JAL International Award Tickets required mileage chart

Updated on March 6, 2025

Notice

Effective for tickets issued on/after June 10, 2025, the lowest number of miles (base miles) for JAL International Award Ticket will be changed. Please see below link for details.

What is JAL International Award Ticket PLUS?

  • The number of miles required to redeem award tickets varies depending on the itinerary and seat availability on the flight at the time of booking.
  • If there are no seats available on the flight that can be booked using the lowest number of miles (base miles), you can book using additional miles, which vary depending on the estimated number of remaining seats (Award Ticket PLUS).
  • Award Ticket PLUS is not applicable to First Class.
  • You can check the required number of miles for your desired itinerary via the JAL website's seat availability check pages.

To/from Japan (one way)

Economy Class, Premium Economy Class, Business class

First Class

The number of miles varies depending on the seasonality of the boarding date.

Seasonality

Low Season (L)

April 1 - April 24, 2025, January 14 - February 28, April 1 - April 23, 2026, January 13 -  February 28, 2027

Regular Season (R)

March 1 - March 31, May 13 - July 10, August 26 - December 11, 2025, March 1 - March 31, May 12 - July 8, August 26 - December 12, 2026, March 1 - March 31, 2027

High Season (H)

April 25 - May 12, July 11 - August 25, December 12, 2025 - January 13, 2026, April 24 - May 11, July 9 - August 25, December 13, 2026 - January 12, 2027

  • PLUS mileage levels shown are totals that reflect base miles plus additional miles, and indicate the maximum number of miles required when using PLUS.

Economy Class, Premium Economy Class, Business class

First Class

Award Ticket PLUS is not applicable to First Class.

Notes

  • In addition to the mileage listed below, award tickets will be subject to fuel surcharges, insurance surcharges, and other taxes and fees (airport departure and arrival taxes, airport usage fees, etc.) imposed by each government/airport.
  • Certain classes of service may not be available depending on the route or operating aircraft.
  • Awards issued for children and infants who occupy their own seat require the same mileage as for adults. Awards issued for infants sharing a seat with an adult are issued at 10% of the applicable adult mileage level only if the accompanying adult travels on the same award type.

How to Make a Reservation

JAL Website

Members living in Japan

You must be logged in to your JMB account.

To make reservations, please go to the top page and click JAL International Award Tickets under ’Book Award Tickets’.

Members living outside Japan

You must be logged in to your JMB account.

To make reservations, please go to JAL Mileage Bank top page and select JAL Award Tickets in the Popular awards section under Redeem your miles.