Shortly after midnight yesterday we departed Tokyo Haneda for Los Angeles in ANA's 777-300ER first class. This was after our flight from Hanoi to Tokyo in ANA business class. As usual I'll have a much more detailed trip report shortly, but in the meantime I figured I'd share my initial impressions in another "10 pictures"…
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Lucky,
It is nice to see that now when you are travelling with a companion, you are starting to realize that all of these pods, enclosed suites and similar private seats are less than ideal. Privacy is great for travelling alone or for business, but when traveling for leisure with a companion, it is nice to have seats where you can interact. In those cases, forward facing business class seats with no partition are often better than reverse herringbone.
that Krug looks a bit flat? the canapes look amazing...not something I would expect in business class (as you say the food was worthy of business class vs first)- unless i read that wrong? i'd say the overall decor of ANA's first cabin is a bit sterile tho, thoughts?
All things considered, would you prefer NH F HND-LHR or TG F BKK-LHR? I am actually starting to think that TG will offer a better experience, what with the ground experience at BKK plus TG offers caviar (NH nixed that in F) and a pre-order meal option with lobster thermidor!
Lucky,
Any opinion on the ideal place to sit in ANA J 773 traveling with a companion on the 11:30 AM out of IAH to NRT? Thanks!
Lucky, I just flew NH F LAX-NRT about three weeks ago and you're right, the daytime flight had a more extensive dinner service. Although the meals offered before landing were like you mentioned, a choice from the dining on demand menu. The seat design does make it hard to look out the window. But hey, those are first world problems. Safe travels!
What do you do with all of the amenity kits? You must have received hundreds of them. Do you end up throwing most of them away?
> I don’t like them quite as much as the Rimowa kits they used to offer in first class, but they’re still decent.
I'm confused here. It looks like the size and contents are identical between the old Rimowa kits and the new Samsonite kits.
Is this really just because you prefer the Rimowa brand to the Samsonite brand?
Samsonite is not the same level of Rimowa..what are they thinking about? I would rather they chokse a less known but good quality Japanese brand... Bummer!
I agree with Tom, as I had the same thoughts on that. I woul bet that if you would have been done the flight by yourself, seated in the center, your judgement would have been completely different 😉 you would love this seat and appreciate the privacy.
Anyway, thx for your review 🙂 keep on going
I wish you had flown the return in business, just for a review of their business class in long haul.
Since you and Ford travel together quite a bit now, and since you're pimping...er, added Ford as a contributor to this site, maybe in the future one of you could fly the route in the first, and the other in business? This way we could get two reviews for the same flight.
It never ceases to amaze me that there are people out there who just want to be horrible. Seems bullying is still alive and well and I just hope #dr bongo doesn't have children he/she is raising to have the same qualities as they do...
I'm a bit confused with the consistency between reviews. This looks fine but the decor isn't a patch on BA's, the set up with the windows is better on BA and the first class amenity kit is better equipped in BA yet flying with BA is akin to a romantic weekend is Basra?!
Ha, I missed you by one day. Just took this exact flight last night. Was scheduled to fly HND-HKG-LAX in CX F but the typhoon fubar'ed things and got rebooked. The Ippudo ramen was really tasty with Krug. 🙂
An additional note regarding Wi-Fi on JAL: Starting August 2016, JAL now gives free uncapped 24-hour Wi-Fi vouchers to F passengers.
Would love to see the full report as well as I am traveling on the LAX-HND flight soon. Not sure if I made the right call, but I did book the late flight, which means that it will have limited level of dining.
I have traveled many first class and ANA is probably one of my least favorite . ?China airlines being my least . Bad food , Bad seats, Bad service on China airlines . ANA issues with me is the outdated seats and colors . The blue and light wood do not give a cozy feeling at all . The " cube " seats and panels look like your in an office suite . ANA just has the wrong feel to me . I would prefer to fly business on many other carriers before I booked ANA First