11 Hours in the World’s Best Economy Class | Japan Airlines JAL Sky Wider | LAX to NRT 

I just realized I'm so old that i remember when air travel was fun, exciting and possibly part of the vacation!

One of your endearing qualities whether on land, sea or air is that you do not hesitate to have seconds or thirds when you eat. You’re just like me. If I’ve paid for it, I’m eating it. Love your reviews. Cheers, Colin.

The first time i took JAL was when as a kid, i won their haiku competition which had me flying to japan for a haiku summit on their airlines. It was such a memorable flight because the crew took great care of me and it was overall a great start to a once in a lifetime experience (meeting kids from other countries, writing haikus together, playing at the beach, going on a mountain retreat(??) etc hahaha) Thanks for this video!

It seemed like you had a lovely, relaxing flight back to Japan. Solo san brings a smile😊 to my face when he tries his first bite and we see the double '!!' 🥰...Impressive amount of food he can pack away!

Great to see an economy review where the experience is great. JAL is a fantastic choice when travelling economy. Nice video too.

The music when you board JAL is my absolute favorite. David Foster captured the feeling of going home so well! You really can't settle for any other airline after flying JAL.

That economy class looks remarkably comfortable with more leg room than usual. I am glad you had a safe and pleasant trip home.

I've flown with JAL a few times. The service is amazing.

Thank you for sharing we’ll be flying next week to Japan from LAX. Our first time economy with Japan airlines.

Your travel videos are the best and the only ones I watch anymore! There are so many reasons why. I love the written out captions, which eliminates trying to understand someone's foreign accent. Plus if there's a word I've never heard of, I can pause the video and look it up. Your sense of humor is hilarious! And the wide variety of places you showcase, from Canada to the Swiss Alps, and of course Japan. And your photography is so professional. Thank you so much for all you do to take us to these beautiful vacation spots!!

JAL needs to sponsor you for sure... you are the best spokesman - even when flying economy class!

Finally booked with them for my flight in November. Can’t wait

Great to see video on economy class. All the bloggers post mostly business class which only very people get to travel on

Very nice video of your JAL Flight to Tokyo! Wow, economy class is spacious! I worked for Delta Airlines @LAX for 20 years and would often eat at the nearby IN-N-OUT 🍔 🍟

Having flown it recently, I can vouch for it being great

My favorite airline. Can’t wait to fly with JAL again.

Nice trip,delicious food

Really awesome. I enjoyed myself so much! Thank you!

The airplane looks amazing.

2:50 LOL .. no toasting of raisin bread 😂😂 awesome lounge, great TR! ❤❤

I have a flight coming up to Japan and based on everyone's recommendations I am doing economy+ on JAL its nice to see what that looks like.

Alright, my friend is going on another amazing. I see be safe. Have fun for me much love

That looks like a reasonable first class train seat! Nice!

Retired now, but NRT was one of my "stop-overs" on my way to other Asia/Pacific countries (company rules that any flight travel over 8 hours bumped us to business class, so never flew economy). Although 11 hours isn't all that long........not when one has a 27 hour flight, not sure I would opt for economy. 😊 NRT is a GREAT airport for a lay-over, by the way. Thanks for the journey, STJ! It's fun traveling with you! P.S. Not sure how you stay so thin! 😍👍👏✨❤

Lovely. I wish I could go on this trip. Greetings from Canada.

New one! Love these

This is exactly what I’ve been hoping to see! I want to use JAL for my trip to Japan next year and I was curious to see what their economy flight was like from LAX. The fact that they employ a 2-4-2 seat configuration makes a huge difference in terms of comfort and space. Thank you for sharing another helpful video 😊👍🏼🌸

My favorite airline, JAL

Many years ago -1986 flew JAL the same route but on a 747. Just very special service. I remember the soba noodles.

I remember the big breakfast at the Qantas lounge. It was incredible and delicious. One of the best lounges for a la carte dining

im glad they managed to get you in another JAL plane , almost every single time ive been delayed in a flight due to any kind of technical reason with the plane , we were shoveled to another airline flight , usually with worse seats...

All Dreamliners were supposed to be a 2-4-2 economy seat configuration, but the accountants had other ideas!

Great video! Thanks

I like the 2-4-4 config on the seats.Because you will have more room for you and your seat partner. And i love when they give a $15 meal voutcher for delayed flight. I love JAL Air line. I wish i could fly JAL Air line to japan and to other citis in japan or near japan. And I love your food vidios.

The way that the little boy laughed right on cue with your joke at 11:38 haha

Mice move....and good documentated with write Comments.....Thanks!

'i'm not sponsored by the way' You should be! XD also it was uniquely hysterical to see you eating Panda Express. I loved it.

I hope you had a pleasant visit to Orange County! This video is very helpful for us, since we usually fly economy to Tokyo. We actually have some decent curry restaurants around here, it would be fun to see you do a curry video from SoCal on your other channel sometime. :)

Great trip.

