Departure date upgrade

We accept Class J or First Class upgrade on the departure day at the airport if seats are available.

Requesting a Depature dates upgrade

Upgrade requests are available on the JAL website and through the JAL app.

If no empty seats are available, you will be added to the waitlist.

Applicable fares

Flex, Saver, Special Saver, Round Trip Saver, Shareholder's Flex, Promotion, JAL CARD Flex, Business Flex, Remote Island Flex, JAL Domestic Award Ticket, JAL CARD navi Discounts, Go somewhere with miles, Tour Fare

Available

Upgrade opens: 3 hours prior to the departure of your scheduled flight

Upgrade closes: 20 minutes prior to the departure of your scheduled flight

Departure date upgrade charge

Below cities inculude multiple airports and charges are the same regradless of the departing airport.

Tokyo - Haneda and Narita
Osaka - Itami and Kansai and Kobe
Sapporo - New Chitose and Okadama
Nagoya - Chubu and Komaki

From/to Tokyo Open

Route	From economy class to Class J	From economy class to First Class	From Class J to First Class
Yamagata	JPY1,100	－	－
Nagoya
Komatsu
Memanbetsu	JPY2,200	－	－
Asahikawa
Kushiro
Obihiro
Hakodate
Aomori
Misawa
Akita
Nanki-Shirahama
Okayama
Izumo
Yamaguchiube
Tokushima
Takamatsu
Kochi
Matsuyama
Kitakyushu
Oita
Nagasaki
Kumamoto
Miyazaki
Amamioshima
Osaka	JPY12,100	JPY9,900
Hiroshima
Kagoshima
Sapporo	JPY14,300	JPY12,100
Fukuoka
Okinawa (Naha)	JPY3,300	JPY15,400 ^*1	JPY12,100 ^*1
Kumejima
Miyako
Ishigaki

From/to Osaka Open

Route	From economy class to Class J	From economy class to First Class	From Class J to First Class
Niigata	JPY1,100	－	－
Matsumoto
Oki
Izumo
Matsuyama
Fukuoka
Oita
Nagasaki
Kumamoto
Miyazaki
Kagoshima
Sapporo	JPY2,200	－	－
Memanbetsu
Asahikawa
Hakodate
Aomori
Misawa
Akita
Hanamaki
Sendai
Yamagata
Tanegashima
Amamioshima
Tokunoshima
Miyako
Ishigaki
Okinawa (Naha)	JPY12,100 *1	JPY9,900 *1

From/to Sapporo Open

Route	From economy class to Class J	From economy class to First Class	From Class J to First Class
Memanbetsu	JPY1,100	－	－
Aomori
Akita
Hanamaki
Sendai
Niigata	JPY2,200	－	－
Izumo
Hiroshima
Tokushima

From/to Nagoya Open

Route	From economy class to Class J	From economy class to First Class	From Class J to First Class
Sapporo	JPY2,200	－	－
Kushiro
Obihiro
Okinawa (Naha)	JPY3,300	－	－
Ishigaki
Miyako

From/to Fukuoka Open

Route	From economy class to Class J	From economy class to First Class	From Class J to First Class
Izumo	JPY1,100	－	－
Tokushima
Kochi
Matsuyama
Miyazaki
Kagoshima
Amamioshima
Okinawa (Naha)	JPY2,200	－	－
Hanamaki
Sendai
Sapporo	JPY3,300	－	－

From/to Okinawa (Naha) Open

Route	From economy class to Class J	From economy class to First Class	From Class J to First Class
Kumejima	JPY1,100	－	－
Miyako
Ishigaki
Okayama	JPY2,200	－	－
Komatsu	JPY3,300	－	－

Other Open

Route	From economy class to Class J	From economy class to First Class	From Class J to First Class
Izumo - Oki	JPY1,100	－	－
Kagoshima - Matsuyama
Kagoshima - Tanegashima
Kagoshima - Amamioshima
Kagoshima - Tokunoshima
Amamioshima - Tokunoshima

How to request an upgrade

JAL Website

Click or tap Boarding/check-in ＞ Departure date upgrade

JAL app, QuiC Navi

Notice

Upgrades are only available for booked and purchased flights.(If you wish to upgrade to a different flight, please change your booking first before requesting the upgrade.Fare rules determine whether bookings can be changed.)
Upgrade requests via the JAL website and JAL app, upgrade charge must be paid for with a credit card.
If Class J or First Class is fully booked, we will accept standby requests. Once a standby seat becomes available, your booking will automatically be changed to the waiting class, including seat assignment. (The seat will be assigend automatically.)

Process for Applying for Upgrade Standby

You can check the number of standby passengers in real time online.

Standby customer list

To cancel Upgrade Standby, please go to the confirmation screen on the website.
(You cannot cancel a standby all upgrade procedures have been completed. Please tell the airport staff.)

Cancellation of Upgrade Standby

Details of your application and further information are provided on the standby confirmation page, in the email upon completion of the application, and on the JAL app.

To receive notifications via the JAL app, you need to turn on the notification settings for both the JAL app and your device.
If you do not receive notifications despite having the notification settings turned on, please delete the JAL app from your device and reinstall it from the app store.