estnet

IIRC you have to pick up your luggage at HND and physically transfer it to the domestic terminal for your last (domestic) flight. Please check but I'm pretty sure I was unpleasantly surprised about this a few years ago.

saaveraward

ugh. There's no transit belt and you have to re-clear security? MCT is 1:10.

skimthetrees

Since the outbound and return are separate tickets ignore the return ticket, it does not affect the outbound.

On the outbound you currently have OMA-DFW-HND-ITM and you want OMA-DFW-HND, correct? You should call AA and ask them to keep OMA-DFW-HND but drop HND-ITM from the ticket. The miles cost should stay 60k. They should not reprice for dropping the last segment in the same award region. If the agent gives you any pushback HUCA.

saaveraward

What this poster said, in a more direct, efficient solution than I offered.

kmandrew

Thanks
We have a conundrum
I�m for keeping it simple - 5 nights at the new Kyoto HGI, 2 nights at the Roku, finish with last night at the Conrad Osaka
That is what I ticketed
She says no we will never get back to Japan - 3 nights Conrad Tokyo, 3 HGI, then 2 at the Roku which would require the AA change

saaveraward

It's Japan. It's incredible. You can't go wrong with either!

lrdpenn

I am really surprised JL seems to be releasing *all* their F inventory to awards ~2 weeks out right now.
Enjoy while you can.

saaveraward

Are cabins all flying 8/8? That's no fun. I'm always greedy and want to sleep in a different seat if it's 4/8 or less.

lrdpenn

Haha looks like it. F0 with all seats assigned on EF. Can�t have it all I guess

Noodlesz

Is it safe to assume booking JL Business award on AA's site is JL Domestic First?

Also, if anyone is certain...CTS-HND (JL) and HND-LAX (AA) on separate tickets, 8 hour connection, safe to assume no issue transferring the bags and they will through-check the bags?

Lastly, if I book an economy ticket CTS-HND connecting to business class HND-LAX will I get the economy or business baggage allowance? Bringing my skis in Jan so I don't think it'll be under 20 kg. That's why I'm thinking about booking first, otherwise I wouldn't bother.

Thanks Flyers!

kcaluwae

Same question as Noodlesz. According to AA a Biz Award ticket on a JAL domestic flight comes with 2 bags.
If I look at the baggage allowance for J class domestic flights it is only 20kg.
So either AA Biz awards are First class (45kg allowance according to JAL), or AA is showing wrong information.

Does anybody know if it's possible to select seats online? I've got JAL's record locator but my reservation is not found when I enter the details on JAL's site. (despite that a post from last year in this thread says it should work)

estnet

Domestic to international and vv require transferring your bag between terminals (altho they do say that some iternational connections you can check in in terminal 1 but you have to check with the airline if this applies.
I think you should ask JL about your question but if one two tickets probably no, if same PNR depends on their rules
It is not safe to assume anything about your domestic flight - you have to look at the details, btw there are very few domestic flights that have F and I'd be surprised if they are releasing for award - but best to check your reservation.
If you are originating us-tyo the domestic flight will be tagged in the US but you have to do the transfer between terminals yourself so I think the originating flight baggage would apply
Are you sure you are listing the first JL flight # when you try to assign seats? Is your record is not found are you sure it is ticketed correctly?

kcaluwae

This is a separate booking, a domestic award booking on JAL with AA miles. Flight is operated on A350 (https://www.jal.co.jp/jp/en/aircraft/conf/359.html), it has First, J-class and economy.
AA mentions 2 bags, 32kg each, which is more closely aligned with JAL's baggage allowance for first (although it says 45k max, 1 bag may not exceed 32kg). But on J class it would be 1 bag of max 20kg.
But unfortunately I'm afraid that what AA mentions is not at all correct because I just found my booking by using JAL's international site: https://www.jal.co.jp/ar/en/
Status ticketed. I could select seats in J class.

FlyerBeek

It's absolutely possible to select seats online. For future readers: If you're having difficulty pulling up your reservation using your JL locator, you might need to try adding your middle initial or middle name immediately following your first name (without space). Also, make sure you're using international reservation portal on JL for any AA awards (even purely domestic itineraries on JL). Worst case, you can always call JL and have them assign seats.

-FlyerBeek

kcaluwae

I just booked a Domestic biz award because I got a small amount of AA miles that I wanted to burn (I won't be flying AA as much in the future and the miles were going to expire)
The fact that they were going to expire eases the pain a little but this is probably my worst redemption ever. I booked the Biz ticket because AA showed that it came with an increased baggage allowance but it does not.

Here's some info so that others won't make the same mistake:
- JAL's domestic J-class is more like premium economy. The seats may be a little more comfortable but you only get 20 kg luggage allowance, no lounge access
- AA mentions 2 bags 32 kg each (BA even 3 bags of 32 kg) but I'm afraid that the only correct and applicable information will be what JAL mentions (and that baggage allowance is the only reason I booked this ticket)
- Biz awards are double the miles of Y awards but the fare difference between Economy and J-class is minimal, proving that it's more like premium economy and not business. Economy redemptions are more or less in line with the TPG valuation of AA miles but Biz redemptions are not nearly as good. And if you compare it with Japan's low-cost airlines like Skymark the redemption value for both Economy and Biz tickets is bad. (Skymark's fares are inclusive of 20kg)