Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: San Juan, PR
Programs: AA EP, DL D, UA 1K, B6 M2, SQ G , MR AMB/LT, IHG P/A, HH D, FndCd, Sixt D, NTL E, Hz PC, Avis PC
Posts: 463
I was on JL 16 HND-LAX on 5 Feb. I had a decent pour of the 100 on my flight (but stupidly forgot to drink some Salon), and asked the crew if bottles were available; confirmed yes, bought one, asked if I could buy something else from Duty Free as well, but didn't see anything else good. Asked if I could buy a second bottle and they agreed (I feel a bit guilty for asking, but I don't know if I'll be flying JL F again before they run out). JPY 60k/bottle.
I liked it; I'm more a Yamazaki 18 guy but Hibiki is great too. Interestingly I've started to see the Yamazaki 18 available in the US for $600-700/bottle online, much better than the crazy $2000 it had gone up to, although the $250-300 bottles from NRT Duty Free remain my favorite channel (but very infrequently available, limited to one per customer, and I mostly fly through HND instead of NRT; I've never seen anything at all interesting at HND duty free.)