My favorite international economy seat among all the airlines whether it's operated using the 787 or 767. Even the premium economy on the 787-9 is by far the best premium economy

That’s pretty good that pretty much the whole flight was in the dark, except for departure, due to the time difference. 😀✈️

Nice trip report, thank you. It does look much better than most economy product. Also if you buy economy flex fare or premium economy you also get lounge access which I don't think any other carrier does this!

I just flew Japan with JAL and like their service.

You can't have an airport experience without having Panda Express! LOL

You really lucked out not having someone next to you on such a long flight. Surprised that they didn't offer earplugs. I flew Qantas last month and they offered them both ways. Looked like a fantastic flight.

The 2-4-2 seating would make sense for many families, sandwiching the two kids between the parents. I hope your stay in the US was enjoyable!

When I first flew JAL LAX-HND in 1976, it was on a B747. The oshibori were rolled individually, not in cellophane wrappers, and hot. That was just the beginning. The difference in the caliber of in-flight service between JAL and US airlines was stunning. They even managed to make the return flight on a "stretched" DC-8 relatively comfortable -- and that was no easy feat! Since then, it looks as if JAL fell behind ANA, but they seem to be making a comeback. It's good to see.

The second meal looks delicious

JAL economy rocks!

I love Japan Airlines

Great flight. Feels like First Class lite version because nobody is seating beside you.

1st class is a fantasy for me, but economy is my reality. Thanks for showing it all!❤🎉😊great videos

Sorry for your delay. Jal has one of the best on time performances. Any explanation what went wrong this time? I appreciate that when the captain apologizes and explains. This what makes airlines get good ratings too. Thank you for eating well also. I would have gone back to the lounge and get a first class lounge lunch by the way

I usually fly JAL (a fantastic experience all around) but recently flew ANA on an 8-hour international flight and back. No comparison. The experience was much less than wonderful. I'll be sticking with JAL in the future.

Every time I look out of my kitchen window and see the sunflower I can hear the sunflower ferry song 😂 It’s growing in a small gap in the path, a seed dropped by a bird. I didn’t have the heart to pull it up

"Stop the plane, I need to get In n Out first!" 😅 Thanks for Always travelling and eating, Solo-san 🤘🍥🤘 🇦🇺💜🇯🇵

Beautiful ❤

The meal at the lounge looked a little sad despite also looking decently tasty or something I would put together myself. You just got us so used to prettier plates it seems :p

This Solo traveler is a foodie 😋😋😋😋

Hope you had a decent time in our neck of the woods!

Bro, this is my first time watching this channel and video; you don't say a word, but it's hilarious and awesome! Very entertaining! You did well in recording, editing, and scripting. Thank you very much!

Solo san, I am incredibly sorry about your Big breakfast at the start of your trip. Thats kinda small for Australian Standards. Our big breakfast in all our cafe's in Australia Fill up the plate, almost overflowing. That bacon was a questionalble colour unless its the lighting. I like your optimism during your delay, Some of us would have lost it by now xD AND your right, that economy class is awesome. Maybe i should try a Japanese airlines from Aust next time.

I love JAL. Economy class seats are spacious. By the way, I took the co-share flights on AA. Not too bad as I prefer the night flight to arrive to the destination in the morning.

im jealous, i just returned from my 5 months study abroad trip in tokyo, i want to go back as soon as possible!!!

omg you were in Anaheim and didn't stop by to say hello?? I'm so hurt! I would've loved to go on a foodie tour with you!!! :) :)

I have flown with JAL from LAX to BKK and back and JAL has Great service.

And I'm hungry again. Even the light meal looked better than some airplane food I've gotten!

I flew JAL economy in February, I have zero complaints. IN fact I am torn if I want to go back to Japan or visit Korea for my next vacation.

Watching the flight map and the plane icon moves so slow makes me crazy.

Anaheim? That would imply Disneyland! But did you get to see ⚾ Ohtani play? 🤔✌️😎 (Sorry for your delay, yet glad you got to try Panda Express! 😋)

I haven't had the opportunity to fly with JAL, but I have flown long haul (10+ hours) with Lufthansa, SAS and KLM, all in Economy and in my experience, Economy on long haul flights is generally really good (especially compared to shorter flights) I've done my long hauls in Airbus A340 and Boeing 747 and I much prefer those aircrafts over Boeing 737 or the smaller models of Airbus used in short to medium flights. I do find A340 to be more comfortable than 747, but both are good even on a 10-11h flight. Not sure if I'd fare as well now though as I have (more severe) chronic pain now compared to when I went on my long trips and I now struggle to sit for long due to pain so if possible, I'd go with business class if I have a long flight simply to be able to recline the seat more, I really don't care about the other bonuses of business class or first class, Economy is all good in my book, I just need to be able to lie down or semi lie down due to my condition. That said, I'd be happy to try JAL Economy one day, maybe even to Japan if my boyfriend and I are able to go there sometime. The seat looks like it might even be somewhat comfortable for my boyfriend who's about 2 meters tall (Dutch) and for me at 174cm tall (I'm almost considered tall for a Swedish woman) the extra leg space would definitely be nice compared to my previous long haul flights that were good but definitely could have used a few more cm of leg space. But for my boyfriend's sake, I'd probably try to book seats with extra leg room in Economy just because of his height. I'm also one of those maybe weird people who actually likes the in-flight meals when flying. I don't get why people complain so much about the food onboard, it's an airplane with very limited space and over 1000 meals on board (if you're on one of the really big planes), it's not a restaurant with a full kitchen... In-flight meals are really good for what they are. The food on this flight looked really good imo

