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Old Sep 19, 2017, 5:59 pm
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They are probably seeing a weaker J demand on the routes with NEO... The solution should be Sky Suite of some kind, not fewer NEO seats.
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Old Sep 19, 2017, 6:12 pm
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Originally Posted by CPH-Flyer
They are probably seeing a weaker J demand on the routes with NEO... The solution should be Sky Suite of some kind, not fewer NEO seats.
But this is the most cost effective way LOL
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Old Sep 21, 2017, 7:30 pm
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Originally Posted by JALPak
I did more digging into this. Looks like the seat map changed from Jan 11 2018 for JL033/032. They are removing 2 rows of C to add 4 rows of Y seats.
Does it show the type of Y seats? - is JAL finally replacing them with the Sky Wider ones or just adding more standard width Y seats?
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Old Sep 21, 2017, 10:17 pm
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Originally Posted by rustykettel
Does it show the type of Y seats? - is JAL finally replacing them with the Sky Wider ones or just adding more standard width Y seats?
No, which means most likely still the old seats. Otherwise it would have listed SKY WIDER as the seat type.
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Old Sep 23, 2017, 8:28 pm
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JL's seat map page has just been updated and a new config was added - E03. So C seats were reduced by 12 while Y increased by 32 for a total of 206 and will be flying mostly ngo/kix - bkk, hnd-gmp/pek, kix-lax and nrt- yvr which are mostly very low yield routes
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Old Sep 23, 2017, 9:51 pm
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Originally Posted by musashino22
JL's seat map page has just been updated and a new config was added - E03. So C seats were reduced by 12 while Y increased by 32 for a total of 206 and will be flying mostly ngo/kix - bkk, hnd-gmp/pek, kix-lax and nrt- yvr which are mostly very low yield routes
Unless JL is changing the cycles of the airframes then HND/NRT-SGN will be part of that as well. Looking at the loads, these routes could do with a shift from J to Y capacity. The plane going to YVR so far has been inbound from SGN.
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Old Sep 24, 2017, 12:32 am
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Originally Posted by musashino22
JL's seat map page has just been updated and a new config was added - E03. So C seats were reduced by 12 while Y increased by 32 for a total of 206 and will be flying mostly ngo/kix - bkk, hnd-gmp/pek, kix-lax and nrt- yvr which are mostly very low yield routes
KIX-LAX is never going to be good yield if they want to give crappy C seats @:-)

They might as well start a second flight from Tokyo.
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Old Sep 24, 2017, 4:30 pm
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Originally Posted by CPH-Flyer
Unless JL is changing the cycles of the airframes then HND/NRT-SGN will be part of that as well. Looking at the loads, these routes could do with a shift from J to Y capacity. The plane going to YVR so far has been inbound from SGN.
Yup you are correct. NRT/HND-SGN seems to be included in the list of routes getting E03 sometime in Feb while HND - PEK is not. Now this will make op-ups more difficult as I always receive one in half of these routes especially GMP.
But hopefully, if loads are still light, they can give the rear C section to elites even if food is Y. crossing my fingers.
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Old Sep 24, 2017, 4:36 pm
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Originally Posted by coolfish1103
KIX-LAX is never going to be good yield if they want to give crappy C seats @:-)

They might as well start a second flight from Tokyo.
Kansai people are very well known to be stingy even their corporate/salarymen so I guess JL doesn't see it fit to even deploy their latest and greatest seats.

I have flown this flight a few times in the past in C and I noticed the passenger profile is more geared towards senior packaged tours which we know is very low margin and seems like the ojiisans/obaasans are contented that they fly in business class. just my 2 yens
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Old Jan 1, 2019, 4:00 pm
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My wife and I will be on JL66 NRT-SAN on a 787-8. The seat map shows rows 1-3 in the forward cabin and rows 7-8 in the rear cabin. Our seats were 7AC, but noticed today that our seats were changed to 7CD, with 7A now blocked. In fact all window seats are now blocked. Should I call to ask to go back to our original 7AC or should I ask for 7DG which is available? Should we change to 2DG to avoid noise from the galley and/or restroom?
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Old Jan 1, 2019, 11:58 pm
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Originally Posted by Alan6557
My wife and I will be on JL66 NRT-SAN on a 787-8. The seat map shows rows 1-3 in the forward cabin and rows 7-8 in the rear cabin. Our seats were 7AC, but noticed today that our seats were changed to 7CD, with 7A now blocked. In fact all window seats are now blocked. Should I call to ask to go back to our original 7AC or should I ask for 7DG which is available? Should we change to 2DG to avoid noise from the galley and/or restroom?
The main J galley is in the front right side of the plane. The main Y galley is in the rear.

I doubt you are going to get your seats back. I guess what happened that your flight got changed to the new Skysuite configuration. Hence the window seats being blocked I would change to 2 D/G if it was me, and it is a Skysuite bird. When is your flight?
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Old Jan 2, 2019, 4:19 am
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Wait till T-48 to do online check-in and the foward cabin window seats will open up (what is left of them).
What date are you flying? I can look up the status of foward cabin blocked seats via KVS tool.
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Old Jan 2, 2019, 8:08 am
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Originally Posted by Tokyoite
Wait till T-48 to do online check-in and the foward cabin window seats will open up (what is left of them).
What date are you flying? I can look up the status of foward cabin blocked seats via KVS tool.
The flight date for JL66 NRT-SAN is 2019-MAY-29.
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Old Jan 2, 2019, 8:18 am
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Originally Posted by Alan6557
The flight date for JL66 NRT-SAN is 2019-MAY-29.
You could have easily checked yourself with expert flyer's FREE account
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Old Jan 2, 2019, 8:25 am
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Originally Posted by Alan6557
The flight date for JL66 NRT-SAN is 2019-MAY-29.
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/japan-airlines-jal-mileage-bank/1932541-nrt-yvr-nrt-san-will-get-sky-suite-upgrade-fy2019.html
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