ANA 787 now bookable between Tokyo Haneda and Frankfurt!

Published: October 13, 2011

I always like to write about good award redemption opportunities as I see them pop up. A couple of weeks ago I wrote about Japan Airlines launching service between Tokyo and Boston on the 787 starting next May and that there was plenty of business class award space. I briefly mentioned that ANA, the 787 launch customer, had announced that their first longhaul route with the 787 would be Tokyo Haneda to Frankfurt starting in January.

At the time the flight wasn’t yet loaded into the system, though now it is and there’s plenty of award space in business class!

The service launches on January 21 and initially operates Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Starting February 1 the service will be daily.

Best of all, based on the looks of it, ANA has a really nice staggered business class product on the 787.

So if you want to be one of the first to try the 787, this is an amazing award redemption opportunity. Keep in mind that if redeeming Continental, Untied, or US Airways miles, you can route from the US to Asia via Europe for the same cost as going via the Pacific. So you could book an award from the US to Japan via Europe for either 90,000 US Airways miles or 120,000 Continental/United miles and incorporate the above flights into the itinerary.

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Marugorun Guest

October 21, 2011, 1:17 am

After many phone calls with CO, I finally succeeded in booking NH 204 from FRA to HND. Here's my long and winding road. For a while after becoming available online last Thursday, I was told that CO's internal system was not loaded with NH203/NH204. Last Monday, the flights became available in their system, but I was told that the flight did not price and that they would work this out in a matter of a few days. Yesterday, the flight became bookable and I got the tickets issued! I almost gave up twice when I was told that my routing (FRA-HND-PEK) is regarded backtracking and not permissible even if I'm just transiting (later corrected that it's permissible), and also when I found out online the flights were gone for my desired dates (later found out that the agents kindly held the seats for me.) After this endeavor, I've ended up with this itinerary of B787 on ANA, A380 on SQ between JFK-FRA and A380 on Lufthansa, all in business class. Thank you for your tips, lucky, which made all this possible. Only the LH A380 pales in my itinerary!

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Mantini Guest

October 20, 2011, 5:32 pm

Just booked it via United, so not sure what the problem at CO's call center is.

October 20, 2011, 5:12 pm

I called CO today and they weren't able to book NH204 FRA-HND. It shows up as available online, but I can't book online due to the routing I'm using. Any thoughts, anyone? Has anyone successfully booked NH204 through CO (online or over the phone)?

Matt Guest

October 20, 2011, 2:40 pm

Seems as if it all finally posted or at least is no longer blocked by US Air as I was able to book an award via in February for busines class.

lucky OMAAT

October 14, 2011, 2:39 pm

@ Speedy -- Absolutely, you can fly from the US to Japan via Europe with United miles (120,000 miles in business class).

ANA 787 now bookable between Tokyo Haneda and Frankfurt!

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