5:30 JAL does something similar with its 777s: Most airlines have 10 seats per row, in 3-4-3 configuration, but JAL opts for 9 seats in 3-3-3 instead

Gosh, they delayed your flight for so long! That didn't look like too bad a flight really. I've never been on a plane so big, only the smaller 3-3 ones. Maybe one day I'll fly JAL!!! That looked like a super pleasant flight. You'll just have to come back to try in-n-out, though :) though, idk, I was disappointed the last time I tried a new chain - five guys' fries really aren't my cup of tea, tch.

Welcome to my home airport. Sorry you had to eat Panda Express. We consider that pretty bad food and try to avoid it. Unfortunate your plane got delayed.

The heartbreak I had when you said you forgot to eat In-N-Out XD XD XD

I'm guessing the empty dish was for those that would like to mix the fruit slices with the yogurt. I do that, the combined flavor is excellent.

Oooh. I hear some Tagalog in the background! Hahahaha! Anyways, another great video!!!

Even though I was watching this in the afternoon, that breakfast you had looked amazing. Were you in Anahiem for the Band-Maid show by chance? I don't know when you filmed this. The 2-4-2 configuration looks really comfortable. I've flown JAL from NRT-LAX a few times but always in the 3-3-3.

Panda Express familiar food looks good when you eat it on your channel 😂

It's so funny hearing English in the background!

Very nice trip; I will have to try JAL st least once. Food on ANA is also good. Air Canada was ok, but no Japanese options, too bad.

Over a 46-year business flying career I travelled almost 1.5 million miles. That's not much compared to serious "road warriors," but it was enough to expose me to the best and worst flying experiences. The best was between '86 and '93 when I did 22 trips from Phoenix to Taiwan in either business or 1st class. The worst were the later trips to Europe and within the U.S. in coach, especially after 9/11 when security lines and other issues made the airports hellholes. I don't miss it a bit, but do enjoy your videos. They are exactly as close as I ever want to get again to air travel -- thank you for them.

I just restarted video. Good for you, you did order more breakfast haha.

Because of your channel, I am landing in Narita next Monday!!! I am beyond excited! I started watching your awesome little mini movies over a year ago on binge mode, then over again. I obsessed until I took control of my destiny and booked a flight to Japan. I’ve made my own Itinerary and purchased my JR pass before the price almost doubled, and thrifted my ultra Japan wardrobe, and I’m ready to LET’S GO TOKYO (Kyoto, kofu/Yamanashi, and Minobu too!) 🫶🏻 Thank you for all of the beautiful inspiration.

“Angus beef something” sounds pretty accurate for Panda Express 😏

muito bom

The bacon in the Qantas lounge was a monstrosity and I'm sorry that you had to experience that.

Hi Solo, 1st time watyching. Is the Sky wider on all JAL economy Planes

I always try to travel in the morning. The later you travel the more chance you have of being delayed.

JAL's Econ class is ranked #1 wth 34" pitch; van never go wrong with them.

Yes, you should try In N Out the next time you're in California. They're an icon, particularly in the southern part of the state. Opinions vary but most people enjoy the very fresh lettuce, tomato and onions they use.

I'm curious, are we also going to get a LA food tour? I'd love to see your reactions to non Japanese restaurants and food!

Next time you are in LA and have time, take a side trip to San Diego, find a Robertos Mexican fast food place and order a Carne Asada Burrito. You will be very happy. Not as happy as if you were having curry, but still, very happy.

💺 Seats Should be Cushioned & Comfortable 👍

I recently checked JAL prices and they've dropped quite a bit for return fares (might just be a sale though)...just a shame one way is so expensive (was thinking of trying another airline on the way back). But yeah, the economy seat looks very good, and being 2-4-2 is very nice considering how rare it is.

Might be wide but those seats look hard as a rock.

I was just thinking the same thing about the tomatoe slice , lol

14:45 itadakimasuu ❤❤

What's the purple sprinkle on the rice called? The first meal on the flight.

"You're not going to regret flying with JAL" Me: I wonder if he's spondered?? "I'm not spondered by the way" 😳😂