JAL 777-300ER back on Sydney route

[CaptJCool]

Well the trip down is done !

To answer the question of the divide tween 1st & J
@Pushka

For landing and take-Orf


For flying through the night
Curtains and the divider are drawn

 

[sudoer]

Few more snaps from the trip home on JL51

https://imgur.com/a/zkorXEA

New First check-in area through to private security (we had already checked bags at the First counter earlier in the day)


Sushi in the F lounge - tuna and snapper were the fish of the day


JAL's Salon menu


JAL's Salon special whisky - Ichiro's Malt Chichibu JAL Exclusive 2024


JAL's Salon free pour spirits


We set ourselves up deep in the games room of the Red Suite, which is usually completely empty, and in this case offers a door we could close if the little one was noisy

 

[sudoer]

Ended up having the whole bottle of Salon to myself - no one else in the 7/8 cabin was drinking it!!!












Sangenton Pork Cutlet sandwich (anytime menu)


Salmon & ikura donburi


Baby food in JAL branded carry case



New amenities kit is a massive downgrade from the previous Zero Halliburton / L'Occitane kit unfortunately... the only good thing is the JAL branded USB-C & Lightning cable...

Lastly I bought a bottle of Gokujo Mori Izo onboard for 6000 yen - a rare opportunity! Available to First Class passengers only in the month of October. I wasn't able to pre-order it, but I don't think they're particularly strapped for stock as the JAL FA's tablet showed there were 10 loaded on the flight, presumably for the JL51 / JL52 rotation.

 

[MELso]

Sounds great.

Alas, there’s no F availability for SYD-HND in September/early October next year (or more broadly it seems?) so I decided to slum it on MEL-NRT-SEA in J (my ultimate destination) rather than faff around trying to get an F award from HND to DFW or JFK (which would have entailed having to change airports in Tokyo) and then fly back from there.

 

[sudoer]

in September/early October next year

I think SYD is being treated to these F cabins only while JAL is receiving their A350s (relatively) on schedule and has a few extra serviceable 777 frames.

Once the 777-300ERs are retired, we may not see JAL F back to Australia for a while ... although I really do hope they come back soon! The F load factors seem to be pretty high from the data points I know of, always 6/8 full or better.

 

[levelnine]

Was 8/8 when I did it a few weeks ago.