Feb 8, 2018, 12:08 am
ANA RTW Award Booking Reports/Discussion
Jul 24, 2018, 8:38 pm
#46
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Central Wisconsin, USA
Posts: 189
Although we wanted to experience the bullet train there was always ANA connection flights with lots of departure times from those second tier Japan cities to Tokyo. Good luck finding a great route.
Jul 24, 2018, 10:49 pm
#47
Join Date: Jun 2005
Programs: Former UA 1K, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 576
PS If you happen to be sitting on a lot of Starwood or Marriott points, purchase a Marriott travel package prior to August 1.
Jul 25, 2018, 10:37 am
#48
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Bay Area, CA
Programs: Eternal Search for LT Club
Posts: 66
No it wouldn't, it would have been easier to google mileage requirements for ana rtw.
Jul 25, 2018, 7:06 pm
#49
Join Date: Jun 2005
Programs: Former UA 1K, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 576
Jul 26, 2018, 1:38 pm
#50
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Bay Area, CA
Programs: Eternal Search for LT Club
Posts: 66
Yes, 200k MR will be enough for RTW for 2 BUT Amex MR != Marriott Rewards (also MR). Even with assumption that Amex SPG card will launch with 120k "Stariott" bonus points and Chase Marriott Card with 100k "Stariott" bonus points , that still leaves you with 220k, which are would be equal to 100k NH points
Last edited by rtgta; Jul 26, 2018 at 6:30 pm
Jul 26, 2018, 6:15 pm
#51
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Location: BOS/UTH
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Posts: 12,753
Announced yesterday that it will be August 18. IT changes start on Saturday, August 18. Expected to be fully operational by Monday the 20th. At least that's the plan....
Jul 26, 2018, 10:26 pm
#52
Join Date: Jun 2005
Programs: Former UA 1K, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 576
Yes, 200k MR will be enough for RTW for 2 BUT Amex MR != Marriott Rewards (also MR). Even with assumption that Amex SPG card will launch with 120k "Stariott" bonus points and Chase Marriott Card with 100k "Stariott" bonus points , that still leaves you with 220k, which are would be equal to 100k NH points
PS I was thinking they would both apply for cards. However, it might be difficult to meet the spend requirements for four cards.
Jul 27, 2018, 10:24 am
#53
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: BNA
Programs: AA CK, SPG Plat, IHG Plat
Posts: 273
Has anyone else noticed a discrepancy with Great Circle Map and ANA’s quoted mileage? I got my itinerary down to 21,350ish miles according to GCM, putting me at the 125,000 miles/person in business. I called to ticket and ANA said my route was 23,800ish. So now in redoing the itinerary (i.e. buying a couple of the segments on other carriers), I feel like I have to assume GCM is off by a couple thousand miles.
Jul 27, 2018, 12:34 pm
#54
Join Date: May 2013
Location: DTW
Programs: AMEX, Ritz LT-Plat Prem, Hyatt Plat, SPG Plat, Hilton Diamond, Delta Plat, United Gold, Sixt Plat
Posts: 866
Has anyone else noticed a discrepancy with Great Circle Map and ANA’s quoted mileage? I got my itinerary down to 21,350ish miles according to GCM, putting me at the 125,000 miles/person in business. I called to ticket and ANA said my route was 23,800ish. So now in redoing the itinerary (i.e. buying a couple of the segments on other carriers), I feel like I have to assume GCM is off by a couple thousand miles.
Jul 27, 2018, 12:52 pm
#55
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Central Wisconsin, USA
Posts: 189
Has anyone else noticed a discrepancy with Great Circle Map and ANA’s quoted mileage? I got my itinerary down to 21,350ish miles according to GCM, putting me at the 125,000 miles/person in business. I called to ticket and ANA said my route was 23,800ish. So now in redoing the itinerary (i.e. buying a couple of the segments on other carriers), I feel like I have to assume GCM is off by a couple thousand miles.
John
Jul 27, 2018, 9:51 pm
#56
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: BNA
Programs: AA CK, SPG Plat, IHG Plat
Posts: 273
Have you compared it to this? Mileage Calculator - WebFlyer :: The Frequent Flyer Authority It is limited on how many legs you can enter but worth a test. It might be ANA.
John
John
I’ll give that a try. WebFlyer is what I typically use, but shifted to GC Map to be able to enter everything and people always seem to suggest it’s the gold standard with no one ever talking about my go-to WebFlyer, haha.
Last edited by thecurtisw; Jul 27, 2018 at 9:56 pm Reason: Update
Aug 2, 2018, 2:41 pm
#57
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 10
Just booked 2 RTW business tickets for april-may 2019.
LAX-NRT on NH
HND-SIN on SQ
SIN-IST on SQ
SAW-BCN on TK
CDG-YUL-LAX on AC
~21k miles
Costed me 125k miles + $360 per person.
LAX-NRT on NH
HND-SIN on SQ
SIN-IST on SQ
SAW-BCN on TK
CDG-YUL-LAX on AC
~21k miles
Costed me 125k miles + $360 per person.
- I used flightconnections.com to find what star alliances flights are possible.
- I used United to search for award availability.
- It was the most difficult to find availability trans-Atlantic, from Europe-USA.
- The ANA agent over the phone knows exactly what they are doing, took me about ~40 minutes on the phone to book.
- Got the eticket emailed to me ~3 hours later.
- Overall, very smooth process and extremely excited!
Aug 2, 2018, 3:12 pm
#58
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Central Wisconsin, USA
Posts: 189
Just booked 2 RTW business tickets for april-may 2019.
LAX-NRT on NH
HND-SIN on SQ
SIN-IST on SQ
SAW-BCN on TK
CDG-YUL-LAX on AC
~21k miles
Costed me 125k miles + $360 per person.
LAX-NRT on NH
HND-SIN on SQ
SIN-IST on SQ
SAW-BCN on TK
CDG-YUL-LAX on AC
~21k miles
Costed me 125k miles + $360 per person.
- I used flightconnections.com to find what star alliances flights are possible.
- I used United to search for award availability.
- It was the most difficult to find availability trans-Atlantic, from Europe-USA.
- The ANA agent over the phone knows exactly what they are doing, took me about ~40 minutes on the phone to book.
- Got the eticket emailed to me ~3 hours later.
- Overall, very smooth process and extremely excited!
I worry a little for you if you are on a US passport getting from IST to SAW. There has been a lot of drama the last year with travel bans and getting visas in Turkey for US travelers. Not saying it can not be done but connecting and staying within IST is a lot different then leaving airport to go to another airport. Take my comments as someone who has not done this but read up a lot as we were going to connect in IST at one point for our RTW tickets.
Have fun!
Aug 13, 2018, 6:29 pm
#59
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 64
Thank you all! My summary of my ANA RTW booking
Hi - I want to thank you all for sharing your experiences about booking the amazing ANA RTW. I learned a lot reading this thread (and the kind responses to my questions) and successfully booked an upcoming RTW. For 200K miles, I'm traveling to Italy, Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe/Zambia), Madagascar, Kurdistan, Singapore, Bali, & Australia. Not to bad!
I actually put together a blog post outlining what I learned about RTW posts. Three of the posts outline different strategies to decide if a RTW is right for you - and the one post goes into detail on how to successfully book an ANA RTW. I hope it helps!
https://pointmetotheplane.boardingar...et-make-sense/
I actually put together a blog post outlining what I learned about RTW posts. Three of the posts outline different strategies to decide if a RTW is right for you - and the one post goes into detail on how to successfully book an ANA RTW. I hope it helps!
https://pointmetotheplane.boardingar...et-make-sense/