Originally Posted by
Time traveller
If you are purchasing the NEX/Suica package from the JR ticket office (hopefully they is one upon exiting Terminal 1), will they automatically give you a reserved seat assignment with a specific train number, car number and seat number printed on it? Is the NEX and Suica fares both loaded onto one single card or are they two separate cards/tickets?
The JR East Travel Service Center in T1 is close to the escalators/stairs as you come down from arrivals.
They will give you a ticket with a reserved seat for the next available train (or later if you request) and a separate Suica card with 1,500 yen loaded. Don't use the Suica card when going through the ticket gate at NRT.
I have posted some detailed account of how Suica & N'EX works in the
Japan Do thread.