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Wiki for using AS (Alaska) miles on JL (Japan Airlines)

All awards for domestic Japan will default to Economy (including international F or J award with domestic segments)
However, these can often be upgraded at reasonable cost at the ticket counter in the Japan connecting airport

Award Chart If not listed it's not available - EXCEPTION: Hawaii-Asia awards are bookable, not yet on the chart, at the same prices as Continental U.S.-Asia
(as of March 2017, Premium Economy is no longer available)
(As of October 2019, stopovers are no longer allowed on intra Asia awards)
Class of Service One-way Round-trip

U.S./Canada to Asia
Coach 35,000 70,000
Premium 40,000 80,000
Business 60,000 120,000
First 70,000 140,000

U.S./Canada to Southeast Asia
Coach 40,000 80,000
Premium 45,000 90,000
Business 65,000 130,000
First 75,000 150,000

Intra Asia
Coach 15,000 30,000
Premium 17,500 35,000
Business 25,000 50,000
First 30,000 60,000


International gateways
All AS valid destinations from Tokyo (HND/NRT), Osaka (KIX) or Nagoya (NGO).
PUS, GMP, ICN, DLC, PVG, SHA, PEK, TSA, TPE, KHH, CAN, HKG, MNL, HAN, SGN, BKK, SIN, KUL, CGK, DEL, HNL, KOA, YVR, SEA, SFO, LAX, SAN, ORD, DFW, BOS, JFK

USA

Boston - BOS
Chicago - ORD
Dallas - DFW
Honolulu - HNL
Kona -KOA
Los Angeles - LAX
New York - JFK
San Diego - SAN
San Francisco - SFO
Seattle - SEA

Canada
Vancouver - YVR

Asia

Delhi - DEL
Tokyo - HND & NRT
Osaka - KIX
Nagoya - NGO
Busan - PUS
Seoul - Gimpo GMP
Seoul - Incheon ICN


Southeast Asia or listed as SE based on how awards are pricing
Bangkok - BKK
Beijing - PEK
Dalian - DLC
Guangzhou - CAN
Hanoi - HAN
Ho Chi Minh City - SGN
Hong Kong - HKG
Jakarta - CGK
Kaohsiung - KHH
Kuala Lumpur - KUL
Manila - MNL
Shanghai - Hongqiao - SHA
Shanghai - Pudong - PVG
Singapore - SIN
Taipei - TPE
Taipei - Songshan - TSA
Tianjin - TSN (only from Nagoya, not very useful....)
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Definitive "Booking Japan Airlines (JL) Using AS Miles" Thread - 2019 and Earlier

   
Old Feb 19, 2019, 12:42 pm
  #691  
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Originally Posted by skimthetrees
My Bad. I made the mistake of checking the AS award chart and no JAL listed from US or Asia to India.
JL considers India to be North Asia.

I know, just roll with it...
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Old Feb 19, 2019, 12:42 pm
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Originally Posted by aktchi
I booked an identical award a few months ago: DEL-NRT-ORD on JL with a stop in NRT, booked with AS miles. So they do offer it. In this case what confuses me is that different websites are giving different results for availability: AS and AA say NO; BA and QF say YES. Some partners.
As eponymous_coward pointed out, it is available. The AS award chart does not list it but it is available. What dates are you looking at?

AA does not show JAL awards online. Did you call AA to check? BA, AA, QF, are all OneWorld partners so I would think they should have the same availability. AS is an independent partner so their availability may be different (but I doubt it). It could be a POS issue if non-AS partners disagree.
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Old Feb 19, 2019, 8:33 pm
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Originally Posted by skimthetrees
AA does not show JAL awards online. Did you call AA to check? BA, AA, QF, are all OneWorld partners so I would think they should have the same availability. AS is an independent partner so their availability may be different (but I doubt it). It could be a POS issue if non-AS partners disagree.
The awards are available at BA, QF and AA (by phone). That leaves only AS; even their phone agent didn't see it and didn't know what could be going on. Could be some OneWorld and non-OneWorld difference, or just AS specific, there is no way for us to know. I still want the stopover, so will keep checking AS.
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Old Feb 20, 2019, 7:57 am
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Originally Posted by aktchi
The awards are available at BA, QF and AA (by phone). That leaves only AS; even their phone agent didn't see it and didn't know what could be going on. Could be some OneWorld and non-OneWorld difference, or just AS specific, there is no way for us to know. I still want the stopover, so will keep checking AS.
What are the dates of the flights you are looking for?
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Old Feb 21, 2019, 7:54 am
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After sitting on an incomplete award for nearly a year, finally I was able to add domestic leg on JFK-NRT-CTS in April
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Old Feb 21, 2019, 7:55 am
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married segments possibly
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Old Feb 21, 2019, 6:00 pm
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Originally Posted by tboons
Hello.

I am looking at SGN to Singapore via JAL and stopover in Tokyo for a few days.

I have availability on single flights between sgn to tokyo and tokyo to Singapore for the dates in dec. And sgn to tokyo to Singapore on nost days in Dec.

However, if my Tokyo to Singapore leg falls after 24th Dec, then the whole SGN-HND-SIN shows zero availability but available every single other day before.

But SGN/HND/SIN is available separately on the specific days.

Check with BA showed excellent availability.is this a search engine glitch? Or just not releasing? Should i call a alaskan helpdesk?
No business available from Dec 26-29 between Tokyo and Singapore

NRT-SIN from Dec 30th. HND-SIN from Jan 1st.

don’t use tyo to search. Use NRT, you can see NRT-SIN on Dec 30th.

edit: can use TYO, too

Last edited by freed0m; Feb 21, 2019 at 11:36 pm
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Old Feb 21, 2019, 6:15 pm
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Good news! JL is now participating in PreCheck.

TSA PRE Finally!
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Old Feb 21, 2019, 7:03 pm
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Originally Posted by skimthetrees
What are the dates of the flights you are looking for?
General time period Jan 8-18. We are flexible on exact dates. AS does show availability on some of those days. However, they don't see the same availability on same days as AA/BA/QF.
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Old Feb 21, 2019, 7:18 pm
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Originally Posted by aktchi
General time period Jan 8-18. We are flexible on exact dates. AS does show availability on some of those days. However, they don't see the same availability on same days as AA/BA/QF.
Jan 18th only opens today.

Please note that AS award schedule opens much later than other program.
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Old Feb 21, 2019, 11:15 pm
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Originally Posted by aktchi
General time period Jan 8-18. We are flexible on exact dates. AS does show availability on some of those days. However, they don't see the same availability on same days as AA/BA/QF.
As mentioned, AS has problems booking JL near end of schedule. Try back later.
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Old Feb 21, 2019, 11:31 pm
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DEL-ORD Jan 8th




The last day I can find JL award for ORD-DEL is Jan 16th.


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Old Feb 22, 2019, 12:43 am
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Originally Posted by freed0m
No business available from Dec 26-29 between Tokyo and Singapore

NRT-SIN from Dec 30th. HND-SIN from Jan 1st.

don’t use tyo to search. Use NRT, you can see NRT-SIN on Dec 30th.

edit: can use TYO, too


But nrt Singapore or hnd Singapore is available from 25th to 30th...
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Old Feb 22, 2019, 1:52 am
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Originally Posted by tboons
But nrt Singapore or hnd Singapore is available from 25th to 30th...



show me your screenshot
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Old Feb 22, 2019, 5:56 am
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Now not available. So you are right but as of last week, there were some availability on 28 and 29. Sad.
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