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JAL USA Card Offers a Fee Break on Its Premium Option

New JAL USA Card members who choose the Premium option and enter promo code PAUTM26 pay $0 in annual and upgrade fees for the first year. Applications run through March 31, 2027.

Published November 4, 2026Verified

The deal at a glance

The offer

$0 first-year fees

Annual fee and upgrade fee, Premium Rewards option, new cardmembers.

The catch

$85 from year two

$35 annual fee plus $50 upgrade fee after year one. Choose Premium and enter code PAUTM26.

Best for

2 miles per $1 on JAL

1 mile per $1 elsewhere, plus 5,000 bonus miles on your first JAL international flight.

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Skipping the fee for your first year on the JAL USA Card takes a promo code. Choose the Premium option when you apply and enter PAUTM26, and both the introductory annual fee and the upgrade fee are $0 for the first year. After that, the card costs a $35 annual fee plus a $50 upgrade fee, $85 in total.

The offer is for new cardmembers on the Premium Rewards option only. Apply through the JAL page between November 3, 2026 and March 31, 2027, because offers vary on other sites.

  • Everyday earning. 2 miles per $1 on eligible JAL purchases and 1 mile per $1 everywhere else.
  • First flight. 5,000 bonus miles on your first JAL international flight.
  • Abroad. No foreign transaction fees.

The card is a Mastercard issued by First National Bank of Omaha.

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Start Date
November 3, 2026
End Date
April 1, 2027
Action
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Published
November 4, 2026
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