JFK check-in & lounge?
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JFK check-in & lounge?
If we print boarding passes at home, do we need to go to a check-in counter for passport checks?
We're flying F and JL uses the LH Senator lounge at JFK. Do we just show our boarding passes or did we need a document from JL?
When checking in online, the website asked if we wanted to change seats since we'll have immovable armrests ???
We're flying F and JL uses the LH Senator lounge at JFK. Do we just show our boarding passes or did we need a document from JL?
When checking in online, the website asked if we wanted to change seats since we'll have immovable armrests ???
Last edited by richarddd; Jan 7, 2020 at 9:56 am
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I would have thought all F seats would be the same?
In any event, all other F seats were marked unavailable, so it wasn't a useful message. If they viewed it as an issue, they might have mentioned it when we chose those seats.
Is there any meaningful difference between the F seats between JFK and NRT/HND?
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They said they were no longer doing VIPOne. There was a pre-check line and first class line. About 15 minutes from curb to past security.
LH lounge is very uncrowded, almost everyone looks Japanese. The lounge check-in agent filled out red luggage tags for us.
LH lounge is very uncrowded, almost everyone looks Japanese. The lounge check-in agent filled out red luggage tags for us.
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I would have thought all F seats would be the same?
In any event, all other F seats were marked unavailable, so it wasn't a useful message. If they viewed it as an issue, they might have mentioned it when we chose those seats.
Is there any meaningful difference between the F seats between JFK and NRT/HND?
In any event, all other F seats were marked unavailable, so it wasn't a useful message. If they viewed it as an issue, they might have mentioned it when we chose those seats.
Is there any meaningful difference between the F seats between JFK and NRT/HND?
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No, you can get through security and get lounge access with your home printed boarding passes. Unfortunately the stupid thing is that they make you get a new boarding pass at the gate. They can't even print you one at the lounge. I then thought to myself what is the point of online check in if I have to get a new BP at the airport anyway? I raised this point with them and even told them that the JL website says you can use your online BP at JFK (nothing about needing to get a new BP at the airport). They just gave me an annoyed look and treated me like I was the weird one. (They were pretty rude and un-JAL-like.) Nine years ago I flew ANA out of the U.S. with online boarding passes with no problems. Why can't JAL get their act together?
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I raised this point with them and even told them that the JL website says you can use your online BP at JFK (nothing about needing to get a new BP at the airport). They just gave me an annoyed look and treated me like I was the weird one. (They were pretty rude and un-JAL-like.)
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Upstairs is open for JL passengers, sign for JAL points upward
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