Originally Posted by
Denis Carlin
Looking at booking my annual trip to Japan (with my partner) in Oct/Nov this year (from Zürich), I prefer Premium Economy (flew ANA PE last year) but it's too expensive at this stage.
So, best alternative I can find is economy with Finnair then JAL (2-4-2 and almost PE levels of legroom appeal as well as the great service), which I can get at a decent price.
Example
If I book through Finnair, it's a bit cheaper (CHF1192 vs CHF1272 with JAL) but I've no idea about prices for choosing seats etc.
My instinct is to book with JAL as they are who the long-haul leg is with but wonder if there's anything I'm missing.
If anyone has any better flight ideas for 4 weeks from mid October onwards I'll be impressed
If you book it as a JAL flight number, there is no charge to select seats. If you book it as a AY flight number I am not quite sure what they do in terms of charge for seat selection. I don't know if you are looking at what you earn of points and qualifying points, there may be a difference between the JAL flight numbers and the AY flight numbers. But apart from earning and potential seat costs (which should go away if you have status) I don't really see much difference in booking one or the other.