Last week, my husband and I flew to Japan for our honeymoon. During our honeymoon, we visited Tokyo and Hokkaido. From Narita International Airport, we flew to New Chitose Airport with Jetstar Japan. It was actually our first time flying with this airline.
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| Touch down New Chitose Airport, Hokkaido, Japan |
About Jetstar Japan
Jetstar Japan is a budget airline based in Japan. It started in 2012 as a partnership between Jetstar Airways (an Australian budget airline), Japan Airlines (JAL), and the Mitsui Group. Jetstar Japan offers both domestic and international flights, mainly within Asia.
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| A321 Neo flight from New Chitose Airport to Narita Airport. |
How was flying with Jetstar Japan?
Although it's a low-cost carrier (LCC), the seat was quite spacious. In addition to the regular airplane tray table, it also has a device holder on top, which makes it convenient for charging your phone or watching movies on your cell phone (a smart idea).
What’s more?
This airline is quite strict when it comes to luggage weight. At the boarding gate, before you can board the aircraft, a group of staff will weigh your hand-carry bags. They strictly enforce the 7kg limit, and if your bag exceeds that weight, you’ll have to pay an additional fee.
I actually saw some fellow travelers who had to pay 5,000 yen after the staff weighed and checked their hand-carry bags, which exceeded the 7kg limit.
Note: As a couple who loves traveling, we always make sure to have a portable scale with us to check both our checked and hand-carry luggage. So, I’d recommend that you guys get one too to avoid excess baggage.
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| The photo on the left shows the situation where staff are checking carry-on baggage. After checking, they’ll put a sticker on your bag, just like mine on the left. Note: Small bags are also checked. |
Additionally, their self-check-in and self-bag drop service is very efficient. Plus, their staff are very kind on board. My husband and I flew from New Chitose Airport to Narita Airport on the night of Valentine’s Day, and they gave us a Valentine’s treat.
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| The Self-Bag Drop and Self-Check-in Area. Note: As a low-cost carrier (LCC), the airline does not offer a free checked baggage allowance. Therefore, my husband and I purchased a 20kg baggage allowance for each of us prior to the trip. |
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| The Valentine's Candy Treat from Jetstar Japan and the freebies we received: two boxes of KitKat chocolates and two bottles of green tea (one for me and one for my husband). Thank you Jetstar! |
How's their food?
Just like with any other low-cost carrier (LCC), there are no free meals. However, my husband ordered meals for both of us in advance (thank you so much, hubs). So far, the food has been good.
Would I recommend flying with Jetstar Japan?
Definitely! This airline offers good services for an LCC. Plus, during our flight, we didn’t experience any delays or canceled flights. It was on time (I guess it's one of the most important things when flying with an airline).
Note: Sometimes, flights to Hokkaido are delayed or canceled due to heavy snowstorms.
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