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ANA website seat maps
https://www.ana.co.jp/wws/ca/e/asw_common/departure/inflight/seatmap/
2-2-2 or 2-3-2 staggered all isle seats. Photos can be seen below.
FAQ about ANA "BUSINESS STAGGERED"
1. What planes have the BUSINESS STAGGERED suites?
ALL 777-300ER(77W) and 787-900 (789), as well as one type of the B787-8(169 seats variation).
ANA website links on business staggered class is here (77W), (789) and B787-8(169 seats variation).
2. What is the best seat for a solo passenger?
Any of the window seats, odd number rows on the left (1A,3A,5A..), even number rows on the right (2K,4K,6K...)
3. What is the best seat for a couple?
No consensus.
4. I see 1A blocked on the 789 or 787. Is it occupied?
It will be released to all at online check-in (t-24) if not occupied.
5. What routes have the BUSINESS STAGGERED suites?
ALL 777W routes =NRT-JFK,LAX,SFO,ORD,IAD,IAH, & HND-JFK,LAX,ORD,CDG,FRA,LHR
ALL 789 routes (215 seats variation) = HND-SYD,SIN,BKK,HAN,SJC,SEA,YVR,CDG,MUC,DUS,
B787-8(169 seats variation). = NRT-MEX,BRU,DEL,BOM
6. What's up with all this chatter about hot cabins?
The cabin temperature seems to be maintained very warm relative to most westerners' preferences, but it seems to be the preferred temperature for Japanese passengers.
You will survive.
PHOTOS
Post 461 - Seat 3A on the B789 - August 2018 https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/30072531-post461.html
5 photos below from Boeing 777-300ER (77W)
From 2 flights on the same trip - May 2017 - posted by 24left
https://www.ana.co.jp/wws/ca/e/asw_common/departure/inflight/seatmap/
2-2-2 or 2-3-2 staggered all isle seats. Photos can be seen below.
FAQ about ANA "BUSINESS STAGGERED"
1. What planes have the BUSINESS STAGGERED suites?
ALL 777-300ER(77W) and 787-900 (789), as well as one type of the B787-8(169 seats variation).
ANA website links on business staggered class is here (77W), (789) and B787-8(169 seats variation).
2. What is the best seat for a solo passenger?
Any of the window seats, odd number rows on the left (1A,3A,5A..), even number rows on the right (2K,4K,6K...)
3. What is the best seat for a couple?
No consensus.
4. I see 1A blocked on the 789 or 787. Is it occupied?
It will be released to all at online check-in (t-24) if not occupied.
5. What routes have the BUSINESS STAGGERED suites?
ALL 777W routes =NRT-JFK,LAX,SFO,ORD,IAD,IAH, & HND-JFK,LAX,ORD,CDG,FRA,LHR
ALL 789 routes (215 seats variation) = HND-SYD,SIN,BKK,HAN,SJC,SEA,YVR,CDG,MUC,DUS,
B787-8(169 seats variation). = NRT-MEX,BRU,DEL,BOM
6. What's up with all this chatter about hot cabins?
The cabin temperature seems to be maintained very warm relative to most westerners' preferences, but it seems to be the preferred temperature for Japanese passengers.
You will survive.
PHOTOS
Post 461 - Seat 3A on the B789 - August 2018 https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/30072531-post461.html
5 photos below from Boeing 777-300ER (77W)
From 2 flights on the same trip - May 2017 - posted by 24left
Business Staggered (77W/788/789/781) seating thread [consolidated]
#46
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Where to sit on ANA 787?
I'm looking at biz class seats from NRT>SEA next year. Looks like my target flight should be on the 787 with the nice lie-flat seats in C. I'll be traveling with my spouse. Which seats are best for a couple? The two together in the middle (D+G) or window plus center? How are the two seats together for communication, space?
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I'm looking at biz class seats from NRT>SEA next year. Looks like my target flight should be on the 787 with the nice lie-flat seats in C. I'll be traveling with my spouse. Which seats are best for a couple? The two together in the middle (D+G) or window plus center? How are the two seats together for communication, space?
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They are wonderful seats - just not if you want to share with your partner or attend to young children. They really are business seats. I'm sure you'll have a great flight though - enjoy!
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But for a pair, C/F or F/H are probably best though I seem to remember middle rows being not entirely aligned with the seats in the same row window sides - maybe best explained by pictures
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Which seat on 787? Flying SEA-NRT next monday. Right now I have a right side window with the table to my right...seems annoying. There are no window seats with the table on the aisle side available. I was thinking about moving to one of the single middle seats with tables on both sides.
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I am looking at possibly flying ORD-NRT (NH11) and NRT-ORD (NH12) in September 2013. In looking at the Master Thread, it indicates that NRT-ORD will intermittently be served with the new IOJ interior starting yesterday (31 Oct 2012), but has NH announced other specifics about the NRT-ORD route?
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Sadly, no. It will depend a lot on when they can finish refitting the other 77W they need for this route. I wouldn't expect to hear anything until early next year -- that being said, I would imagine they would have all aircraft on NH11/12 using the IOJ configuration by September 2013.
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If the NH site shows either flight as being operated by a 77W, it has the IOJ cabin. But if you had checked the Master Thread, you would know that these flights are not operated by a 77W every day -- only intermittently.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7366707...n/photostream/
ANA SKY WEB indicates 77W on that date.
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Just to confirm ALL ANA 77Ws have IOJ cabins? I have a flight on hold and want to have the New First Square seating. The seat map on EF for NH 1009 indicates the following:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7366707...n/photostream/
ANA SKY WEB indicates 77W on that date.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7366707...n/photostream/
ANA SKY WEB indicates 77W on that date.
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All aircraft denoted as "77W" should have the IOJ configuration; non-IOJ aircraft are denoted "773". Can you let us know what date/flight for which you're seeing this discrepancy? It could be that NH has not updated the seat map for that particular flight yet.
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