Japan Airlines (JAL) premium cabins provide a wonderful hard and soft product for travel between Tokyo and the US or Europe. I originally planned a trip on JAL to visit Okinawa (review) and then visit Maldives (review). I changed my travel plans again last week and changed the last leg to travel to Finland instead of Maldives.
My AA mileage booking from Tokyo to Rovaniemi
Look for your JAL booking code from the partner award booking
Depending on which Oneworld partner airline you used to book the JAL flight, you should find the discreet JL confirmation code on your booking page (see image below).
Select seats on JAL after partner award booking
There are several ways to find the JAL International booking webpage, but I recommend going to this particular site (link) and clicking on the “select seat” tab under the International Flight section (see image below) .
You have to enter your reservation number, flight number, booking date and full name of the passenger on the next screen (see image below).
Confirming seats on JAL flights
Can you use the Royal Jordanian webpage to select JAL seats?
Royal Jordanian is typically the go-to site for managing Oneworld bookings. However, I was NOT able to confirm both the selected JAL seats and there was a persistent error message.
Conclusion
You can use any Oneworld partner to book JAL flights, but seat selections for international bookings require access to a discreet webpage. JAL could have made the process easier for customers by not having to type multiple trip details to get to the seat selection page.