Aug 15, 2018, 3:45 am
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ANA Suite Lounge is the name for ANA's first class lounges. There are international Suite Lounges in Narita (close to gate 50), Haneda (by gate 109), and Honolulu. In addition there are domestic Suite Lounges in Haneda, Naha, and Sapporo Shinchitose.
One guest is allowed with a boarding pass for the same flight.
Access to the lounge is not possible when arriving.
International lounge access:
All departing first class passengers gets access to the Suite Lounge regardless of Star Alliance carrier they are flying on.
ANA allows their own connecting first class passengers continuing to another flight in J or Y on ANA to use the Suite Lounge. This applies for same day and same airport connections.
Passengers arriving in first class on another Star Alliance partner connecting to a J or Y flight will not be allowed in to the Suite Lounge.
One guest is allowed with a boarding pass for the same flight.
Passengers holding ANA Diamond status can access the Suite Lounge regardless of the class and Star Alliance carrier of the departing flight.
Access to the lounge is not possible when arriving.
Domestic lounge access:
The domestic Suite Lounges are available to ANA Diamond members.
A Premium Class ticket gives access to the domestic ANA Lounges
ANA Int値 Suite Lounges HND/NRT (consolidated)
Dec 16, 2018, 5:15 pm
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'Departing flight' means 'same day' departing flight from that airport, not a departing flight some time in the furture (back home for example). This covers same day connections - for example LAX-NRT-PEK striahgt through - the 'arriving flight' is from LAX, the 'departing flight' is to PEK. If you arrive from LAX in F you will be able to use the F lounge before your departing flight to PEK.
If the passenger was to have a stopover in NRT that means the flight to PEK is no longer 'same day' and they can't rely on the inbound F boaridng pass for lounge access. I'm not sure about the example you read, you might need to provide a link so we can work out what happned there (it would be very unusual!)
The Oman air lounge is not available in BKK by virtue of you class of service. If you are flying business class on star alliance you have to use one of the star alliance lounges (Singapore, Thai or EVA).
Some lounges might be affiliated with priority pass or allow pay entrance. I'm not sure if Oman is in this category. But there's no real need to pay for Oman's lounge when the Singapore one is pretty good.
If the passenger was to have a stopover in NRT that means the flight to PEK is no longer 'same day' and they can't rely on the inbound F boaridng pass for lounge access. I'm not sure about the example you read, you might need to provide a link so we can work out what happned there (it would be very unusual!)
The Oman air lounge is not available in BKK by virtue of you class of service. If you are flying business class on star alliance you have to use one of the star alliance lounges (Singapore, Thai or EVA).
Some lounges might be affiliated with priority pass or allow pay entrance. I'm not sure if Oman is in this category. But there's no real need to pay for Oman's lounge when the Singapore one is pretty good.
(unable to post link due to post count. this is from "pointswise" blog. if you search the whole thing below in quotes the post will come up)
From the second paragraph: "initially the friendly front desk agent said I would be invited to use the business class lounge downstairs based on my departing flight. I pointed out that I arrived in first class from los angeles, at which point she quickly apologized and directed me inside"
That is what confused me. Seems like it was just a brain fart by the front desk. I'm not at all concerned about it, was merely curious. I'm sure the j lounge will be fine for my 3 hour layover.
Oman lounge @ BKK is a PP lounge, so I was planning on getting in with that.
I appreciate the info. I usually flew KAL in F to Asia, but I'm trying to save my KAL miles as they will be harder to come by due their ceased transfer partnership with Chase. This will be my first time on ANA.
Dec 16, 2018, 6:15 pm
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Here's the link to the situation I was referring to:
(unable to post link due to post count. this is from "pointswise" blog. if you search the whole thing below in quotes the post will come up)
From the second paragraph: "initially the friendly front desk agent said I would be invited to use the business class lounge downstairs based on my departing flight. I pointed out that I arrived in first class from los angeles, at which point she quickly apologized and directed me inside"
That is what confused me. Seems like it was just a brain fart by the front desk. I'm not at all concerned about it, was merely curious. I'm sure the j lounge will be fine for my 3 hour layover.
Oman lounge @ BKK is a PP lounge, so I was planning on getting in with that.
I appreciate the info. I usually flew KAL in F to Asia, but I'm trying to save my KAL miles as they will be harder to come by due their ceased transfer partnership with Chase. This will be my first time on ANA.
(unable to post link due to post count. this is from "pointswise" blog. if you search the whole thing below in quotes the post will come up)
From the second paragraph: "initially the friendly front desk agent said I would be invited to use the business class lounge downstairs based on my departing flight. I pointed out that I arrived in first class from los angeles, at which point she quickly apologized and directed me inside"
That is what confused me. Seems like it was just a brain fart by the front desk. I'm not at all concerned about it, was merely curious. I'm sure the j lounge will be fine for my 3 hour layover.
Oman lounge @ BKK is a PP lounge, so I was planning on getting in with that.
