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ANA revealed their new business and first class cabin on their 777-300ERs and it looks pretty awesome:
I flew ANA First Class from Tokyo to JFK on the way back from the United Island Hopper in 2015.
The service was among the best I’ve ever experienced on an airplane, the flight attendants were truly amazing. And the 21 year old Suntory whiskey and Hermolis kosher meals were the icing on the cake:
The first class seat and bed were very comfortable, but you couldn’t see out of the window and it didn’t have a door:
The middle seats were also oddly designed as people sitting in them can’t talk to each other:
ANA is rebranding first class as The Suite and business class as the room. They both look amazing.
New ANA First, with a 43″ 4K LED, a door for privacy, windows, and more:
The middle seats have a partition for privacy that goes up and down so that companions can talk to each other:
New ANA business:
Business class is staggered with forward and rear facing seats that also have privacy doors and middle partitions and go up and down:
The first class seat will have the advantage of more legroom, a bigger screen, and more amenities, but the difference between business and first class continues to shrink. No wonder first class is dying.
The first plane with this layout starts flying between London and Tokyo on August 2nd with service on even days until the end of the month when it moves to daily service. After that it will roll out to other routes.
The best way to fly on ANA is using Virgin Atlantic miles.
Here is the Virgin Atlantic award chart for round-trip travel on ANA:
You need just 95K miles to fly round-trip from London or the East Coast to Japan in business class or 120K miles in first class.
Virgin also has frequent transfer bonuses from banks like AMEX and Citi.
Unfortunately, you do need to call Virgin Atlantic to book travel on ANA at 800-365-9500. You can search for ANA award space on United.com.
You can fly in ANA first class to Tokyo/Narita from Chicago, Houston, JFK, Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Washington DC.
You can fly in ANA first class to Tokyo/Haneda from Chicago, JFK, or Los Angeles.
Search for first class saver awards on United.com and then call Virgin Atlantic to book at a fraction of what United charges:
Will you be booking any ANA awards?
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19 Comments On "ANA’s New Business And First Class Looks Amazing, It’s Also The Biggest Mileage Bargain Around"
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Are there any way to use these miles for eretz yisroel?
Product looks awesome, hoping to fly it if they bring it to JFK-NRT route.
Regarding using VS points, VS does not allow you to use miles to book JFK/ORD-HND, only JFK/ORD-NRT. They only let you book to HND if flying from LAX or SFO.
Spoke with 2 agents and confirmed this, one of the agents was very knowledgeable on the subject, and advised it could be a recent change implemented by NH. Could possibly be a case of DROPR but I did get the same information from 2 agents at VS.
Recent ORDHND booking here
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/31069239-post587.html
and here:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/31273729-post664.html
Thanks! DROPR it is in that case.
Can it be booked 1 way?
Same price as RT with Virgin.
So if you need one way, its better to spend the 80K on United?
Correct.
In order to take advantage of the virgin airlines for 95K roundtrip total from London or east coast, I would have to search at United awards then call Virgin airlines to book ANA? So when comparing the miles, the United roundtrip is 160k while Virgin roundtrip is 95k?
Correct.
How long do Amex:ANA or Chase:ANA transfers typically take?
Assuming you mean Virgin, instant.
the partitions looks really low, lower than average, not giving you much privacy from someone walking down the aisle; the FA in the video doesn’t seem very tall and the wall is not even up to her shoulders….
What’s the kosher scene in Japan?
Restaurants Chanas etc.?
Thanks.
Chana’s just added somethings to the menu.
Can also get deliveries from them as well as Japan Kosher
How is biz or first class availability from NYC? Are 3 seats ever available?
Also you state:
“You can transfer AMEX, Chase, Or Citi points to Virgin Atlantic at a 1:1 ratio.”
But you left out that you can transfer Marriott points for 3:1 with a 25% bonus for every 60k miles transferred.
I wonder what the chances are I might get the new business class with ORD-HND or HND-JFK in October.
Would it be better to transfer the points to Virgin first then call to book?
Flew their 787 HND-SYD in April
Food was Ungers from MEL
Service TOP and good drinks selection