AA doesnt release them, JL does. You can book JL tickets on AA.com up to 331 days in advance....

If it helps anyone, 1 seat in F just opened up for JL 6 on 1/28/2024.

Thank you. I am trying to look for 2 seats for next year. Appreciate the response

Just do a calendar search for premium awards. If you spot 60k, that's business, while 80k is first.

Wasn't it A350-1000? I wonder when it starts flying that route.

One seat is an albino squirrel. Two seats is a purple squirrel.

Correct me if I am wrong, but you aren't going to find HND-LAX-XXX without HND-LAX. If you find HND-LAX-XXX without finding HND-LAX, HND-LAX-XXX is phantom.

Theoretically there could be married segment issues but I've never actually seen it be the issue with JL.

New to the award space and need ideas for a Y award on HND to SEA either direct or multicity booking. Was thinking of HND-HNL and HNL-SEA or HND-LAX and LAX-SEA for March last week. I know it's one of the best season.

Can I wait for the last minute award opening or is it better to book something now itself ?

I don�t know about Y award space, but my experience with JAL F/J is to jump on it when you find it rather than wait. HND-LAX-SEA is 35k in Y on 3/25; between 51k and 61k the rest of the week.

AA offers free cancellations on all award tickets. You can always book whatever is available now then cancel it later on and rebook something better if it opens up.

Greetings from the Royal Park Hotel at HND. My room is a bit on the small side, and I'm hungry because they had already stopped serving food by the time I checked in, but other than that,I'm pleased with the hotel.

I flew in on an MU a350 from PVG in Y, which was surprisingly great.

Immigration and customs at HND took a long time though...not because of lines, but because there was a shocking number or bureaucracies that almost made China immigration seem civilized by comparison.

I'm a little bit regretful of not sticking with my original AA flights from PVG to JAX because the schedule was super convenient, but now I have my JL flight in business class instead.

I'll opine later about whether or not the HND transit was worth the hassles, but I've always enjoyed JL in the past.

Business class on the AA itinerary would have set me back 450k miles (v 35k in economy). Obviously, 60k miles for JL is a more attractive deal, and there were lots of flights to choose from starting about 3 weeks in.

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Hotel was pleasant when I was there recently. and not too pricey either.. Not a huge fan of JL J as their 789 seats are so old and oddly low to the ground and then I dont like Apex seats but still 60K Vs. 450K, well for me wouldnt even be a realistic consideration as I dont have that many miles. I couldnt imagine paying 450K for a ticket of any kind. I gotta catch up to you all on here and get me some more miles

Essentially, my wife and I will be flying to Japan from Austin from Feb 3-11. I have premium economy/economy awards booked.

But now I have the miles to get business awards.

I’ve never flown business long-haul and I don’t want to miss the opportunity.

It seems when I’ve looked the past few days, there has been some flights from various places that have a seat or two available at the 60k miles rate. But few and far between, and not on the dates I need.

I know I’ve read that this is common with JAL. But…is there any way I can be proactive on this? I’ve been checking obsessively. It seems like JAL awards aren’t available on Expertflyer, or I would set up alerts there.

Specifically looking to book from Austin to Tokyo on Feb 3 and ideally Osaka to Austin on Feb 11

Not much you can do other than keep checking. You probably won't see much movement until about 2 weeks before departure. It goes without saying but check just the gateways to TYO (i.e. DFW-HND, LAX-HND, etc.) and go from there if you find something.