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New Japan Airlines Business Class 777-200ER or Sky Suite 3 as they call it – looks extremely nice
I was looking at Japan Airlines business class award space from Tokyo to Singapore when I stumbled across the new product. I was actually looking at avail with a 767 and wondered if they offered a similar product as the 777-300ER – they don’t – when I came upon the new site for the 777-200ER. I have to say it look very nice. It’s interesting that they keep innovating products as most reviews I’ve read of the 777-300ER sky suite are positive, but hey we have something else to enjoy.
Earlier this year Japan Airlines announced that they would release a new business class and start servicing the following routes.
- Haneda to Bangkok route started on June 18th, 2016
- Haneda to Singapore in August of 2016.
- There are plans to introduce on the Hawaii to Japan route at some point too
Cabin arrangement
The new product features fully lie-flat reverse herringbone seats in a 1-2-1 configuration that reminds me a lot of Cathay and American’s 777-300ER. Both of which I’ve flown and thought were excellent products.
The 17in IFE looks LEGIT!
Stumbling across this new product actually makes me reconsider the itinerary I was compiling. I’d kind of rather fly during the times this product is offered compared to the 767 and it appears to be a much nicer product to boot.
American has a very competitive award chart intra-Asia
As you can see above you can traverse Tokyo to Singapore for 30k AA in business.
Alaska has an even better sweet spot
22,500 in business. Alaska was selling miles earlier with a 50% bonus effectively making points $0.02. That means you could buy this flight to book with points for $450. Ridics deal especially as Alaska has more liberal routing rules than that of Japan Airlines. They haven’t released their chart for JAL yet, but I’m it’s similar to that below.
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
60k Points after $4k spend in 3 months
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- 60k points after $4k spend in 3 months
- Worth $750 in Chase Travel℠ and way more if you maximize transfer partners
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
- 3x on dining, including eligible delivery services for takeout & dining out
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- $50 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 2x on all other travel
- 10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
- Chase Sapphire Preferred continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel℠ and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver ( primary ), purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in Chase Travel℠ for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Get complimentary access to DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees and lower service fees for a minimum of one year when you activate by December 31, 2024
- $95 Annual Fee
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex℠and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
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