Jun 26, 2018, 12:52 pm
Last edit by: Tokyoite
Corona related JAL announcements page link.
https://www.jal.co.jp/jp/en/info/2020/other/200228/
Just to kick start a wiki, with answers to frequent questions.A: Yes. written here (link) A. Definitely, within the lounge access rules of course. written here (link)
https://www.jal.co.jp/jp/en/info/2020/other/200228/
Just to kick start a wiki, with answers to frequent questions.
1. We're flying HND-NGO-HNL. NGO-HNL is booked in business class, but HND-NGO is in economy. Will we still get the baggage allowance as if we're flying business class the whole way?
2. We're flying HND-NGO-HNL. Will we have lounge access in HND?
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Jul 12, 2018, 5:11 pm
#2521
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Jul 13, 2018, 12:03 am
#2522
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Jul 13, 2018, 3:19 am
#2524
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i realized recently JL735/736 pair has changed from a nice 789 to a inferior non skysuit 788. Is this a detrimental experience? I really enjoyed my flight last time i flew this route but i'm hesitant to book on this crappy 788.
Jul 13, 2018, 4:30 am
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The change has been in place since end of Mar. Not sure if JAL SKY SUITE 787 will ever return to NRT-HKG since it's such an overkill for this route. But for this short flight, seriously it's not such a big deal for me. Another alternative is to fly on HND-HKG which is what I usually do these days. HND-HKG usually has the crappy JAL SKY SUITE III seats, but for the last few times, I got the ancient JAL SHELL FLAT seats. and it's not that bad for a 4-5 hour flight. IFE contents will be the same on 787 with JAL SHELL FLAT NEO and JAL SKY SUITE (which wasn't the case for my SHELL FLAT flights). But you may not get inflight wi-fi with NEO seats.
Jul 13, 2018, 4:56 am
#2526
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thx Jalpak
its a work trip so need late tokyo departure... the outbound to HND is 100pct better on JL than CX flight on regional 777... return is mixed, CX ex HND is nicer seat than crappy 788 ex NRT
too bad i cant mix JL and CX on.corp fare!
its a work trip so need late tokyo departure... the outbound to HND is 100pct better on JL than CX flight on regional 777... return is mixed, CX ex HND is nicer seat than crappy 788 ex NRT
too bad i cant mix JL and CX on.corp fare!
Jul 13, 2018, 5:09 am
#2527
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Jul 13, 2018, 5:33 am
#2528
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To answer my own question I think they change them daily around midnight, but not the exchange rate for the current day.
Jul 13, 2018, 6:47 am
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Just out of curiosity, on how many dollars are you "loosing" 4 dollars?
Jul 13, 2018, 6:49 am
#2530
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It went down to ~1 dollar last night so I booked them today.
Jul 16, 2018, 7:04 pm
#2531
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Just curious what's changed on JAL 787's? Last time I flew, it had the shell flat neo, but it was 1-3 and 7-10 (4rows after L1) now on expert flyer it shows only 2 rows? 7&8? Did they take seats off? Last I flew it was in Sept 2016 and the seat was awful...thanks a million
Jul 16, 2018, 8:24 pm
#2532
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Just curious what's changed on JAL 787's? Last time I flew, it had the shell flat neo, but it was 1-3 and 7-10 (4rows after L1) now on expert flyer it shows only 2 rows? 7&8? Did they take seats off? Last I flew it was in Sept 2016 and the seat was awful...thanks a million
Jul 16, 2018, 10:45 pm
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Jul 19, 2018, 1:31 am
#2535
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Again I have to question you 
hope you can help with this one...
We have made our booking with JAL (11 hours flights FRA-NRT) already a few months ago. We also bought railway tickets at that time to get to the airport aorund 2,5 hours before departure which was always enough time to check-in, do the security check and get a coffee before departure.
Now, because we have some stupid idiots at the airport who refuse to use modern security methods, they (the airport people) say we should be at the airport at least 3 hours before departure because the line at the security check can be very long (45-60 minutes due to holidays). As we can't modify the railway tickets (only possibility would be buying new ones), it can happen that if check-in also takes time, we will be standing in the security line when the last call happens. My question now: how does JAL handle these cases? Are they waiting for us (as baggage will already be inside the airplane), will they try to get us into a priority line (or do I have to mention this to the security by myself if boarding will be soon) at the security check or do they just depart without us?
Yeah, I know, the best solution would be to modify the railyway tickets, but even if we do that that case could happen. FRA airport currently sucks :/
hope you can help with this one...We have made our booking with JAL (11 hours flights FRA-NRT) already a few months ago. We also bought railway tickets at that time to get to the airport aorund 2,5 hours before departure which was always enough time to check-in, do the security check and get a coffee before departure.
Now, because we have some stupid idiots at the airport who refuse to use modern security methods, they (the airport people) say we should be at the airport at least 3 hours before departure because the line at the security check can be very long (45-60 minutes due to holidays). As we can't modify the railway tickets (only possibility would be buying new ones), it can happen that if check-in also takes time, we will be standing in the security line when the last call happens. My question now: how does JAL handle these cases? Are they waiting for us (as baggage will already be inside the airplane), will they try to get us into a priority line (or do I have to mention this to the security by myself if boarding will be soon) at the security check or do they just depart without us?
Yeah, I know, the best solution would be to modify the railyway tickets, but even if we do that that case could happen. FRA airport currently sucks :/