ANA (NH) Redemptions using VS Flying Club points - thread locked Sept 2022
May 11, 2019, 12:56 pm
#602
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: TYO
Programs: Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 1,744
Can anyone advise if it is possible to change the date of my return leg after having already flown the outbound? Thanks in advance
May 12, 2019, 12:51 am
#603
Suspended
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: JFK BOS LAX
Programs: DL Diamond; VS Gold; Uber Diamond
Posts: 199
May 12, 2019, 12:39 pm
#604
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Cologne
Programs: FB Plat, IHG RA Spire, TK Elite+, HH Diamond, LH SEN, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 972
I feel lame for asking this... after the changes with the other partners, do ANA still habe to be return or is 1 way ok?
May 12, 2019, 2:08 pm
#605
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: LAX/SFO
Programs: Hyatt Explorist, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Gold, Fortune Wings Club Gold
Posts: 358
May 15, 2019, 1:02 pm
#606
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: SFO
Programs: UA Gold, AS Gold, SPG Gold, HH Gold
Posts: 113
May 16, 2019, 5:22 am
#607
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 2,342
Thanks. Do you remember how close-in to the flight that was?
Thanks, yeah. I see some Tue-Thu JFK flights with 2x, but not really desirable. I'm going to go with JFK-NRT for the girlfriend and ORD-NRT for myself, and hope a JFK seat opens up. I'm based in NYC so obviously JFK is preferred 
And ORD second because of proximity and flight frequency.
In my few weeks of stalking before my booking above, I didn't see 2x on the ANA JFK flights at all in either directions (I'm based at RDU so was agnostic to JFK, ORD, IAD, and IAH -- ended up that both IAD and ORD were available for my dates and I picked ORD due to Polaris lounge on outbound and ability to use Avios to book the AA direct flight on ORD - RDU on the way home).
I saw plenty on ORD and IAD flights (and more limited IAH flights) -- I assume JFK they keep to just 1 since they have a much better shot of selling out that cabin vs. their other F cities
I saw plenty on ORD and IAD flights (and more limited IAH flights) -- I assume JFK they keep to just 1 since they have a much better shot of selling out that cabin vs. their other F cities
And ORD second because of proximity and flight frequency.
May 16, 2019, 11:03 am
#608
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Hawai'i Nei
Programs: Au: UA, Marriott, Hilton; GE
Posts: 7,141
May 20, 2019, 5:29 pm
#609
Join Date: Jan 2013
Programs: Hyatt Glb, MR Plat
Posts: 2,577
Just visited the entire Golden Week and it wasn't any more busy/expensive than past handful of visits during Sakura season in my opinion. The only annoying thing was the noticeable random closure of restaurants.
May 22, 2019, 10:20 am
#610
Join Date: May 2007
Location: WAS
Programs: UA 1K, AA EXP, WN A+, Hyatt Glob, Marriott Amb, Hertz PC
Posts: 1,126
Was able to find 2 seats pretty easily for next Feb/Mar, hold, transfer points, and book. I didn't even have to wait on hold like I did a year and a half ago. Entire process was super easy and pleasant. Will be sad when this eventually goes away, especially with the 30% transfer bonuses.
May 22, 2019, 3:14 pm
#611
Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: Somewhere between BHX and HUY
Programs: Flying Blue Plat, Eurobonus Silver, ALL Gold
Posts: 1,674
Was able to find 2 seats pretty easily for next Feb/Mar, hold, transfer points, and book. I didn't even have to wait on hold like I did a year and a half ago. Entire process was super easy and pleasant. Will be sad when this eventually goes away, especially with the 30% transfer bonuses.
May 22, 2019, 6:07 pm
#612
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 345
You can hold award bookings on VS. Just call them to confirm the availability and then they will give you a reference number and when you call back to book, give them that reference number.
May 23, 2019, 7:55 am
#613
Join Date: May 2007
Location: WAS
Programs: UA 1K, AA EXP, WN A+, Hyatt Glob, Marriott Amb, Hertz PC
Posts: 1,126
They were able to hold about 36 hours and provide me a booking code so I could call back and confirm. Both Amex and Citi points transferred instantly anyway.
May 23, 2019, 1:20 pm
#614
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: MSP
Programs: WN A-List, Club Carlson Concierge, IHG Plat, Choice Diamond: All things Chase
Posts: 26
Should I call Virgin and add my ANA # to my award ticket?
I'm booked ANA F RT ORD - NRT. I assume it doesn't mess anything up? From what I've gathered you have to order your meal through the ANA website, is that correct? I can pull up the flight on ANA when I use my booking code but it doesn't show up under my account.
I'm booked ANA F RT ORD - NRT. I assume it doesn't mess anything up? From what I've gathered you have to order your meal through the ANA website, is that correct? I can pull up the flight on ANA when I use my booking code but it doesn't show up under my account.
May 23, 2019, 3:01 pm
#615
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 107
Should I call Virgin and add my ANA # to my award ticket?
I'm booked ANA F RT ORD - NRT. I assume it doesn't mess anything up? From what I've gathered you have to order your meal through the ANA website, is that correct? I can pull up the flight on ANA when I use my booking code but it doesn't show up under my account.
I'm booked ANA F RT ORD - NRT. I assume it doesn't mess anything up? From what I've gathered you have to order your meal through the ANA website, is that correct? I can pull up the flight on ANA when I use my booking code but it doesn't show up under my account.
Ya, I couldn't bring my flight up on the website or ANA app unless i searched my the booking code. Wasn't a big deal.
Don't think it really matters if you have ANA#, its a reward flight so your not going to get any miles from it anyways.