We were booked SYD HND HEL/HEL HND SYD in July/August. I had booked the outbound flights in J using AA points and the flight timings meant a stopover in HND which suited us. The HEL HND was booked in PE using QF points with a one night stopover in HND before the return HND SYD in J. On both stopovers we were planning to stay outside of the airport as the only airside hotel is closed.
We were notified by QF last week that our flight HEL HND had been changed to the next day. I have been keeping an eye on the JL website for updates and as per the changes/cancellations announced last week, our outbound flights SYD HND HEL have been changed/cancelled as has our return flight HND SYD but so far no notification from either JL or AA.
Due to the ban on flying over Russian airspace, the flight time HND HEL has gone from just over 10 hours to 14hrs 14 mins and from a daytime to nighttime departure from HND.
I haven’t cancelled the flights at this stage as I am hoping to transfer to J SYD HND SYD flights for April/May next year. I have rebooked travelling to Europe via SIN and the UAE and sadly, in Economy.
I can’t see the Japanese government opening to individual tourists until later in the year, there is no indication when the airside hotel will reopen and we now need to apply for a tourist visa to enter.
I was doing a search for a friend and did notice some great return fares from LHR with JL in March/April -$2500 in PE and $4500 in J.