Review: Delta One 767 Tokyo Haneda to Los Angeles

Nice review - always good to get a different perspective on a more "average" business class product for a change.

Very minor item of note - in my experience, the hard-sided Tumi cases are provided when flying out of the USA while the soft-sided cases are given out on inbound flights (rather than being eastbound/westbound). I've traveled to Europe on Delta a few times recently and each time have received the black hard-sided case on the way out, even though it is eastbound.

Don't you mean 'AM' in the last paragraph, when you arrived? You're talking about PM everywhere, doesn't seem to match with your breakfast comments ;).

Let's hope someone at Delta reads this and praises Pamela (apart from your certificate, of course).

@JMR: We landed in L.A. in the evening (technically, around 6 hours "before" we took off).

@RH: Thanks for clarifying. I know on transcon Delta One flights you get hard-sided westbound and soft-sided eastbound, so I assumed that was the case worldwide, but that makes sense too.

Nick, any lounges available at Haneda?

Looks fairly good for Delta.

I'm still impressed when I see the 767 on these routes and forget how long range it really can be.

@Bobby: you can use the TIAT Lounge or the TIAT Lounge Annex (you have to choose which one you're going to use; you can't go to both). The TIAT Lounge Annex is marginally closer to the Delta gate. At that time of night it had a bare bones staff, plenty of seating, and a self serve bar. Bar was nothing special though it had Japanese whiskey and an Asahi beer keg; there was some food but nothing to note. It's not an especially nice lounge.

Thanks Nick. We are looking at LAX-HND-LAX next year via Delta and the review is helpful (including your comments about the lounge).

@nick: now I understand your 'we would land around breakfast time'-sentence: that's in Tokyo time. I thought you were talking about local times. Thanks for the clarification!

It is a fact that most airlines serve cheaper catering items during overnight hours. Serving a 99 cents bowl of reconstituted ramen noodles, belongs in economy, not business class. A bowl of soba noodles with a selection of pickled Japanese vegetables and sashimi would be more business class. Cost cutting means the airline has problems selling the route.

I just flew from BGI to DAY via GRU-ATL 2 days ago in a Delta One 767 for 30,000 points. I looked up the retail value and it was close to $8,000! that's over 26 cents per point! Is that insane or what?

@ Nick

Thanks for the review and your contributions here. Without making this too much about you and your own travel patterns, Lucky introduced you to us as an infrequent but savvy traveler. Now you're mileage running for DL Diamond (top tier) status. What changed? Did you just become more exposed and hooked like many of us here?

I thought DL served Grey Goose in DeltaOne cabin. Either that was short lived or DL needs to update their menu card.

@Josh G: Grey Goose is listed on the menu card, right after Finlandia. Am I missing something you're not?

But...and more importantly...what did you think of Mr. Robot?

The TV show "Mr Robot" is excellent!

Nice review, Nick.

In the picture with the "Almost There" cereal: What is that container in between the jelly and the milk? The writing looks like Hebrew.

Finding Vivian Maier is a fascinating story. Glad to see options like that on a Delta long-haul. I wonder what movie that description was for?

I find that the widow seats in the even numbered rows on delta 767s feel very exposed. There is no buffer between the passenger and the traffic that moves up and down the aisle. Window seats in the odd numbered rows have the console between the passenger and the aisle. They afford much greater privacy and offer better views from the window.

@Mark.S and I noted on the review out of LAX, sadly we don't think the sparking wine on the ground was the champagne. In my experience Delta only serves a much less expensive Cava while on the ground and only open the champagne in the air, and even then don't put the champagne on the drinks trolley, but keep it in the galley. Jacquart seems the usual champagne for Delta long haul, but every so often they have Pol Roger white foil which is excellent and a big step up. Wish it was more widespread on the internationals.

Mark's comment from the ex-LAX review:

Lastly, as @Bradders notes above, your pre-departure beverage was probably cava (likely the same Segura Viudas Brut served on the JFK-LAX/SFO Delta One routes), not champagne.

about to take the 767-400 Seatac to Amsterdam in a couple of hours. Any suggestions for the best seat?

Have to agree with you here Nick. Just got of A 767 -400 Redeye flight in DeltaOne. Was afraid by all the negative reviews but the seat is not so bad. Its not as wide as other seats on the market but positioned in recline it is quite comfortable and gives you a feeling of privacy. I am 6 ft 1 and a side sleeper and slept perfectly for 6 hours. My highlights
- sleeping 6 hours on a plane !
- cabin crew , 5 attendants working in DeltaOne.
- i took a chance by taking a steak and it actually tasted good.
- the wine selection