Double LSP on JAL domestic flights, JAL Card and JAL Pay, plus a 300,000-mile draw for everyone who registers
Registration is free. One click enters you into both the double LSP offer and the prize draw.
Based on JAL’s official campaign page and its JAL Life Status Program pages (as of ). JAL’s campaign and registration pages are in Japanese only.
Two offers in one campaign
JAL’s Life Status Program ranks members by lifetime activity rather than by a single year. It turns three this year, and the anniversary campaign has two parts:
- Double Life Status Points: during set periods, the Life Status Points (LSP) you earn on JAL domestic flights, JAL Card and JAL Pay are doubled
- A prize draw for up to 300,000 miles: more than 10,000 registered members win miles
There is a single registration button, and pressing it once covers both.
- Registration
- Nov 13, 2026 (Fri) to Mar 31, 2027 (Wed), 11:59 pm Japan time
- Who
- JAL Mileage Bank (JMB) members
- Double LSP
- JAL domestic flights Jan 4 – Feb 28 (flight date) / JAL Card Jan 1 – Feb 28 / JAL Pay Jan 1 – Mar 31
- Prize draw
- 300,000 miles × 3, 30,000 × 30, 3,000 × 300, 300 × 10,000
- Cost
- Free (member login required)
The order does not matter: you can fly in January and register in March and still qualify. Miss the March 31 deadline, though, and you lose both offers, so it is easiest to register now, while it is on your mind.
Registration runs to the end of March. The double periods differ by service: flights and JAL Card end in late February, JAL Pay at the end of March.
Double LSP: dates and caps
The mechanics are simple. You earn your usual LSP, and JAL adds the same amount again as bonus LSP. This year, though, each service has a cap on the bonus.
| Service | Period | Bonus | Cap | To hit the cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JAL domestic flights | Jan 4 – Feb 28 (flight date) | 5 per flight | 25 | 5 flights |
| JAL Card | Jan 1 – Feb 28 | 5 per ¥200,000 | 25 | ¥1,000,000 |
| JAL Pay (in Japan) | Jan 1 – Mar 31 | 1 per ¥80,000 | 10 | ¥800,000 |
| JAL Pay (abroad) | Jan 1 – Mar 31 | 1 per ¥40,000 | 10 | ¥400,000 |
The four caps add up to 70 LSP. Past a cap, you still earn your usual LSP.
Domestic flights count by the number of flights
Domestic LSP ignores distance: one flight earns 5 LSP, whether it is Haneda to Itami or Haneda to Naha. During the campaign each flight earns 5 more, so 10 LSP per flight, and the bonus hits its cap of 25 after five flights. From the sixth flight on you earn only the usual 5.
The flight must be on a mileage-eligible fare, with the miles and LSP credited to your JMB account. Flights you did not actually take never count, even when the reason is a cancellation or an aircraft change.
JAL’s Black Friday domestic time sale goes on sale November 17–18 for travel from January 4 to February 28, the very same dates as the double LSP period. The sale’s Promotion fares earn 50% miles in economy, so they are mileage-eligible. Fares and timings are in our JAL Black Friday sale article.
JAL Card counts by how much you spend
The bonus is 5 LSP per ¥200,000 spent, so ¥1,000,000 reaches the 25 cap. Because the condition is the amount spent, the bonus is the same whether or not you have Shopping Mile Premium, the paid add-on that doubles shopping miles (¥4,950 a year).
The difference is in your usual LSP, which comes at 5 per 2,000 shopping miles. On a card earning 1 mile per ¥100 (CLUB-A Gold, Platinum, or a regular or CLUB-A card with Shopping Mile Premium), ¥200,000 earns 5 usual plus 5 bonus, or 10 LSP.
