Aug 5, 2016, 8:34 pm
Last edit by: rustykettel
For Award Tickets, please see Consolidated JL award thread: Definitive Booking JL using AS Miles Thread [All Cabins]
It is possible to earn miles on JL now.
Awards are live, as of Dec. 6th, 2016 (not visible in the iOS app, but using the website at the moment). US/Canada to Asia and intra-Asia only. DEL is considered part of Asia. Stopovers are being allowed at the moment on intra-Asia flights involving TYO (NRT or HND) when pricing using the AS website. KIX stopovers or through routings do not seem to be allowed intra-Asia. KIX stopovers DO seem to work for ex-North America flights.
Flights to/from Hawaii can apparently be booked, but are not (yet) displayed on the award chart. Mileage costs are the same as those from the Continental U.S.
CGK is the only intra-Asia JL destination with F, if you are looking to "maximize" the award. JL has a number of 788 planes with slanty seat, last generation J, some of which fly from US destinations like YVR. You might wish to avoid those flights if you are "maximizing" your award.
Post #300 by yaychemistry has useful information on how the JL award booking process works.
It is possible to earn miles on JL now.
Awards are live, as of Dec. 6th, 2016 (not visible in the iOS app, but using the website at the moment). US/Canada to Asia and intra-Asia only. DEL is considered part of Asia. Stopovers are being allowed at the moment on intra-Asia flights involving TYO (NRT or HND) when pricing using the AS website. KIX stopovers or through routings do not seem to be allowed intra-Asia. KIX stopovers DO seem to work for ex-North America flights.
Flights to/from Hawaii can apparently be booked, but are not (yet) displayed on the award chart. Mileage costs are the same as those from the Continental U.S.
CGK is the only intra-Asia JL destination with F, if you are looking to "maximize" the award. JL has a number of 788 planes with slanty seat, last generation J, some of which fly from US destinations like YVR. You might wish to avoid those flights if you are "maximizing" your award.
Post #300 by yaychemistry has useful information on how the JL award booking process works.
Alaska Air Welcomes Japan Airlines (JL) as a Partner
Dec 6, 2016, 2:33 pm
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Dec 6, 2016, 2:44 pm
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I would guess it goes along with the "Asia 1"/"Asia 2" entries in JAL's own award charts - though presumably excluding Delhi in their Asia 2 region for AS awards, unless that didn't make it onto the website.
Dec 6, 2016, 2:56 pm
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Now if only JL would put AS codeshares to YVR and LAX from PDX on their online booking tool and add EUG, all of my remaining AS/JL Christmas wishes would be checked off.
Dec 6, 2016, 4:19 pm
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Am I first to make a booking? No F space the day I was looking. I can't decide if I should do a what the heck F booking and just fly Y back. Of course make sure its ex NRT for some Waygu
Dec 6, 2016, 4:20 pm
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Here's the award chart:
Japan Airlines
Class of Service | One-way | Round-trip
Continental U.S. to Asia
Coach | 35,000 | 70,000
Premium | 40,000 | 80,000
Business | 60,000 | 120,000
First | 70,000 | 140,000
Continental U.S. to Southeast Asia
Coach | 40,000 | 80,000
Premium | 45,000 | 90,000
Business | 65,000 | 130,000
First | 75,000 | 150,000
I just wish they had included Australia as a region like they have with CX since JL has great availability down to Australia (US - TYO/HND - SYD would've been a killer option).
Being able to book directly via AS website though is a huge win - especially vs. AA where a call is required though undoubtedly this will allow those with AA an easier time to find JL award space (versus the arduous BA / JL method)
Japan Airlines
Class of Service | One-way | Round-trip
Continental U.S. to Asia
Coach | 35,000 | 70,000
Premium | 40,000 | 80,000
Business | 60,000 | 120,000
First | 70,000 | 140,000
Continental U.S. to Southeast Asia
Coach | 40,000 | 80,000
Premium | 45,000 | 90,000
Business | 65,000 | 130,000
First | 75,000 | 150,000
I just wish they had included Australia as a region like they have with CX since JL has great availability down to Australia (US - TYO/HND - SYD would've been a killer option).
Being able to book directly via AS website though is a huge win - especially vs. AA where a call is required though undoubtedly this will allow those with AA an easier time to find JL award space (versus the arduous BA / JL method)
Dec 6, 2016, 5:02 pm
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We probably need an award wiki thread (and hopefully not two of them that are duplicative, like CX).
Last edited by eponymous_coward; Dec 6, 2016 at 5:09 pm
Dec 6, 2016, 5:08 pm
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