NRT-YVR and NRT-SAN will get SKY SUITE upgrade in FY2019
Jan 9, 2019, 11:03 pm
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JL17 is remaing NEO seats until at least June according to the current setup in the booking system. I would say very close to zero chance that you will get a SkySuite in April. It would only in a case where they need to swap the plane and only have a SkySuite plane free.
Jan 9, 2019, 11:39 pm
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JL17 is remaing NEO seats until at least June according to the current setup in the booking system. I would say very close to zero chance that you will get a SkySuite in April. It would only in a case where they need to swap the plane and only have a SkySuite plane free.
Jan 10, 2019, 7:52 pm
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Jan 11, 2019, 12:03 pm
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YVR is still showing up as Shell Flat Neo for some flights I'm looking at in Oct/Nov, though I get it's probably a placeholder schedule for now. Still, it would be nice to get some certainty for those of us looking to book in advance!
Jan 11, 2019, 1:02 pm
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you get what you paid for, which is to fly you from YVR to NRT, and don’t expect anything other than NEO if you have to book this far in advance. Even if the seat is showing as SS, JL can always switch it to NEO or even SHELL FLAT for operational reasons considered this is the lowest yield route with this specific config.
Jan 23, 2019, 12:17 am
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Surprise surprise, the YVR SS upgrade will be SS6 not SS8 LOL That's not an upgrade IMHO
It will be "upgraded" to SS6 from June 1 2019
It will be "upgraded" to SS6 from June 1 2019
Jan 23, 2019, 3:02 am
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The main part of the passengers will still have a massive upgrade. The 767 Y seats are much nicer... But that is not the point of this thread.
Jan 23, 2019, 3:16 am
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Jan 23, 2019, 4:18 am
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Jan 23, 2019, 2:39 pm
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As for the J seats, this will be 6 fewer than the already shrunken E03 config. Does the route struggle across Y as well or is it just the J cabin?
Jan 23, 2019, 2:40 pm
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that low yield route struggles and with introduction of SEA, it loses SEA connection traffic. Some may even choose to go through SEA to get better seats
Note that this is not the first time YVR goes SS6 though.
Jan 24, 2019, 3:35 am
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