Gone bananas: JAL serves single banana for business class special meal

There’s a story making the rounds in recent days, of how a passenger ordered a vegetarian vegan meal (VGML) on a Japan Airlines business class flight from Jakarta to Tokyo-Narita, and was served a single banana for breakfast. Kris_Chari on Flyertalk first mentioned his experience in this thread, and the story has been picked up…

Review: JAL 787-8 ‘Class J’ (ITM-HND)

For my return flight to Singapore from Japan, I managed to secure a redemption on JAL through Alaska Mileage Plan, from Osaka Itami (ITM) to Singapore (SIN) with an overnight stopover in Tokyo. While a slightly roundabout way to get home, I did not mind the overnight in Tokyo as well, as it would give…