dkc192

HND flights have never been timed for or oriented towards connecting passengers. They're mostly timed to suit local O&D demand.

arfaczar

Just noticed that the LAX-NRT flights (NH5 & NH6) have been updated to 777s from 787s in the winter schedule. There's plenty (1 in 3 days) of 1st class (not the new Suite seats) availability for those looking to burn their VS miles.

alany611

I had been eyeing these flights and hoped that they would be the new Suite seats. I booked a roundtrip ticket anyways, but what do you think the chances are of them adding the new planes to this route? Did they used to have them before?

arfaczar

Of the 3 NH flight-pairs to LAX, only NH105/106 were formally announced to have the new 77W configurations. Having said that, the new 77W config has been sporadically swapped on NH5//6 over the summer/fall. It wouldn't surprise me if such equipment swaps occur in the winter schedule too.

atsak

I managed to book an ORD - HND F award in January 2023 back last February (2022) when the window opened for Aeroplan. I got an email a couple weeks ago my seat had changed, except it hasn't, I had 1K and still do, but it looks like that might be because they changed the plane to the Suite. It's fairly assured that is going to go now right since the schedule published? On my itinerary it says "subject to government approval" but I assume that's because NH111 hasn't started flying yet (and won't until Oct 30). I'm pretty excited to get to try the Suite and ANA F it's one of the last three major airlines I haven't flown first internationally for; I thought I was going to get the old product when I booked it (which is probably still nice).

Just wondering if I'm interpreting all that properly in light of all the schedule change info above?.

pesos

congrats! you can go to ANA’s site and try to book a cash ticket on your flight and it will
show you the exact seat for that flight

krish1971

Due to a schedule change, I will have a one night layover in Tokyo in December with my arriving flight from USA coming in to Haneda airport and my outbound flight to SE Asia leaving from Narita airport. Is there a bus service now between the two airports or has it been suspended? Also, in December 2022, what are the Covid restrictions for U.S. citizens (visa, PCR test, etc.)?

Thanks.

CPH-Flyer

There are busses running between the two airports. There are trains as well, but if you have luggage I would recommend a bus.

Who knows the rules for December 22nd, but as of October 11th the visa waiver is in full swing again. If you have a vaccine and booster you do not need a PCR test, if not then you do need a PCR test. Your will need to download the MySOS app and upload your vaccine cert or PCR test.

krish1971

Is it sufficient to carry my White CDC vaccination card showing proof of vaccination and boosting? I do have another option for avoiding transiting from Haneda to Narita, but I am not sure if it is feasible:

If I am arriving in Haneda on Delta from the U.S. and connecting to SE Asia on Malaysian Airlines also departing from Haneda, will I be able to check in for my Malaysian airlines connecting flight within the transit area of Haneda airport or will I have to exit the airport and then check in again with Malaysia Airlines at their ticket counter? In other words, does Malaysia Airlines have a check in desk at Haneda within the transit area of the airport?

Thanks.

CPH-Flyer

Principally speaking, you should be able to use your CDC card as documentation by itself, but the process is by now so geared to the use of the MySOS app that the time saved by the 10-15 minutes invested in uploading a photo of the CDC card, a photo of your passport and filling in a few details is well worth it. You do also avoid having to fill out paper forms by using the app.

I don't know if Malaysia Airlines can check you in airside in Haneda, a question for the MH forum.

night718

October 11 update.

• For routes to China, we will resume the Narita = Dalian route from October 26, and increase the flight frequency on the Narita = Qingdao and Hangzhou routes.
• On the Haneda = Seoul (Gimpo) route, in addition to the daily roundtrip flights on NH861/864, we will resume the NH865/868 route from November 16 with daily roundtrip flights as well.

https://www.anahd.co.jp/group/en/pr/...0221011-2.html

jinyoungkim7

Thanks for letting us know! Updated my HND GMP flight to the new later one so I can actually have breakfast at my one night stay at FS Otemachi now. Surprisingly it seems like they only released 1-2 Economy award seats on the flights between HND and GMP.

night718

October 18 update.

• For the Narita = Dalian route which will be resumed from October 26, we will operate 2 roundtrips per week.
• On the Narita = Hangzhou route, ANA will adjust the previously announced plan to raise the flight frequency to 2 roundtrips per week from October 31 and increase the frequency to 3 roundtrips per week from November 29, with the additional service on Tuesday.
• For the Haneda = Hong Kong route, which will resume with 4 roundtrips per week from October 31, ANA will further increase flights and operate daily from November 20.

https://www.anahd.co.jp/group/en/pr/.../20221018.html

JordanWalker

Looks like ANA is resuming a lot of SE routes from HND

But YVR is still served by NRT. Making it quite difficult to connect YVR-NRT/HND-SE Routes.


For example, had you booked a week ago
You might have been offer YVR-NRT on ANA, then NRT-SIN operated by Air Japan.
But they aren't offering those options anymore, and making you do HND-SIN operated by ANA.

CPH-Flyer

​​​​​​Narita Singapore is operating as normal, there are not fewer NRT SIN flights in the coming periods than in the last few weeks. Where sre you seeing an increase of HND flights at the expense of the Narita flights?