Four points to know on the card side:
- Corporate cards do not count
- Annual fees and other spending that earns no shopping miles do not count (for JAL Card Suica, spending that earns JRE POINT does count)
- Family card spending is added to the main member’s total, and the LSP goes to the main member
- Refunds during the period are deducted; refunds after the campaign reduce your bonus LSP too
JAL Pay has separate caps for Japan and abroad
With JAL Pay, spending in Japan earns 1 LSP per ¥80,000 (cap of 10 at ¥800,000) and spending abroad earns 1 LSP per ¥40,000 (cap of 10 at ¥400,000). The two caps are separate, so using both gets you up to 20 LSP. The JAL Pay window runs to March 31, a month longer than the other two.
- Counts: in-store payments, top-ups to transit IC cards, online shopping and other payments, including payments made with JAL Pay points
- Does not count: ATM withdrawals, pre-ordered currency exchange, and payments made with JAL Pay Gift
- Purchases abroad paid in yen through dynamic currency conversion (DCC) count as spending in Japan
- JAL tallies the totals at the end of the following month, and anything a merchant has not finalized by then is left out, so do not leave March payments to the last few days
Bonus LSP lands in late April to late May 2027
The bonus for flights and JAL Card is credited around late April 2027, and the JAL Pay bonus around late May. If you add a flight later through a retroactive mileage claim, it counts only if you register it by March 10 (Wed).
The prize draw: registration is enough
The second part is a draw in which 10,333 registered members win miles. Whether you earn any double LSP makes no difference. Even with no JAL trips planned this winter, registering puts you in the draw for 300 to 300,000 miles.
- 300,000 miles
- 3 winners
- 30,000 miles
- 30 winners
- 3,000 miles
- 300 winners
- 300 miles
- 10,000 winners
- Credited
- Around late April 2027. Winners are not notified separately; the miles in your account are the announcement
Check your mileage account around late April to see if you won. JAL does not answer questions about the draw at airports or by phone. Under Japan’s Act against Unjustifiable Premiums, JAL also notes that you cannot always win this draw together with other campaigns running at the same time.
How it compares with last year
JAL ran a double LSP campaign for the 2nd anniversary as well. This year the caps are lower, but the periods are longer and far more people win in the draw.
| Item | 2nd anniversary (last year) | 3rd anniversary (now) |
|---|---|---|
| Double periods | Card & Pay: January Flights: February (March: card & Pay for Star Grade members only) | Card: Jan–Feb Flights: Jan 4 – Feb 28 Pay: Jan–Mar |
| Bonus caps | Card & Pay: 250 each Flights: no cap | Flights 25, card 25 Pay 10 (Japan) + 10 (abroad) |
| Prize draw | 2,222 winners up to 200,000 miles | 10,333 winners up to 300,000 miles |
Last year’s domestic flight bonus had no cap, and partway through, new bookings on the Miyako–Tarama route made from February 3 onward were removed from the campaign. This year’s page again says eligible routes may change without notice.
If you wanted to pile up hundreds of points at once, this year falls short. If you already fly a few times in winter or put everyday spending on a JAL Card, you can reach the caps without going out of your way, and the number of winners is about 4.6 times last year’s.
LSP and Star Grades in brief
Life Status Points are lifetime achievement points earned from JAL Group flights, JAL Card spending and other JAL services. They are tracked separately from miles and cannot be redeemed for award tickets, but they never expire: they keep adding up as long as you stay a JMB member. They cannot be pooled with family members or inherited.
How LSP is normally earned (main services). Only domestic flights, JAL Card and JAL Pay are doubled in this campaign.
| Service | Basis | LSP |
|---|---|---|
| JAL Group domestic flights | 1 flight | 5 |
| JAL international flights | 1,000 flight miles | 5 |
| JAL Card | 2,000 shopping miles | 5 |
| JAL Pay | 400 miles | 1 |
| JAL Pay top-up by JAL Card | Top up ¥40,000+ and spend (max 1 a month) | 1 |
| JAL Mall and shops via JAL Mileage Park | 100 miles | 1 |
For example, take five domestic flights and spend ¥1,000,000 on a JAL Card that earns 1 mile per ¥100 during the campaign. Flights give 25 usual + 25 bonus and the card gives 25 usual + 25 bonus, 100 LSP in total: 40% of the way to JMB elite (250) in a single winter.
