My $13 upgrade to business class on JAL
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- Опубликовано: 2 янв 2023
- In this travel vlog, I'm sharing my experience flying from Sapporo to Perth with Japanese Airlines (JAL) and Cathay Pacific. I had the pleasure of flying with JAL from Sapporo to Osaka and then connecting with Cathay Pacific for the final leg of my journey to Perth. Both airlines were fantastic and made my long-haul flight comfortable and enjoyable. One of the highlights of my trip was the opportunity to upgrade to business class on JAL for a measly US$13/AU$20. The JAL lounge in Sapporo was a tranquil oasis providing a great space to relax before my flight. I also had a chance to experience the Cathay Pacific lounge in Osaka, which was also a different experience to what I'm used to. Overall, I had a fantastic experience flying with JAL and Cathay Pacific and I highly recommend both airlines. Thank you for watching my travel vlog and be sure to check out my other videos for more travel insights!
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Thank you Kym for another well done video. Always enjoy watching you navigate the different airports and the reports on the different planes and seating arrangements. The different foods that are available. And that was a lovely picture of the beach by the Indian Ocean. Looks like your little doggie was happy to have you back home,giving you a lots of licks. Cheers mate and happy new year.
Happy 2023 Kym .. thanks for all the entertainment in 2022 .. full respect ❤️🏆
Glad to see you spend some family time in the off season. Get some rest as I think 2023 will be a wild year in F1 - lots of new drivers and new team mates.
Can´t wait for the video about the safari.
Happy New Year from Phuket island! Love watching your show, what a Wonderful Life! Stay healthy and stay passionate!
Happy new year Kim, thank you for all the hours of entertainment all year round, much appreciated it. Great editing, topics and side topics, all the best for you and your family.
Cheers to you
Kym. It has been a wonderful year with you, it is definitly my favorite RUclips channel and I enjoyed all your videos. I know all the efforts you have done to bring us the best and I really appreciate that. Huuuuge hugs from Colombia and pleeeeeeeaaaaase STAY PASSIONATE.
Gracias Nick!!
What another absolutely fantastic amazing wonderful beautiful year that we have had the pleasure of joining you in EVERYTHING you have done. Thank you and your beautiful family. Amazing. You have shared some much more this year too. Stay safe and enjoy some time away from the camera before it all begins again very soon.
Love the behind the scenes videos of your travel days and inside the media centres!! Keep passion passionate!!
Cheers Scott
Cottesloe, spent many a day on that beach. Paradise!
Another fantastic year of covering all the GP's. Can't fault any of your videos & your photos are perfect. Don't know what I'll do until February 2023 - more than likely will watch all your previous videos from the earliest to the this one, the latest. Hope you will be doing your annual video of WAGS - 2023. Be interested if there have been any changes since 2022. Stay passionate. Mark - Coober Pedy South Australia.
Love the travel videos! Can’t wait to see you again at the start of the F1 season in a couple months!! Enjoy some well deserved time off!!
Thanks! You too!
Thanks for the great season coverage Kym. My wife and I never miss your videos. Love the travel ones especially. She loves seeing your hotel/AirBnB rooms. Can't wait for 2023!! So excited to see Vegas when that happens.
Thanks to both of you.
Thanks for a very entertaining year Kym. Enjoy your downtime, all the best for the season.
Thanks, you too!
Kym, Very smart move on the double booking seats 👍👏 I do it all the time and get upgraded all the time
Omg that's ridiculously good deal! Points back as well! I love the structure of your videos btw very relaxing! Appreciate the seat and lounge reviews are well kudos❤
My pleasure
Happy new year Kym (& family) and thank you for all the vids and insights into F1 during 2022, cant wait for the 2023 season to start , BTW love your Pomeranian, our Pom's are 4 and 14, cheers Garry
He’s my sons dog.
Hi kym greetings from Thailand and happy new year great vid as usual keep it up can't wait for f1 to start
8 weeks or so I believe
Belated Merry Christmas and a happy healthy and prosperous New year to you all
Luggage first off a/c will be packed on the bottom of cart
When offloading in baggage hall will be last on belt to arrivals hall
I just went to Tokyo in holiday from Sydney and I flew Japan airlines the whole trip and it was the best primium economy flight ever but the flight was fully booked and I usually fly business.
Thanks for all the excellent video's in 22. All the best for 23. The skiing must have cost a fortune!
Cheaper than US or Europe by a good deal.
@@KymIllman The Alps have some good value resorts flying from Scotland.
Thank you so much. Since JAL closed their Sakura lounge in KIX, I really struggled which lounge should I go for my flight in few month. And it’s hard to find informations and photos of the two substitute lounges.
Fab video Kym used one of those self pouring beer machines in the JAL lounge in KIX a few years back
They are way in front of the rest of the world then.
