Review of JetStar Japan flight Tokyo → Chitose in Economy

Background

Hi, Everyone. This report would cover my outbound flight of my holiday trip in Guam.; Jetstar domestic flight. I chose this flight since it was the cheapest flight at that day. As I don't have any check-in luggage and an advance-seat selection, I could make this reservation for $60 including Tax. It was an affordable price, given that Japanese domestic flight.

GK108 Jetstar CTS　→ NRT A320 Economy
UA874 United Airlines NRT 　→　GUM B777-200 Business
UA828 United Airlines GUM →　NRT B777-200 Economy
GK113 Jetstar NRT　→ 　CTS A320 Economy Here

After I arrived at Narita airport from Guam by United, I took a bus from T1 to T3. This shuttle bus was operated every 15 minutes from T1, and it took roughly 13 minutes to reach T3.

I visit this terminal at least once every 3 months since I often chose LCC rather than major airlines. Two Japanese major airlines ( As you know, ANA and JAL) always have a ridiculously expensive fare and a poor domestic network from Narita compared with Haneda. So LCC is a much better option for me.

Check-in

The kiosk of Jetstar was a modern looking, has an intuitive touchscreen.

After passing through an empty security check, I made my way to the boarding bridge. All the way to the gate, I could see 3 A320 of Vanilla air, Narita base LCC, were parked in the International Termac.


LCC always try to monetize everything. Jetstar's carry-on allowance was only 7KG and one luggage per person.Most annoying experience of this flight is their strict carry-on policy.
Not only They constantly made an announcement regarding their baggage policy around the gate, Also they made every passenger's baggage check its weight prior to Boarding.
When My luggage was investigated, I was not charged for any extra fee as my luggage was just 7KG, though didn't appreciate such an extra screening at the gate.

Boarding

Boarding started on time. As there was no boarding bridge in this terminal, We walked through inside of an enclosed walkway toward the aircraft. It seems one of the cost-cutting measures in this terminal, though walking near the aircraft was really fun for me.

Cabin

Two cabin crew greeted us with a big smile and identified my boarding pass.

This flight was two thirds full and the seat next to me was empty, so I felt a bit more comfortable than previous flight. The seat was not too cramped thanks to slim type seat.

At 1 pm The door was closed and within 5 minutes we started push-back. All the way to the runway we could see a Gulfstream G550, which was owned by Jet of Yifang Group, Chinese investment company.

Russian S7 just arrived from Vladivostok.

At 1:20 pm We started took off, and seat-belt sign was turned off 20 minutes after take-off.

The picture below is seat pocket contents.

The rest of the flight I spend most of the time watching the movie on my table. I chose "Mileage my life", which depicts the life of Frequentflyer of AA.
I was impressed by the old livery of AA, though I felt myself a bit miserable because the main character was boarding business class in this movie every time. Me? I'm on the LCC.

View of the Cabin

Landing

At 2:20 pm Seat-belt sign was turned on again. Then, I found I was already on the final approach course.

In my opinion, I don't like fall as the green vanishes in this season. It's a bit emotional scenery for me.
Fortunately, The ground was completely covered with beautiful white snow within few weeks after my trip. I expect to report such a beautiful scenery on the next post….coming soon.

Just before Landing. You can see a shadow of our ship.

At 2:50 pm we touched down at Chitose Airport and by 5 minutes arrived at the terminal.

When I disembarked, I could visit a cockpit and chatted with a captain. He explained the detail of A320 flight control and offer me to take a picture of the inside of the cockpit despite a short turn around time.