Warriorconcept

I called today twice and they were able to see the united availability!

Antony Jackson

Got a First and Business return next May with my VA airmiles - Frankfurt to Haneda rather that from Heathrow - but one happy guy.
Starting flights in Glasgow on Lufthansa Business to Frankfurt.

not2017

I have had VS hold outbound ANA award seats for a week. We were trying to get a return to ORD from KIX. But ANA would not confirm that request. We easily then purchased tickets from Itami/ITM to NRT. NRT return flight to ORD had the seats we needed. Ticketing was completed one week after the initial phone call. I guess it depends on the agent...

CosmicGirl

I wouldn't count on them holding a seat that long. I called two weeks ago to change our dummy return dates to the real dates, but for some reason one of the tickets wasn't reissued with the other one. After roughly 48 hours ANA dropped the seat from the booking. Luckily, I was keeping track of things so I called right away to get it back. If I hadn't noticed we likely would've been stuck with separate flights as there was only one seat in F, and one in J. Another 40 hours after that it still had not been reissued. I called again and pressed the matter, as I didn't want to lose the seat once more. This agent kept me on hold until it had been reissued but it took 4 calls over 4 days in total to get it done. And mind you, this was not due to an incompetent agent because they were great.

Antony Jackson

Was not JFK but last year Expert Flyer found me a F return seat about 3 weeks before travel, so do not give up hope

Warriorconcept

Thank you! Ended up just booking 2 F return to ORD to be safe on the same day and setup an alert for 2 F to JFK if they open up. We're based at EWR anyway so honestly a flight from ORD to EWR might be easier than commuting from JFK to NJ...granted it'll likely be on the old cabin!

fafman

Congratulations!! I had 2 tickets (with an infant) for Feb this year in F which I dint make. I am now looking to book a trip next year but now my infant is a toddler and will need a full seat lol.
How difficult was it to search and find 3 seats? I honestly don't mind if its J or F (either will be ok for us). Any tips or suggestions that helped you?
So excited for you guys

Warriorconcept

You're a prophet, somehow found 2 F in return to JFK for a day earlier which is honestly fine. Paid the change fee and good to go. FYI, there is now 2 F from NRT to ORD in the wild for June 11th!

Warriorconcept

Best thing to do is get a subscription with expertflyer and set up alerts, they will email you when your criteria pops up (ie: 3 F or 3 J)

w00ter11

Just booked 2 F tickets from ORD June 2021 via text message. I had the same June 2020 trip cancelled, and I converted it to an open ticket to try to avoid the $100 fee rather than cancelling and rebooking. For some reason they couldn't see the same return availability as me but they could see one day prior so booked it to hold it for now. I had paid about $350 per ticket in taxes/fees. I inquired if it was lower now, and they said it was about $50 per ticket now, so they issued me a refund, which will take up to 120 days to receive.

lkar

I have two tickets booked for October and I am not going to take the trip. I texted this weekend to have the miles refunded and they want to charge me $100. The fights had changed from NRT to HND a few months ago which I hoped would allow me a free redeposit. But they say that since I didn’t call in right away when the flight changed I am deemed to have accepted it. It really seems wrong that they are demanding to take $100 in new money while telling me the $550 in taxes can take 120 days, and they also are still holding a refund from a different flight since April.

One of the legs is IAH to HND, which ANA has been suspending month to month on a rolling basis, so I think there is still some chance that it will cancel and I can get a free redeposit. How long can I let this go? Can I wait right up until the flight to cancel and redeposit for a fee? I can’t seem to see anything in the terms.

Alternatively, I want to try this trip again in October 2021. Availability won’t open for a while and certainly not until after I have to cancel this trip. Is there a way for me to cancel this ticket, leave it open, use for 10/21 if I find availability, but redeposit the miles if I do not? Does it have to be the exact same itinerary?

geclub1

Just need to cancel T-24hr.

Matthew787

Curious if anyone has any intel or advice on ANA only releasing 1 seat at some airports, but more seats at other airports on the same aircraft (777).

I'm trying to book 2 F/C or 2 B/C award tickets out of SFO or LAX to Tokyo next June (2021). As of today, only 1 seat is available out of SFO or LAX every day in June until June 23, 2021 in either class, but when I check ORD, IAH, or IAD, there are 2 tickets available in each class practically every day until June 23rd (using United to search availability). I have checked this trend for the last week, and out of SFO/LAX, they only release one seat in each class everyday.

Anyone know if this is a new trend or if more seats get released later down the road? Any advice?

standbyalldtime

I haven't been able to find a really discernible pattern. Chicago, Houston, and DC are the only airports where I have consistently found two seats. SFO tends to be one of the airports where I've typically found two seats on quite a few dates, but June is a peak month so they may only be releasing one daily seat then.

I also thought it was pretty much impossible to get two First class to New York, but I was able to find a few dates in May that had them a while back so my other half and I are booked in first together on that holy grail route 🤷‍♂️.

Long story short, ANA availability seems to be pretty nuanced, so either searching everyday or paying for expert flyer alerts is probably your best bet.

djsinc

Does anyone know if there are any plans to be able to book PE awards on ANA using Flying Club?