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I'm in New York after another good JAL experience

We flew from Busan to Tokyo (1 hour 20 minutes) in business class seats. Apparentl Japan Airlines had decided to sell a section of business class seats as economy fares and we (possibly because we checked in early) got lucky and flew in the big comfy seats.

We arrived in Narita around 4:00 or so and made it to the Nikko Narita Hotel by 5:00 or so. We had just missed a shuttle into town and the next one was an hour away so we took a cap to Aeon shopping Center (2100 yen or so but not complaining when the hotel is free). Here we had an interesting shopping experience and I don't even like shopping. But Japanese malls are colorful and filled with wild boots. The food mall was good too - they call it the picnic area. I put my yen in the machine, got my card and my change, handed in the card, and a couple minutes later got my pepper steak and bean sprouts. Good stuff.

We got the last free shuttle back to the hotel and went to bed. The next morning we had an excellent free breakfast buffet. My breakfast included eggs, noodles, ham, Swedish meatballs, bread, miso soup, tofu, yogurt, cereal, and fruit.

The plane ride from Tokyo to New York was more like 11 hours but we checked in early enough to request seats on the second level by the emergency exit. We had lots of legroom and a big area for standing up and stretching right in froont of us. Plus getting into and out of our seats was easy. If you have to fly economy, these are my favorite seats.

The flight was painless, the service excellent, and the food good; it was a typical JAL flight. Tomorrow I'll blog about New York a little bit but right now it's 11:00 PM and I'm exhausted. But I was able to resist the temptation to nap today so hopefully I'm overcoming my jet lag...

Posted by James Trotta at December 22, 2006 12:49 PM | TrackBack