I’m super excited to take this trip and thought I’d post here as a bit of inspiration for people trying to get the same itinerary.
I had a lot of unsuccessful days trying to book the 2 x JFK - HND in J. Since I was really flexible on dates, I could try over and over again, and two weeks ago I successfully booked 2 seats for 110k + $394 in fees.
I was worried about the return flight since I’d have to book a specific day, and what if it was unsuccessful? Well yesterday, it was! “Oh well, I’ll have to stay an extra day in Japan, if it works tomorrow”. Thankfully this time I got it, so it didn’t turn into 2, or 3….or 5 extra days.
As has been discussed here, the fuel surcharge jumped massively so this time fees were $855, making it 220k + $1249 round trip for 2. First world problems etc. Still think this is a really great redemption.