Originally Posted by oneworld777
When is JAL's join date??? I would have though that by July they'd be in oneworld. If not, then I'd take AA to Tokyo, the train to osaka and skip shanghai.
They may be part of
oneworld by then, but you won't be able to book the award ticket until they join. Maybe you could book with AA until then, and if they join in time, pay the change fee and change your flights and routing.