JL42 Equipment Change
Jan 14, 2020, 11:22 am
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JL42 Equipment Change
I have a flight booked in business on JL42 in April. The plane has been changed to a 773 from a 788. I don't mind the change in equipment but is the business class seat the same Skysuite? Also any recommendations for seat choice. Row 7 and all window seats are blocked to me as it's a codeshare flight.
Last edited by JCC87; Jan 14, 2020 at 11:28 am
Jan 15, 2020, 2:02 am
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Jan 15, 2020, 2:09 am
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Is this a long term change for JL41/42? A bit of a waste of an F cabin for 41 assuming they have zero food after take off as currently in Y and J.
Jan 15, 2020, 5:01 am
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I can't believe it. I tried and tried and tried to get a window seat when this flight was on a 788. Got told they are blocked to codeshare bookings. Plane gets changed to a 773 and they give me a window seat (9K) with no issues. So much relief.
Last edited by JCC87; Jan 15, 2020 at 5:44 am
Jan 23, 2020, 6:11 am
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The 773 has premium economy and first class, which the 788 did not. If you do a search for this flight it won't let you book those classes. They aren't going to fly this plane with those cabins empty are they? I was thinking about enquiring for an upgrade to first class.
Jan 23, 2020, 9:21 am
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if you are eligible, they would have let u select those seats already.
Jan 23, 2020, 10:06 pm
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Jan 26, 2020, 2:25 am
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You can upgrade using miles.
Jan 26, 2020, 2:34 am
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It's OK, I'm happy with my window business seat and return flight with BA in First. Although JAL's first class looks like it's in another league. I'm not a frequent flyer so don't have miles. I just love flying and economy always ruins the experience for me. So I've dived into my savings and finally flying business/first.