blitzen

congrats maybe I can get ANA First JFK (don't think they fly out of EWR) to Tokyo in First too. How early do they open up inventory?

IamHungry

I will try calling back. Do you know how many miles would it be for first class award round trip from ORD - BKK?

s0ssos

I do not know. Firstly it is a mixed-class award. I also had an agent say I cannot connect through Tokyo anyway (first to Tokyo then on to Singapore in first). You need to see if anybody else did that successfully

travelbugging

Were you able to get this ticketed as one ticket? I tried to get SFO-BKK as one ticket but agent could only get it as SFO-NRT and then NRT-BKK.

IamHungry

Nope. They could not do it.

travelbugging

Thank you for replying, appreciate it ^ What did you end up doing? I may just stay a couple days in Tokyo and then head to BKK.

endy

Is it possible to book ANA from LAX-NRT oneway through VS? If so, does anyone know how many miles it'll be? I know rt is 110k for first, but unsure about ow.

IamHungry

I redeemed United miles instead of using vs. 160K on J round trip which makes more sense than paying 200K on VS and only for first to/from NRT-ORD.

geclub1

You can try it, but the most likely quote will be 110k. You are paying for round trip price for this one way.

travelbugging

Again thanks so much for taking the time to reply, really appreciate it! Have a great trip (when are you going?)!

endy

Thanks! I'm trying to find availability in May, but only found one for IAH-NRT, NRT-LAX. Would that still be 110k RT? Or it'd be more departing from IAH?

geclub1

The relevant award chart states:
Distance Cost for F
9,001 - 11,000 110K
11,001 - 14,000 120K

I have seen IAH-NRT-LAX type itinerary priced two different ways:
1) IAH-NRT-LAX total is 12,094 miles. Costs 120K;
2) IAH-NRT is 6643 miles, Round trip costs 120K;
NRT-LAX is 5451 miles, round trip costs 110K;
Total IAH-NRT-LAX costs (120K + 110K) / 2 = 115K.

Whatever the agent tells is the price and if s/he can find you award seats you would be grateful already, you will not argue for the measy 5k.

krazykanuck

I booked IAH-NRT r/t yesterday on ANA in F for a trip in January 2018. 120k VS miles + $85 taxes/fees. Might be my best redemption to date since the 120k VS miles came from the current Citi transfer bonus (96k TYP -> 120k VS miles) and I plan on cancelling those Citi cards this year so I had to use up the points anyway.

Was on the phone with Flying Club for only about 15 minutes (though I already knew the flights I wanted from searching United.com) so pretty painless! ^

alexj7

Anyone know the cost and difficulty of changing an ANA partner award, specifically the date of one leg? I'm new to this program but want to transfer in TY points for ANA flights. I have the outbound open but return date isn't open. I know close in more opens up on this particular route.

jazzmailman

Does anyone know if booking additional segment is possible for ANA?

Specifically i'm looking at LAX-NRT-TPE-NRT-TPE where it only has First Class from LAX-NRT, NRT-TPE will be in Business.

Checking gcmap, total distance is 13614 miles, which according to the old chart, would be 120k VS miles. I went as far back to page 10 to find relevant points and the last person who reported booking a connection successfully was back on post #189.

I'm also checking the new "chart", which is only available on non-US Virgin Atlantic websites:

http://www.virginatlantic.com/gb/en/...n-airways.html

It does not say it is possible to book connections. It just says: "Japan – Australia / Canada / Western USA" will cost 110k miles, and "Japan – Europe / Central & Eastern USA" for 120k miles.

I know this has been done in the past (albeit after many calls), but i was wondering if anyone has any relevant experience recently, especially after the "chart" was changed. I can call to check, but i'm not sure if agents will give me the correct information.

Thanks!