Book these Japan Airlines first-class awards using...

Earlier this week, it turned attainable to redeem JetBlue TrueBlue points for award seats on Japan Airlines, opening up potential sweet spots for touring between the U.S. and Japan.

Whereas award availability in premium cabins for the primary day or so the brand new performance was dwell appeared to be restricted to inside a number of days of departure and to business-class awards, it now appears to be like like there’s widespread availability of first-class awards and, to a lesser extent, business-class seats utilizing JetBlue TrueBlue factors over the subsequent a number of months.

As first reported by Roame, it seems that Japan Airways has opened up heaps of award house on its flights to JetBlue TrueBlue members. The catch is that a lot of this house is in premium cabins – principally top quality at this level – requiring a number of TrueBlue factors.

Some people may additionally be cautious of transferring factors from a associate program like American Categorical Membership Rewards or Chase Final Rewards on the off probability that it is a mistake fare. We have been.

Nevertheless, we tried to e book a first-class award ourselves and had no challenge doing so on a flight from Tokyo’s Haneda Worldwide Airport (HND) to Dallas Fort Price Worldwide Airport (DFW) in June and it processed appropriately. We have been even capable of log into the confirmed reservation on Japan Airways’ web site and choose our seat, so this seems to be reputable. That stated, think about your personal danger tolerance earlier than making any transfers or reserving any tickets.

This is what you’ll want to know if you happen to’re contemplating making the most of this chance your self.

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e book: By way of JetBlue.com. Whereas JAL is a Oneworld associate of each American Airways and Alaska Airways, these awards don’t appear to be bookable by way of both of these applications.

E book by: ASAP

Journey dates: Now via March 2026

Value:

• 59,000 JetBlue TrueBlue factors every means between Japan and the U.S. in enterprise class
• 165,000 JetBlue TrueBlue factors every means between Japan and Los Angeles and San Francisco
• 185,000 JetBlue TrueBlue factors every means between Japan and different cities, together with Chicago, Dallas and New York
• Taxes and costs are about $15 outbound from the U.S. and as much as $280 when departing Japan, relying in your class of service.

There are a number of different concerns as properly. Japan Airways affords stellar business- and first-class cabins, however there are some main variations to pay attention to relying on the route and plane you e book. The airline solely flies its Airbus A350-1000s with beautiful new first- and business-class suites between Haneda and New York and Dallas. The opposite routes listed are flown with quite a lot of different plane with older varieties of seats aboard, together with Boeing 787-9s with simply enterprise class, and 777-300ERs with each enterprise and top quality.

So, if you happen to’re capable of place to New York or Dallas, it’s absolutely price it to get to expertise the airline’s latest fixtures. JAL’s A350-1000 top quality even won the 2024 TPG Award for greatest new top quality because of the suites’ huge footprints, fashionable finishes, up-to-the-second tech (have you ever seen these 43-inch leisure screens?) and unparalleled facilities and meal service.

Barring that, in case you are simply searching for a good way to journey between the U.S. and Asia, you actually cannot beat JAL for glorious service and cozy seats.

Greatest methods to get JetBlue TrueBlue factors

JetBlue TrueBlue is a switch associate of the next bank card rewards applications on the listed ratios:

If you wish to switch factors from a associate to your JetBlue TrueBlue account, your greatest bets are both Chase or Citi, since their switch ratio is a lot better than that of Amex. As an example, if you happen to needed to e book a one-way first-class award from New York to Tokyo, you would wish 185,000 Chase or Citi factors, however 231,250 Amex factors. So take that into consideration.

Additionally ensure that the award flight you need is out there on the day you need earlier than making any transfers as a result of these are irreversible.