ANA announced some pretty substantial route network changes earlier in the week, in particular for their operations to and from Tokyo's Haneda Airport. There are several changes, so I'll only hit the highlights: ANA will be launching 767 Tokyo Haneda to Vancouver flight as of March 30, 2014 As part of their expansion at Tokyo's…
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The ANA news is concerning; I have a North Asia award ticket on US Airways for May that's supposed to be a LHR-NRT flight. It seems like that flight will no longer be available. Would I automatically be rebooked on the HND flight? Would I need to contact US Airways? And if so, given the post-merger status, would I now need to find availability on a Oneworld partner instead, which would lead to a mixed ticket of Oneworld and Star Alliance partners, which might very well cause the ticket to not price out? Very confused here.
Any idea if NH is updating their 777's? I just booked an F award NRT-IAD for next October. I flew them before on this flight in C and it was the old angled 2-3-2 business class product that is far behind the competition. The seat map for my F class flight seems to show the older F class suites which I assume are fine but I'd prefer to be in the newer cube F class. It would be nice to have that a/c upgraded by the time I fly.
Is ANA releasing the 777-300ER in F from NY anytime soon? I can't find anything on United and want to ask before doing ANA search.
I took the 763 on BKK-NRT and slept quite well in the cradle. Thanks to the "reverse angle" center cushion, at least you don't slide down.
Wow, those seats do look kind of uncomfortable. They should offer dental cleanings in them.
I was told you can no longer redeem US dividend miles for ANA first by an agent. There IT can't see it (similar to US not seeing LH J now) Can you confirm if that is true, no more ANA F with US miles.
I guess this 767 assignment is temporally. Will be replaced by long-haul version of 787 asap.
@ Bill -- Well when the flight is loaded into the system on December 17 it should send a schedule change message to US Airways. You should automatically be rebooked on the new Heathrow route, and will be given the option of making a change for free if that schedule doesn't suit you.
@ RakSiam -- They're doing it at a snail's pace, that's for sure. I'm not sure what the timeline is for the remaining 777s. I'd keep an eye on the flight, as I wouldn't be surprised to see it updated between now and then.
@ greg -- There are some routes where ANA can't be booked via US Airways, though that's not the case on all flights/routes.
what routes are those, lucky? link to post if you've already discussed.
should award availability be loaded when these routes go live next week, also?
Not to be offensive or anything but I love those cradle seats. They don't go flat but if the footrest was put up a little more it could be the perfect lounging position.
WOW after almost 35 years, Tokyo International Airport (TYO, now HND) is really going, maybe someday will see more Japanese flights from HND than New Tokyo International Airport (NRT)
of course i shouldn't expect to see any award availability yet, right? i see none for HND-CDG
@Racksiam The NRT-IAD F class was updated as of the end of March 2013. I missed it by 2 weeks.