JAL Sky Suites Business Class Full Review 777-200

Well, our story starts at Taipei's Songshan Airport, which is basically in the middle of the city. Pretty easy to get to. I had booked Japan Airlines' Sky Suites business class from here to Tokyo Haneda for 140 British Airways Avios for two adults, one child and one lap infant, so three seats in total. You get access to a lounge here at Songshan, but it isn't JAL's own lounge. It's a pretty basic offering, but the whole advantage of Songshan is quickness, so you don't really spend much time here anyway. Hey guys, we're in the lounge at Taipei Songshan Airport. Pretty cool, flying to Japan today, checking out the Japan Sky Suites business class. Should be pretty nice, so looking forward to that and looking forward to going skiing in Japan. It's going to be awesome. I'm going to see one of my old friends from Hong Kong who lives in Japan now, so it's going to be cool. And yeah, let's go. Young credit shifu has no idea what a good life she leads. When I was her age, I was sitting middle seat in economy. Now we all turn left. How is it Lauren? Great? Yeah, put on your seatbelt. That's great. There are different types of Sky Suite on Japan Airlines. The one on this 777-200 is type 3. My first impressions of this seat are that it's pretty awesome. Adequate privacy, a lot of legroom, this large armrest that you pull up, this nice suede surface around your head, but not a huge amount of storage at seat level. Although each seat gets its own overhead locker. I'm using clips from the outward and return journeys in case you wonder why my seat number changes. The tray table is massive and conveniently slides right up to your belly. You have a reading light, back massage function, the middle button on this panel, standard multi-country outlet and USB socket. No amenities kit on this short flight though, just slippers, blanket, headphones, pillow, and some fun stuff for kids. Now time for takeoff. Now for the food. I would say this was probably the best meal I have had on a plane. Rather than explaining it all, I'll just let the images speak for themselves. The meal on the way back was just as good. For dessert, they served green tea and ice cream, which was also great. Now this seat does turn into a fully flat bed. I tried it on the way out just for the video. Since the flight was so short, there was no need to sleep. I found it pretty comfortable, although the seat isn't very wide. On the way back, I did actually sleep for an hour and woke up refreshed. When we landed in Tokyo, they did the usual dimmed lights thing they do these days and we were ready to start exploring Japan. Lastly, I want to show you a few shots of JAL's lounge at Haneda Airport. It's a pretty huge and very classy lounge. Here's a little walking tour. It's actually a very high class lounge with a very attentive staff as well. I don't want to be too obvious just filming everything like I'm doing some sort of photo shoot or whatever. Gotta keep the respect, but I'll show you a few images of it on screen. The food was really, really nice. I think this is actually a first class lounge. I don't know. I'm pretty sure it is. The other lounge was closed, the regular business class one. So we're in this one. I wish I could have spent more time here. The dining was fantastic, but we only had less than half an hour to spare before boarding our return flight. All in all, I would give Japan Airlines 9 out of 10 for this flight, the lounge and the whole experience. The ground staff and their air hostesses were all amazing. I would definitely recommend this flight. Just one thing. If you are booking Japan Airlines, just make sure the product you are booking is Sky Suites since on their short haul routes, they do have some other business class products on different planes that are more like premium economy seats. I don't want you to be disappointed. If you want to earn British Airways Avios, the points currency I used to book this itinerary, you can transfer from Chase or Amex. I'll put two of my go-to cards for earning these types of points below, the Amex Gold card and the Chase Sapphire Preferred. Feel free to click below to learn more about them. Leave a comment with your thoughts about this flight and subscribe if you're new. We'll see you next time. Bye-bye.