In late September, Japan Airlines formally announced that they'll be launching flights to Seattle as of March 31, 2019. The airline will operate the route daily using a Boeing 787-8, with the following schedule: JL68 Tokyo Narita to Seattle departing…
This is pretty nuts. It's being reported that on Sunday, October 28, 2018, a Japan Airlines first officer was caught trying to board a plane nearly 10x over the legal alcohol limit for pilots. He was supposed to operate JL44 from London Heathrow to Tokyo…
For quite a while now there have been rumors of Japan Airlines adding flights to Seattle, and that has now finally been confirmed. Japan Airlines has announced that they'll begin flying between Tokyo Narita and Seattle as of March 31, 2019. The airline…
Japan Airlines is a phenomenal airline across all cabins. Most of their flights to the US are flown by the Boeing 777-300ER, featuring a beautiful first class cabin, and also Apex Suites in business class, which is one of my favorite business class products.…
Japan Airlines has just become the 11th airline to get a Skytrax 5-Star rating. 10 of the Skytrax 5-Star airlines are Asian (only Lufthansa isn't), and Japan Airlines also becomes the second Japanese airline to get the rating, after All Nippon Airways.…
Japan Airlines Mileage Bank is a lucrative frequent flyer program for travel on partner airlines thanks to their distance based award chart. They have reasonable award costs and also allow lots of stopovers, which is a nice combination for those looking…
Japan has an excellent national train network which is efficient, extremely punctual and comfortable to use. It can also be extremely expensive. While travelling between major cities like Tokyo and Osaka the train network may be a no-brainer (albeit…
Well this is rough. Japan Airlines Mileage Bank is a useful niche frequent flyer program. They partner with Marriott Rewards, Starwood Preferred Guest, and Barclays, and they have a pretty lucrative distance based award chart that's valid for travel…
For years there have been rumors of Miami getting a nonstop commercial flight to Asia. The airport has actively been soliciting such flights, and has offered airlines that would be willing to operate these routes all kinds of incentives. On the surface…
Yesterday Japan Airlines presented a "medium term management plan," which includes a PDF that has lots of interesting information in it. I'm always interested in airlines' expansion plans -- sometimes airlines are optimistic in their expansion goals,…
This is easily the biggest devaluation to Alaska Mileage Plan miles in nearly two years. Alaska Mileage Plan is no longer allowing redemptions on Cathay Pacific, Japan Airlines, and Hainan within 72 hours of departure (though they continue to allow other…
There are plenty of airlines serving outrageously expensive champagne in first class. The airline offering the single most expensive champagne in first class is Japan Airlines, as they serve Salon Champagne. Over the years they've switched between vintages…
As I wrote about yesterday, Japan Airlines Mileage Bank has made a terrible change to their program when it comes to redeeming miles on Emirates. Up until last week the best way to redeem miles for travel in Emirates first class was through Japan Airlines…
Well this isn't fun... Emirates has one of my favorite first class products in the world, and that's not even taking into consideration their brand new first class product, which looks spectacular. Up until last March, my favorite way to redeem for Emirates…
Hawaii is a hugely popular tourist destination from Japan, and the number of daily flights between the sets of islands is staggering. For example, just between Tokyo and Honolulu there are flights by ANA, China Airlines, Delta, JAL, Korean Air, and United.…
Earlier I wrote about the best ways to redeem miles for travel on Emirates. The single best mileage program for premium cabin redemptions on Emirates is Japan Airlines Mileage Bank. Unfortunately the catch is that Japan Airlines miles are tough to come…
There are quite a few airlines out there that offer complimentary massages in their lounges. It's always a treat to get a massage on a connection between long flights, given how tight bodies can be after sitting for so long. The quality and length of…
American has several joint ventures, including a transatlantic joint venture with British Airways, as well as a transpacific joint venture with Japan Airlines. In general airlines do everything they can to create metal neutrality on joint ventures flights,…
Japan Airlines offers one of my favorite first class products in the world. I find that JAL first class is incredibly well rounded -- the service is exceptional, the food is good, they have reasonably priced wifi, there's great bedding, and there are…
Alaska Milage Plan is one of my favorite frequent flyer programs, thanks to their unique array of partners, the ability to do a stopover even on a one-way award, and much more. One of the other things that sets Alaska Mileage Plan apart from many other…
Japan Airlines presently operates two daily flights between Tokyo and New York, though they'll be adjusting that service starting in a couple of months, which is great for award availability. It's probably easiest to explain what's changing by showing…