Aiming for JMB elite? Registering also applies for it
JMB elite starts at 250 LSP (JMB elite plus at 500), and you can use its benefits only when all three conditions below are met:
- Main member of an eligible JAL Card: Platinum Pro, Platinum, JAL Diners Card, CLUB-A Gold Card or CLUB-A Card
- At least 250 LSP
- An application for JMB elite / JMB elite plus benefits
Registering for the 3rd anniversary campaign automatically submits that third step, at no cost. If you hold a regular JAL Card, you need to switch to an eligible card to use the benefits. Family card members do not qualify and need a card of their own as the main member; JAL Global Club members and holders of JAL CLUB EST or corporate cards are not eligible either.
JMB elite’s main benefits are two Sakura Lounge visits a year and a 60-month expiry for miles you earn while you hold elite (miles earned from January 2025 onward). JMB elite plus raises lounge access to six visits a year. JMB elite also comes with a ¥5,000 coupon for JAL Dynamic Package (domestic flight plus hotel).
What to do this winter, by traveler type
Just register. The prize draw includes everyone who registers, regardless of double LSP results.
Five flights between January 4 and February 28 max out the 25 bonus. JAL’s Black Friday sale fares cover the same travel dates, which makes it easy to plan trips home or holidays around both.
The first ¥1,000,000 you spend in January and February earns the bonus. Big payments you were going to make anyway, such as taxes, insurance or a new appliance, get you close to the cap if they fall in those two months.
Eligible to March 31, capped at ¥800,000 in Japan and ¥400,000 abroad. Payments at month-end are left out if the merchant finalizes them late, so get March spending done early.
What does not earn the bonus
- Fares that do not earn miles, and flights you did not take because of a cancellation or aircraft change
- JAL corporate cards, and spending such as annual fees that earns no shopping miles
- JAL Pay ATM withdrawals, pre-ordered currency exchange, and payments with JAL Pay Gift
- Last-minute spending whose sales data reaches JAL after the period ends
- Refunded purchases (deducted from your total, and your bonus LSP goes down too)
- Domestic flights claimed retroactively after March 10
- Members who have left JMB, JAL Card or JAL Pay by the time the bonus is credited
FAQ
- Q. When is the registration deadline?
- March 31, 2027 (Wed), 11:59 pm Japan time. The order does not matter, so registering after you fly or spend still counts.
- Q. Does registering cost anything?
- No. Log in as a JAL Mileage Bank (JMB) member and press the button on the campaign page.
- Q. Can I enter the prize draw without flying?
- Yes. Every registered JMB member is in the draw, whatever their double LSP results.
- Q. What is the most bonus LSP I can get?
- 25 for domestic flights, 25 for JAL Card, 10 for JAL Pay in Japan and 10 abroad: 70 LSP in total. Above the caps you still earn your usual LSP.
- Q. How many domestic flights reach the cap?
- Five. Each flight earns a 5 LSP bonus, so five flights hit the cap of 25, regardless of distance.
- Q. How much JAL Card spending reaches the cap?
- ¥1,000,000 between January 1 and February 28. The bonus is 5 LSP per ¥200,000, the same whether or not you have Shopping Mile Premium.
- Q. When will I receive the bonus LSP?
- The flight and JAL Card bonus around late April 2027, and the JAL Pay bonus around late May. Prize draw miles also arrive around late April.
- Q. How will I know if I won the draw?
- JAL announces winners by crediting the miles to their accounts. Check your mileage account around late April; JAL does not answer questions about the draw at airports or by phone.
- Q. Do I need to apply for JMB elite separately?
- Registering for the 3rd anniversary campaign automatically applies for JMB elite and JMB elite plus benefits. To use them, you also need to be the main member of an eligible JAL Card and have at least 250 LSP.
- Q. How is family card spending counted?
- It is added to the main member’s spending, and the LSP is credited to the main member.
Official sources (in Japanese)
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