I appreciate the info. I usually flew KAL in F to Asia, but I'm trying to save my KAL miles as they will be harder to come by due their ceased transfer partnership with Chase. This will be my first time on ANA.
The link to the blog in question: https://pointswise.ca/review-ana-fir...-tokyo-narita/
When all is said and done, the differences between the Suite Lounge and the ANA Lounge are so slim that you are not really missing anything by having to use the J lounge on the outbound.
Last edited by CPH-Flyer; Dec 16, 2018 at 11:07 pm
Dec 16, 2018, 8:56 pm
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This is a same day arrival in F and departyre in J on NH, that allows you access. You are talking about a future departure in F which something completely different. I still don't see the parallel to your flight patern.
When all is said and done, the differences between the Suite Lounge and the ANA Lounge are so slim that you are not really missing anything by having to use the J lounge on the outbound.
When all is said and done, the differences between the Suite Lounge and the ANA Lounge are so slim that you are not really missing anything by having to use the J lounge on the outbound.
Dec 17, 2018, 12:12 am
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This would be standard procedure. The lounge agent doesn't know who arrived in F unless the passenger has a special escort (which does happen with select F passengers on NH). So unless the passenger produces evidence of the arrival flight, the lounge agent woud automatically direct a J class boarding pass to the J class lounge.
Feb 12, 2019, 10:55 pm
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However, getting back through to arrivals is not necessarily easy. You may need to find a staff member that can assist you back to arrivals, as arrivals and deoartures are completely separate areas.
Mar 22, 2019, 1:59 am
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Mar 23, 2019, 5:03 pm
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So, from reading the thread it seems that an arrival on NH F and departure on NH Y would allow access to the Suite Lounge in HND. I am arriving at 20:35 from ORD on NH F and departing at 07:10 to KIX on NH Y the following day.
Seeing as the Suite Lounge is open until 02:00 I wouldn't mind using the lounge for a quick snack or shower. However, would it be worth it to grab a hotel for the short time in-between? A pod would be nice, but we're traveling as a couple. Would just killing time around the airport be reasonable after the lounge closes? The lounge reopens at 05:00, would access be granted again or is that pushing it?
Seeing as the Suite Lounge is open until 02:00 I wouldn't mind using the lounge for a quick snack or shower. However, would it be worth it to grab a hotel for the short time in-between? A pod would be nice, but we're traveling as a couple. Would just killing time around the airport be reasonable after the lounge closes? The lounge reopens at 05:00, would access be granted again or is that pushing it?
Mar 23, 2019, 5:08 pm
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So, from reading the thread it seems that an arrival on NH F and departure on NH Y would allow access to the Suite Lounge in HND. I am arriving at 20:35 from ORD on NH F and departing at 07:10 to KIX on NH Y the following day.
Domestic and international departures are in two different terminals
Seeing as the Suite Lounge is open until 02:00 I wouldn't mind using the lounge for a quick snack or shower. However, would it be worth it to grab a hotel for the short time in-between? A pod would be nice, but we're traveling as a couple. Would just killing time around the airport be reasonable after the lounge closes? The lounge reopens at 05:00, would access be granted again or is that pushing it?
Domestic and international departures are in two different terminals
Seeing as the Suite Lounge is open until 02:00 I wouldn't mind using the lounge for a quick snack or shower. However, would it be worth it to grab a hotel for the short time in-between? A pod would be nice, but we're traveling as a couple. Would just killing time around the airport be reasonable after the lounge closes? The lounge reopens at 05:00, would access be granted again or is that pushing it?
You would need to get a hotel for the night, as the domestic terminal is not operating 24 hours
Mar 23, 2019, 6:29 pm
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You can't access the Suite Lounge in the international departure area when you have a domestic connection. You will have to proceed to immigration, baggage reclaim and customs You can't enter the domestic departure area for a flight the next day, and anyway the domestic suite lounge is not worth the time in the evening
You would need to get a hotel for the night, as the domestic terminal is not operating 24 hours
You would need to get a hotel for the night, as the domestic terminal is not operating 24 hours
Mar 23, 2019, 6:34 pm
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However, once at the departure level there is no direct access back to arrivals and that time of day, it might not be easy to find a staff member to escort a passenger back to arrivals. But there is the airside Hotel.
Mar 23, 2019, 6:51 pm
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There are flights throughout the night, low cost carriers coming in an leaving at very odd hours, so I would expect so.
However, once at the departure level there is no direct access back to arrivals and that time of day, it might not be easy to find a staff member to escort a passenger back to arrivals. But there is the airside Hotel.
However, once at the departure level there is no direct access back to arrivals and that time of day, it might not be easy to find a staff member to escort a passenger back to arrivals. But there is the airside Hotel.
I remember arriving into NRT a couple of times around 930pm or so and the airport was pretty much closing down for the night. Immigration processed us super fast so we could make the last train of the night into Tokyo.