Hi Kym. Thanks for sharing. Was great seeing the drive from Niseko back to Sapporo. Sp pretty We were in Niseko when covid hit as the our border was closing. Talk about panic as our flight got cancelled. And had to buy new flights. Never felt such relief to land back in Perth. But we loved Niseko and would love to go back or maybe try Hakuba.
Cathay was our first taste ever of BC. Brilliant. Oh and we did their PE from HKG to JNB. Was a haul but was better then out usual flight down the back of the bus back in those days. We found it really comfy.
Just got back from a quick trip OS. From time we walked off the plane and out the front door was 8 mins. Something to be said for travelling light.
Did you notice Perth airport had no decorations for Chrissy at all. Geeze it's a poor excuse for a international airport in my eyes.
I didn’t take note of that. Thanks for the heads up
I miss flying to Kansai, nice airport. Love Osaka city. Been so many times its like a second home. But sadly Covid put pay to all of that. HNY Kym, and I look forward to seeing your exploits through the season.
HNY back to you Paul
Nice trip.
8:07 that was a good one 😂😂😂😂
Kym you should do a video one day on point hacking. You seem to have millions and know how to spend them wisely.
Haagen-Dasz are fantastic!
Babe wake up 🐐 vlogger dropped a vid.,. FINALLY KYM ...pls don't abandon us for so long again
One has a life to live too Sayesh
Hi kym, love the channel best on you tube a quick question now many flights and total hours flying in 2022. Can not wait for the 2023 season 👍👍👍👍👍👍
I mention it in my end of season wrap video from a month or so ago.
Wonderful x
@6:06 Kym I like how you include the registration of the aircraft on that graphic.
Thanks. I’m going to add the make and model too.
@@KymIllman That's good. Make and model would be a good addition.
I find it really nice when people record the registration and age of the plane. It's a really nice feeling when you find that you've been on the exact same aircraft before on a different trip/adventure.
Cheers 🍻 for your interesting content Kym! I'm passing through Hong Kong on the way to Manila from London on Cathay, looks like a pretty simple connection... 😊👍🏻
As long as it’s not peak hr
@Kym Illman ouchy lol... it's going to be a Tuesday lunchtime... thanks for the heads up Kym... need to be on the ball 👍🏻
Kym, I've really enjoyed your work throughout the past year. --BAK--
Thanks
Anything in the Osaka airport Rolex boutique Kym?
I love new chitose airport
are there any dedicated counter to upgrade my domestic JAL flight? CTS - HND
For the races you try to purchase all the flights at the same time during the off season? What is your strategy to buy tickets, hire a car, etc?
I book them over a number of months.
Kym, if you weren't making content, do you think you would visit lounges as often? Sometimes it seems you walk some distance to the lounge, chill for 30-60 minutes, and then trek on to the gate. Just curious what your genuine sense of enjoyment/preference is with lounges versus the chaos of gate seating.
I would. It’s interesting to see what is on offer
It's free food/drinks - saves yourself spending money on food in the airport. I even just go into the lounge to grab a bottle of water rather than spending like $5 airport prices.
Very interesting way to to get up to business for cheap
We agree!
G'day Kym. I'm curious, as you are both from Perth I am wondering if you have ever done abone on one with Daniel Riccardo?
I’ve not. He’s very private when he’s home.
Have you thought of taking photos of aircraft?
I do it when I have time.
@kym what's your 2022 flying stats?
See my end of season video a few weeks ago for that stat.
If you can upgrade for only $13, this usually means you're already paying a pretty high economy class fare. If you're on the lowest fare possible, the upgrades usually cost a lot more.
Never had the money to go business or 1st class when we go to the philippines it's always been economy all the way 7 hours of a very uncomfortable journey
I remember the days of travelling economy. I couldn’t do it now. It’d kill me.
First as usual. :)
Thanks for that
You got it Chief! 🫡
whats the catch? are you member with an airline group or ? bit of a click bait title mate
Did you watch the video?
@@KymIllman I did, as I expected its related to points reward system so not exactly a $13 upgrade.
Second :)
I love all the content you give us Kym! But I find this unethical. You are blocking seats with the intention of cancelling them at the last moment. This is gaming the system and causing losses to airlines or you end up denying other flyers who might want to get on the same flight. In both scenarios whether you cancel or not, either someone in economy doesn't get those seats or someone in business can't book them. I don't think someone in your capacity needs to resort to these tricks. We expect better from you.
It’s on the airline to craft rules to stop unwanted or unprofitable behavior. A very classic example of don’t hate the player hate the game.
You’re not seriously sympathetic towards the airlines, are you? I traveled recently, applied to be upgraded using points (that were soon to expire), wasn’t successful, yet even just prior to boarding business class seats were available for the low cost of $10,000 Perth to Dubai.
The airlines don’t care about you or your fellow passengers, they care about profit. So much so that instead of approving a points upgrade and making another economy seat available for someone else to travel, they’d rather have empty seats in business after gambling someone might pay.
Loved the Video Kym