INFORMATION REGARDING [FUEL SURCHARGE] AND [INSURANCE SURCHARGE]
FOR INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS

Updated on September 27, 2013

JAL applies fuel surcharge and insurance surcharge on all international passenger tickets. The surcharge applies to JL coded flights including JAL flights operated by other airlines.
Details of the Fuel Surcharge and Insurance Surcharge are as follows:

We originally introduced Fuel surcharge in response to unprecedented rises. We highly appreciate your understanding and cooperation. Fuel surcharge will be reviewed and revised bimonthly. (Please click here for further details of the revision.)

<Tickets issued until November 30, 2013>

Per person for each segment from/to Japan

Route (*1)	For tickets purchased in Japan	For tickets purchased outside Japan
		Other than Europe	Europe (except UK)	UK
Japan-Korea, Far East Russia	2,000 Yen	US$25	EUR19	GBP16
Japan-China, Taiwan(*2), Hong Kong(*3)	5,500 Yen	US$68	EUR53	GBP43
Japan-Guam, Philippines, Palau, Vietnam	6,500 Yen	US$80	EUR62	GBP51
Japan-Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia	10,500 Yen	US$129	EUR101	GBP82
Japan-Indonesia, India, Hawaii	13,500 Yen	US$166	EUR130	GBP105
Japan-North America, Europe(*4), Middle East, Oceania	21,000 Yen	US$259(*5)	EUR202(*5)	GBP164

• (*1) Not applicable for itineraries originating in Brazil
• (*2) US$27.5 for the itinerary originating in Taiwan.
• (*3) <The itinerary originating in Hong Kong>
  HK$217 for tickets issued on/before September 30, 2013
  HK$229 for tickets issued on/after October 1, 2013
• (*4) For the JL codeshare flights within Europe operated by British Airways (BA), the following amounts will be applied per sector.
  

  • Country of departure for travel	Business Class	Economy Class
    United Kingdom	GBP 22.50	GBP 18.50
    Europe (except United Kingdom)	EUR 32.00	EUR 28.00
    Other than Europe (including Japan)	USD 40.00	USD 32.00

  • These are not subject to bimonthly revision.
• (*5) Japan-North America :
  　　CAD259 for the itinerary originating in Canada and tickets sold in Canada
  　Japan-Europe :
  　　CHF243 for the itinerary originating in Switzerland and tickets sold in Switzerland
  　Japan-Oceania :
  　　AUD250 for the itinerary originating in Oceania and tickets sold in Australia

• 1. In addition to the applicable air fares and charges, the fuel surcharge in effect on the day of ticketing shall be applied.
• 2. The amounts for the fuel surcharge are the same for adults, children and infants occupying seats. Infants without seats are exempt from the fuel surcharge.
  The fuel surcharge shall apply to JAL Mileage Bank award tickets.
• 3. When a ticket is presented for refund, the full amount of the fuel surcharge shall be returned.
• 4. The fuel surcharge may change without advance notice according to approvals from relevant governments.
• 5. The handling procedures for an adjustment of the fuel surcharge occurring after a ticket is issued up to the date of departure are as follows.
  
  • 1) When a ticket is not changed(*),
    no differential adjustment of the fuel surcharge will be made.
    
  • 2) When the first international sector of the ticket is changed (*),
    The difference between the previous fuel surcharge and the newly revised fuel surcharge applicable to the ticket issuance date will be adjusted. (the whole itinerary will be reassessed)
    
  • 3) When items other than the first international sector of a ticket are changed,
    no differential adjustments of the fuel surcharge will be made for changes other than the first international sector.

* Change means changes in itinerary, departure date with the same flight number, flight number with the same itinerary and rebooking of the new flights on the open dated award tickets previously cancelled.

Example: For the first international sector

• - Departure date change from November 1 to November 20 for JL717 Tokyo-Bangkok
• - Flight number change from JL717 to JL707 Tokyo-Bangkok on the same day
• - Making reservation of JL717 on November 1 Tokyo-Bangkok for open dated ticket

To cover the cost of the extra safety and security measures, an insurance surcharge is added to the price of tickets. We highly appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

Sales country	Amount per person for each segment
Japan	JPY 300
Outside of Japan	USD 3.20

* Except flights to/from Canada/Hong Kong, and travel originating in Brazil

• 1. In addition to the applicable air fares and charges, the insurance surcharge in effect on the day of ticketing shall be applied.
• 2. The amounts for the insurance surcharge are the same for adults, children and infants.
  The insurance surcharge shall apply to JAL Mileage Bank award tickets.
• 3. When a ticket is presented for refund, the full amount of the insurance surcharge shall be returned.
• 4. The insurance surcharge may change without advance notice.

Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.

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