boarding_pass

Unless there's a way to book multi-city domestic flights within Japan, I'm looking at booking two roundtrip flights HND-ITM RT and ITM-FUK.

Anyone who have done this before? I won't have any check-in baggage with me, but just in case, will JL check through on two separate but JAL group tickets all the way to FUK, and will MCT (no information for ITM domestic-domestic connection on the website) be observed?

Thank you!

JALPak

MCT at ITM is 25 min.

You can book a multi-city but you need to use the Japanese version

boarding_pass

I didn't know this 'trick'!

I chose One-Way, then just added flights along the way. Thanks JALPak, let's meet in Tokyo and have a beer. ;-)

jix

I think you can also just call JAL and book each segment as Japan explorer fare. I know people doing MRs typically add up 3-5 segments per day which is kind of crazy. It's also tricky to get all boarding passes at once, I think they'll print up to 3 and ask you to recheck in again after landing, so spare enough time for that.

JALPak

No, they will print all for you if you are "connecting". I think OP wants J created to QR so JEP won't work.

JALPak

I am not TYO based

boarding_pass

Thanks for the info! However I now moved to Japan thus this won't work. Next time once I'm relocated somewhere else.


Ha! I'm pretty sure you'll be here Let me know or maybe a beer in LAX

JALPak

I don't even know when my next trip is myself TYO is just a transit point for me. I don't usually stay there for too long. I usually spend most of the time on domestic flights

Tokyoite

MR for JGC on segments? or another ffp?
if JGC on FOPs, i suggest you do okinawa runs instead

fp7100

Wasabi Tofu

There are so many blogs about JGC and SFC in Japanese. If you can read Japanese, search by 'マイル 修行 2018 JGC'
If you can obtain JAL card, I recommend JGC, Because, during transition, you can use JAL lounge as a BA Gold member.

If you can't get JAL credit card, IMHO, BA is better option.
Cost of getting JAL sapphire status and Cost of getting BA Gold are almost same, if you live in Japan.

About OKA(Naha, Okinawa) reoutes, still good, but not so good as good old days.
Simle UltraSakitoku of HNDOKA earns 1476FOP. Lowest price is 8900JPY. So, you get 6.0FOP/JPY (good deal).
You can combine this with OKA-xHND-SIN-xHND-OKA.
Still OKA-HND earns 1968FOP.
So, OKA-xHND-SIN-xHND-OKA earns 8904FOP (L/V/S), 11692FOP(H/K/M), 14672FOP(W/Y/B/E).
There are so many routes and know-hows. So, I couldn't write all of them.

I really recommend searching Japanese blogs.

JALPak

Just stick to BA Gold and aim for real lifetime status with BA then if cost for BA Gold is the same as getting JMB Sapphire. BA Gold will get your emerald privileges which is more valuable.

fumitani

There are other ways to rack up FOP for cheaper. I'm ITM based also. If you need suggestions PM me.

Tokyoite

fp7100

Thanks for your fast reply and info. I just have a couple of clarifications...

Do you just mean JAL credit card? I have another credit card in Japan already, so I don't think it should be too tough. But I don't quite follow what you mean by it making the transition easier? As you say, the BA Gold gives me lounge access. If the only main benefit of JAL credit card the miles for spending (1 per 100 yen?)

If you wouldn't mind, do you have any bookable examples, e.g. on google flights or how to search on JAL website? I can't seem to find anything like those prices when searching, that's all.


Thanks again.