JALPak

I've paid 1000 yen even when connecting from int'l to domestic. Did they charge you 953 yen or you ended up paying X USD and that's equivalent to 953 yen

jamar

I handed them a 1000-yen bill and was surprised when they handed 47 yen back to me. I mean, I'm not going to complain, I just wish I knew why. I didn't understand enough Japanese to get the check-in lady's explanation.

And a quick Googling got me this:

Seems like it's the consumption tax being subtracted out.

JALPak

Ha! That's good to know. Thanks for the info. If they charge me 1,000 yen next time I will ask for my consumption tax back!

State of Trance

I'm flying into NRT today from ORD - I'm actually in the AA lounge right now over there - what lounge access will I have once I land? I'm connecting onto another flight NRT-PEK after that, both flights are in J, if that helps.

JALPak

I would just spend the time at JAL Sakura lounge which is the nicest one at NRT T2

State of Trance

Thanks, I'm there right now and it is really nice! Great views to plane-watch, and it's surprisingly quiet.

LausanneBoy

I'm sorry if this had been answered before but I can't seem to find any info.

I'm looking for upgrade award availability on JL (Y to J, and J to F), can someone please help pointing out:

1) where to check the availability (I'm always waitlisting but I want to know if its because they haven't released the inventory yet or because they're all taken and I'm really waiting for those who have it to give up, and

2) which fare codes JL uses for (upgraded) award inventory?

Thanks in advance =)

JALPak

Unfortunately you can't check the availability online other than using the JMB portal. JAL doesn't use published fare codes for upgrade awards

mt-i

Hi. Thanks for the helpful thread.

Can you explain how mileage and FOP earnings work for JL-coded flights operated by another oneworld carrier?

I will probably fly the following itinerary in a couple of months, in standard discounted coach (70% fare buckets for JL):
NRT-LHR (JL-coded and operated)
LHR-BRU (BA-coded and operated)
BRU-HEL-NRT (JL-coded but operated by AY)

If I try to book this on the website, it displays the flight miles as:

国際線 ［成田(東京）=ヒースロー（ロンドン）］ 4,354 = 6,220 x 0.7
国際線 ［ブリュッセル=ヘルシンキ］ 0 = 0 x 0.7
国際線 ［ヘルシンキ=成田(東京）］ 3,660 = 5,229 x 0.7
フライトマイル 合計 8,014マイル

So it doesn't take the BA flight into account, and counts the BRU-HEL segment as zero!

Is this really how miles are calculated (I hope not!)? What about FOPs?

JALPak

Can't be sure without knowing the booking code. But it is possible that JAL website has a bug in calculating miles accumulation when the flight does not carry a JL code. You probably should give JAL a call to figure out the booking class.

You probably was looking at the BA400 as your connecting flight? If you don't mind waiting for an extra hour, there's a JL coded flight operated by BA. You probably will earn more miles and FOPs with the JAL coded flight.

waribai

I'll be flying JAL for the first time this autumn in F on JL402 LHR-NRT and then connecting onto GK127 to FUK. I am BA Gold so have Emerald Status with oneworld. What are my chances of getting into the domestic JAL lounge at NRT while waiting for GK127? Any other tips worth noting about NRT would be most appreciated!

JALPak

I would say close to zero as you aren't connecting onto an oneworld flight. Just curious, why not connect on the JAL NRT-FUK flight instead?

waribai

Ok....I was kind of hoping that as GK is affiliated to JAL they might let me in!
I would connect onto the NRT-FUK Jal flight but I was told by BA that there is no redemption availability on that particular flight...

JALPak

If you hold a r/t ticket to Japan you can always buy a Yokoso ticket which only cost 10,000 JPY

waribai

I would have done that but it is on 25/12 which is during the blackout period