Before taking the last flight of my trip to South Korea back in Janaury 2024, I had a chance to pay a brief visit to one of Seoul Incheon Airport Terminal 2’s three Priority Pass lounges, Lounge L. Continue reading this review to see what the lounge was like and whether it is worth a visit. Lounge L at Seoul Incheon Airport.Location & Opening Hours Lounge L can be found airside (i.e. after security check and immigration) in Seoul Incheon Airport’s Terminal 2. The terminal is used by Korean Air and most of its SkyTeam partners including KLM, Garuda Indonesia, Delta Air Lines, Xiamen Air, Ai ..read more

On my January 2024 trip to South Korea, I visited both the Asiana and Korean Air lounges at Jeju Airport. While neither was anything to write home about, the latter offered a more modern and spacious environment with better airport views. Continue reading this review to see what the KAL Lounge was like in detail. KAL Lounge at Jeju Airport.Location & Opening Hours Jeju’s KAL Lounge is located landside – i.e. before security check – in the airport’s domestic terminal. It is behind a hard to miss door near Korean Air’s check-in counters. The lounge is open from 6AM until 9PM every day which ..read more

I only had about an hour at Jeju Airport after arriving on a Korean Air A220 during my quick trip to Korea in January 2024. That was more than enough, however, to briefly visit both the airport’s Asiana Lounge and KAL Lounge before flying back to Seoul onboard Asiana’s 767-300. Continue reading to see what the Asiana Lounge, which has not changed much since I last reviewed it in 2017, was like. Asiana Lounge at Jeju Airport.Location & Opening Hours Asiana Airlines’ lounge at Jeju Airport is located landside. In other words, you will need to clear security between visiting the lounge and bo ..read more

When visiting South Korea briefly back in January 2024, I took the opportunity to fly on the world’s last remaining Boeing 767-300 non-ER. With that flight being from Jeju to Seoul, I had to figure out a way to get to Jeju. Luckily, Korean Air offered a conveniently timed flight on its Airbus A220, a type I hadn’t flown on before and was eager to try. Fun fact: I flew on the same route with Korean Air back in 2017. Back then, the flight was operated by a Boeing 747. Continue reading this review to see what the short domestic economy class flight was like. Korean Air A220 domestic economy class ..read more

Korean Air operates two KAL Lounges at Seoul Gimpo Airport – one in its domestic and one in its international terminal. During my January review trip to South Korea, I had a chance to spend a few hours in the former. Continue reading to see what the lounge was like. KAL Lounge in Seoul Gimpo Airport’s domestic terminal.Location & Opening Hours In 2018, Korean Air moved the KAL Lounge in Gimpo’s domestic terminal to a new location. With that, the lounge is now conveniently located airside, just past the centralized security check area. The old KAL Lounge was located landside, which made it ..read more

The first flight of my whirlwind trip to South Korea earlier this year was Korean Air’s sole flight between Tokyo Haneda and Seoul Incheon (there are many more Haneda – Gimpo and Narita – Incheon flights). Originally, the flight was scheduled to be operated by a Boeing 737-900. In the end, it was changed to a Boeing 737-8, becoming my first MAX flight. Continue reading this review to see what the quick redeye flight was like in economy class. Korean Air Boeing 737 MAX 8 economy class.Check-in, Lounges & Boarding at Haneda Airport Since the flight was only departing at 2AM but I wanted to g ..read more

Prior to taking a 2AM flight from Tokyo to Seoul, I visited five different lounges in Haneda Airport Terminal 3. The last on the list was JAL Sakura Lounge which, in most regards, was roughly the same as the JAL Sakura Lounge Sky View located one floor above. Continue reading this review to see what the “regular” international JAL Sakura Lounge at Haneda was like and whether it is worth a visit. JAL Sakura Lounge (Terminal 3) at Tokyo Haneda Airport.Location & Opening Hours Until relatively recently, the JAL Sakura Lounge in Haneda Airport’s Terminal 3 was in a different location (I review ..read more

Most airports in Japan have “credit card” lounges which, while simple, can be accessed by holders of a wide variety of (not necessarily that) premium credit cards. I visited one of them, SKY Lounge in Tokyo Haneda Airport’s Terminal 3, on my hardcore trip to South Korea. Continue reading this review to see what the lounge was like. SKY Lounge at Tokyo Haneda.Location & Opening Hours SKY Lounge is located after security check and immigration in Haneda Airport’s Terminal 3 (used by all international flights other than select ANA flights) and is very easy to get to. To get there, all you have ..read more

TIAT Lounge – Tokyo Haneda Airport Terminal 3’s contract lounge – was one of the five lounges I recently had a chance to check out before catching a flight to Korea. Continue reading this review to see what the lounge was like. TIAT Lounge at Tokyo Haneda.Location & Opening Hours TIAT Lounge is located airside (i.e. after security check and immigration) in Tokyo Haneda Airport’s Terminal 3, which is used by all international flights except for some of ANA’s. The lounge is about as easy to find as it gets. Once you go through passport control, you will see a set of escalators right in front ..read more

JAL is the only airline to offer three classes of service on domestic flights around Japan. In addition to economy class, it offers Class J and first class. While Class J doesn’t offer service differentiated from economy class other than a larger seat, domestic first class service is considerably differentiated from the other two classes. Continue reading to learn all you need to know about JAL’s domestic first class including how much it costs, what aircraft and routes it is available on, what the service is like, and whether it’s worth the extra money. There’s more to JAL’s domestic first cl ..read more