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Old Mar 5, 2010, 8:42 pm
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Jal HKG-NRT

I will be flying for the first time JAL in Y from HKG-NRT. Aircraft looks a like a 747 and I wanted to know if I can expect any AVOD or anytype of IFE inflight?

In addition what are the normal food choices for Y Passengers? Thank you
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Old Mar 5, 2010, 8:56 pm
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Originally Posted by kyamato
I will be flying for the first time JAL in Y from HKG-NRT. Aircraft looks a like a 747 and I wanted to know if I can expect any AVOD or anytype of IFE inflight?

In addition what are the normal food choices for Y Passengers? Thank you
I have only flown on a JAL 744 with MAGIC-III, i.e. AVOD, twice in the last 10 years. The last time I flew on this was a 5+ years ago. I am not sure if that 744 still exist. So I would say I am 99% sure you will get the crappy MAGIC-I or II. I can check for you if I have the dates.

Here is the March menu for JL732/736 http://www.jal.com.hk/zhhk/inflight/meal/economy.htm

In general I don't like the ex-HKG meals. Two of the worst in-flight Y meals I had on JAL are all on ex-HKG flights. By the way they have been serving that Hunan Chicken since December! But I guess you are flying in April during the Easter holidays, so it might change. ex-NRT/HND flights have much better meals in Y!
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Old Mar 6, 2010, 1:57 am
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Hi Jalpak. March 24 or 25 HKG-NRT in biz. Which flight would you recommend?
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Old Mar 6, 2010, 3:01 am
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Originally Posted by brunos
Hi Jalpak. March 24 or 25 HKG-NRT in biz. Which flight would you recommend?
3/25 JL736. It is using 777-200ER with MAGIC-III (best AVOD on JAL)

Or if possible 3/26 JL736. Even though it is a 744 with MAGIC-I only. It has the Shell Flat seat, not the regional one. And if you have status, you can select the F cabin with Solo seats used as C (but currently all solo seats have been assigned). Of course there's always a risk that they will swap out the aircraft with another 744.
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Old Mar 6, 2010, 3:13 am
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How can you tell which days fly which aircraft? And which aircraft have what config?
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Old Mar 6, 2010, 3:16 am
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Originally Posted by kyamato
How can you tell which days fly which aircraft? And which aircraft have what config?
By looking at the seat map on JAL Japan Japanese version website
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Old Mar 12, 2010, 1:16 am
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Does JAL offer OLCI in HKG?
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Old Mar 12, 2010, 1:32 am
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JAL offers OLCI on most tickets. Yes they do offer OLCI for HKG flights.
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Old Mar 12, 2010, 4:44 am
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OLCI starts at 72 hours before the departure time, e.g. OLCI of JL735 on March 20 will starts at 18:25 on March 17 Japan Time
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Old Mar 13, 2010, 10:15 pm
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And in HKG is there special lane to check in or just bag dropoff?
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Old Mar 13, 2010, 10:47 pm
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Originally Posted by bundi404
And in HKG is there special lane to check in or just bag dropoff?
They had one few years ago with obvious sign saying passengers who have online checked in already can use that counter. On my recent visits the sign is gone but the small display above one of the business class check-in counters says "web check-in". So I am not sure whether it mean web check-in business class passengers or all classes...but that counter used to be for web check-in passengers...

You can call JAL HK office (2523 0081) to find out. They usually pick up pretty quick.
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