NRT OWE Lounge Access
Apr 29, 2024 | 12:30 pm
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NRT OWE Lounge Access
I'm travelling HKG-NRT-HNL in J on an AA issued ticket. HKG-TYO is on JL and NRT-HNL is on HA. I am OWE. My understanding is I can access the OWE lounges in HKG since the first flight is on JO however at NRT I can only get into whatever lounge HA uses for J since I'm not flying a OW partner. Is that correct?
Last edited by O62; Apr 29, 2024 at 2:32 pm Reason: Correcting TYO to be NRT
Apr 29, 2024 | 12:57 pm
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I'm travelling HKG-TYO-HNL in J on an AA issued ticket. HKG-TYO is on JO and TYO-HNL is on HA. I am OWE. My understanding is I can access the OWE lounges in HKG since the first flight is on JO however at NRT I can only get into whatever lounge HA uses for J since I'm not flying a OW partner. Is that correct?
Apr 29, 2024 | 2:33 pm
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Bummer, not going to be OWE for much longer and would be nice to see the NRT JAL 1st Class Lounge. Oh well
Apr 30, 2024 | 5:02 pm
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It's funny, I often cite OW's F lounges as the key differentiator between OW and *A, but then only a few OW airlines actually have a decent F / Emerald lounge anymore. JL isn't one of them. It's a status lounge, not an F lounge.
Last edited by dvs7310; Apr 30, 2024 at 5:09 pm
May 1, 2024 | 7:12 am
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I like JL F in NRT. Once in a while, I used the service of shoe polishing; and always ordered sushi & ramen!
May 4, 2024 | 3:44 pm
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Well, the JAL HND 1st class lounge is very nice, especially the back room with the shoe shine staff, old aviation items, and Champagne on tap. The sushi was good and there was an on-demand menu for non-buffet items. Have not been to the NRT F lounge in a long time and it is not as nice as HND.
Forgot to mention that there a luggage lockers by the entrance where you can store your carryon luggage and not worry about it.
Forgot to mention that there a luggage lockers by the entrance where you can store your carryon luggage and not worry about it.
May 5, 2024 | 12:32 pm
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About 8 years ago, I was in the JL F NRT lounge. My car keys dropped out of my carry-on bag, but I didn't realize it until I arrived at the next destination. So, I figured I was out of luck. But a month later, I was back at the same lounge. I thought, why not ask? I did... and about half an hour later, a lounge attendant (wearing white gloves, of course) brings me my car keys on a silver tray. Only in Japan.