J one opens to economy passengers.
A bit disappointing about the lack of ability to purchase a lounge pass, but perhaps not a terrible thing since at this point we'd just be paying for early access to the lounge.
Cheers
If you saw how crowded the J lounge gets (well also the F lounge for that matter) you'd understand why it needs to be limited. Both JL and NH experience severe overcrowding issues in the J lounges thanks in no small part to their credit card partnerships where many thousands of people are able to obtain mid-tier status once and keep it for life with a credit card. I actually prefer the CX lounge over the JL F lounge but it won't be open when you're there, they close pretty early.
BTW, the TIAT lounge is about as bad as a third party lounge gets, so he may be happier just going to one of the many restaurants in the terminal, especially if your priority pass requires paying for the guest since that's about 5,000 JPY and you can get A LOT in the terminal for that much cash.