Japan Airlines (JAL): Everything You Need To Know To Find and Book Award Flights To Japan

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In this video, I tell you everything you need to know about finding and booking award flights on Japan Airlines. As a followup to my earlier Air Nippon Airlines (ANA) video (link below), this video is aimed at providing you with additional options for getting to Japan with credit card points. I also provide steps you can take to increase your chances for finding a good redemption.
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@bridget873 20 дней назад

Thank you so much for the comprehensive and easy to understand video. I just booked Japan Airlines this morning after watching your video!

@MelsMilesandPoints 20 дней назад

It makes me so happy to hear that it helped you!! Congratulations and have a great trip! 😁

@Jonathan-qz8pk 5 месяцев назад

easily the most comprehensive how-to I could find, and I read all the Awardwallet and TPG posts and still couldn't figure it out. Thank you.

@MelsMilesandPoints 5 месяцев назад

I’m so glad you found it helpful!! :)

@sandahildebrand2444 6 месяцев назад

You do a great job walking through and explaining the process. Thanks!

@MelsMilesandPoints 6 месяцев назад

Thank you!! Glad it was helpful!

@ozaernajim4315 6 месяцев назад

Seasoned miles/cards guy here, but your video was very educational and I learned already lots of stuff I was trying to figure out!!! THANK YOU and glad to be a subsriber!

@MelsMilesandPoints 6 месяцев назад

I’m happy to hear that and glad to have you here!

@kellychambers7965 6 месяцев назад

I was waiting for this video, thank you! One additional thing I noticed when searching. BA opens up the award calendar earlier than AA. So if you’re trying to book a year or so out, BA can give you a leg up on securing that award space 😊

@MelsMilesandPoints 6 месяцев назад

You’re absolutely right! British Airways releases space 355 days out, Cathay Pacific 360 days out, and American Airlines 331 days out. But that being said, I feel like it’s easier to get Japan Airline flights than ANA. For ANA, you definitely have to be ready to pounce.

@morselsthecat 6 месяцев назад

informative as usual!!

@MelsMilesandPoints 6 месяцев назад

Glad it was helpful!❤️

@crystalgiannone2683 5 месяцев назад

Great content 👍Thank you for sharing 🙏 ❤

@MelsMilesandPoints 5 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it! 😁

@TheMinecraftJRB 6 месяцев назад

Watched it twice in a row!!

@MelsMilesandPoints 6 месяцев назад

So glad to hear this!! 😄

@mannysantoyo8198 Месяц назад

Thanks!

@MelsMilesandPoints Месяц назад

Hope it helped! 😁

@thedoctormh 6 месяцев назад

Great video! - subscriber that would love that American Airlines miles video.

@MelsMilesandPoints 6 месяцев назад

Glad to have you here! And thanks for letting me know you'd be interested in that video!

@jiahangsu8316 5 месяцев назад

Want to go NOW!!

@MelsMilesandPoints 5 месяцев назад

You should! 😊😊

@user-ov1xr7pl6b 5 месяцев назад

I would love to see a video on “Japan Airlines (JAL): Everything You Need To Know To Book Award Flights To Japan using Hawaiian Airlines miles”. No one has a video that discusses this. Aloha!!

@pawsomepet365 4 месяца назад

Can you give me a video on how to make more points from AA? Thanks

@MelsMilesandPoints 4 месяца назад

You’re in luck! Here’s the link: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fOJ1gwc1iio.htmlsi=1p_WdQvdb5oxPjUf

@adrianfernandez9336 6 месяцев назад

i managed to book a flight from Honolulu to tokyo for 63000 points and only had to pay 234 so excited

@MelsMilesandPoints 6 месяцев назад

That’s a great redemption! Congratulations!!

@kelseyclarke9488 5 месяцев назад

I would love to see a video covering delta to Japan or do you think the same concept applies?

@MelsMilesandPoints 5 месяцев назад

Most people don’t pursue that for two reasons. First, Delta to Japan award flights are not a good deal at all. And second, both ANA and JAL are much better flight experiences. Hope this helps!

@kelseyclarke9488 5 месяцев назад

@@MelsMilesandPoints ok thank you for that! We went to Japan this past April and flew delta premium economy and had a pleasant experience but have since gotten a chase card and of course want to use the benefits of the card but are unfamiliar with the airlines but I feel like it makes so much sense to fly the airline of that country especially if the rewards good. We just need to navigate the booking process.

@MelsMilesandPoints 5 месяцев назад

The booking process gets easier and more comfortable with time, and you’ll love some of the amazing international carriers! 😁

@therascals8237 6 месяцев назад

What a great video, thank you! And yes please at 5:01 !

@MelsMilesandPoints 6 месяцев назад

Thanks!! And good to know you're interested in an AA video! :)

@therascals8237 6 месяцев назад

@@MelsMilesandPoints yes I am always interested in going to Japan in general, including with AA/JL!

@kellychambers7965 6 месяцев назад

Same for me! Trying to get a family of 4 there next year

@theinternationalist1357 6 месяцев назад

How do you calculate the transfer bonuses? And where do I find the transfer bonuses? TIA.

@MelsMilesandPoints 6 месяцев назад

I take the amount of points needed and divide by the decimal form of the amount that will transfer, taking the bonus into account (1 + bonus). So if the transfer bonus is 20%, I divide the required number of points by 1.2, and if the bonus is 30%, I divide by 1.3, etc. I hope that makes sense! To find transfer bonuses, you have to check directly with each of your travel rewards credit cards. For example, if you were to look at your Chase transfer partners right now in your Chase account, you would see that there is a 20% transfer bonus to Aeroplan right now, as well as a 25% bonus to JetBlue. I know that doesn't help for Japan, but I wanted to explain how to check.

@theinternationalist1357 6 месяцев назад

Thanks Mels :) Love your channel!! Please make more videos like this :)

@theinternationalist1357 6 месяцев назад

Is this correct, so 30% transfer bonus. 50,000 pts / 1.3 = 38,461

@MelsMilesandPoints 6 месяцев назад

@@theinternationalist1357 yes, that's exactly right! :)

@MelsMilesandPoints 6 месяцев назад

@@theinternationalist1357 so glad to hear that!

@Ads66 5 месяцев назад

🎉❤🎉🎉

@RagedContinuum Месяц назад

if you're booking a one-way, how do you get back?

@MelsMilesandPoints Месяц назад

You book another one way ticket. This gives you a better chance at finding availability because you can book another class of service or even another airline if necessary. For example, I'm flying to Japan on ANA in November, but I'm going first class one way and business class the other way. If I hadn't been able to find a second ANA flight, I could have tried JAL too. So it just opens up additional options for you.

@RagedContinuum Месяц назад

@@MelsMilesandPoints are carriers ok with two one-ways? I was under the impression that they prohibited it, but it was maybe 10 years ago that I last looked up travel. I have 280k aadvantage and 230 URs

@MelsMilesandPoints 29 дней назад

@@RagedContinuum most are totally fine with it, although ANA requires round-trip bookings if you book directly through their site. But if you book through a partner airline site, like I did, you can book one-way flights. Hopes this helps!

@RagedContinuum 29 дней назад

@@MelsMilesandPoints yeah that helps - maybe I can pull off a trip next year, thanks a lot

@MelsMilesandPoints 29 дней назад

@@RagedContinuum I hope so! Keep me posted! :)