# Japan Airlines (JAL)
"2/1 Aircraft Update" AA’s Last-Minute Pre-Devaluation Frenzy: Premium Cabin Award Space Opens Wide on U.S.-China Routes, Plus JAL First Class Availability
As AA miles will start devaluing on March 22, one-way business class between the U.S. and China will increase from 55,000 to 70,000 miles, and first class will jump from 67,500 to...
Trip Report: JAL + Cathay x2 + Dragonair Business Class Asia Hopscotch
It’s that time of year again: holiday season, and also the days right before a major AA mileage devaluation. However you look at it, this was a great time to burn some AA miles. I...
Big Time for Savers: ANA/JAL Waive Fuel Surcharges (YQ) Starting December 1
For years, fuel surcharges have been the biggest enemy of using points to book award tickets. Recently, ANA and JAL announced that they will remove fuel surcharges starting Decembe...
ANA and JAL to Eliminate Fuel Surcharges Starting December 1
Following the decline in global crude oil prices, Japan Airlines (JL) and All Nippon Airways (NH) recently announced that they will eliminate fuel surcharges on all international r...
Award Ticket Tip: Use Wikipedia to Research Flight Routes
Many readers who know a bit about award tickets have probably noticed that for some itineraries—for example, a ticket from A to B—searching directly from origin A to destination B...
Japan Airlines Miles Guide (2) – A Short-Haul Sweet Spot: Single-Partner Award Redemptions and the US Redemption Promo
In the previous post, Japan Airlines Miles Guide (1) – A Powerful oneworld Award Search Tool, we introduced the powerful award-search function on the JAL website. Today, we’ll talk...
Japan Airlines Mileage Guide (1) - A Powerful oneworld Award Search Tool
There are quite a few people in the U.S. who have AA miles. However, on the AA website, when you search U.S.-China routes, you can only find AA-operated flights. If you want to red...