The LAX-SAN Eagle flight was delayed 3 hours. Eagle hired two vans to drive the pax to LA, but we missed the LAX-NRT flight and were put on the same flight the next day. We took off late and landed in NRT about 30 minutes late. We then had to wait 20 minutes for the bus to Terminal 1, and then had to take the shuttle train to the part of the terminal where our flight was, but we still made it OK. We got there about 10 minutes before they started boarding.

To address the original topic of this post, since we flew CX in J in November, and JL in J last week and the week before, I can say that CX is superior. CX has better food, better service, and has good amenity kits. One JL flight still had the old J seats, which are even worse than the current AA J seats. On that flight, there were no amenity kits, but the FAs did walk through the cabin with a basket of amenity supplies that we could take from (eye mask, face mask, earplugs -- no skin lotion, razors, or anything like that). There was also only one lav upstairs. The other JL flight had the new shell seats, which are a big improvement, but seemed a bit narrower and more sloped than CX. That flight had amenity kits, but they were identical to the items in the basket. That plane had two lavs upstairs.