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In this video, we’ll be discussing how to book last-minute award flights to Japan with ANA. We’ll take you through the steps of earning and redeeming the points and miles necessary for these flights, as well as how to find the elusive award availability. If you’re interested in flying to Japan in style without breaking the bank, this video is for you!
00:00 Intro
00:41 What are close-in bookings?
01:16 Earning points for ANA Business Class
02:35 Redeem for ANA Business Class
03:02 Searching for ANA Award Space with United
05:25 Searching for ANA Award Space on Air Canada
06:20 Booking ANA through Virgin Atlantic
08:43 Maximizing ANA Award Bookings
25 Comments
Does ANA also operate out of Hawaii? I believe they go from HNL to TYO but it wasn’t listed in the video.
With the BILT 100% transfer bonus last month, it only costs 22500 bilt points! Wish I would have transferred more BILT points to VA last month….
Every time I book a flight normally, I get emails about upgrading. If I book with points, will I be able to upgrade later??
The problem with shopping around, all those credit inquires start dinging you
This video is helpful but I don't see any direct flights out of SFO for this month.
I wonder how many points it is for an economy flight with virgin
Before I got into the credit card game, this was the one redemption that I knew about which goes to show how popular it is. This is by far the best video I've personally seen on this redemption, so great work on this one man!
To answer your question, whether I'd rather book with more points or more cash out of pocket would really depend on whether I had a points surplus or not. Plus, if I had some other big bookings coming up where I knew I could really use the extra points over the cash, then I'd pay more in taxes and fees, but that's just me!
Excellent video, liked and subscribed. Usually I follow the points guy website. Cheers 👍
Can you talk about backup cash flights and how you book hotels and tours without confirming your flights first?
Thank you for the detailed videos. I booked Qatar qsuites. Turkish biz and a trip to Switzerland by watching your videos. U r awesome, Max.🎉
Virgin Atlantic only shows Delta. Didn't see ANA?
Basically we are trading cash with points for tax. If the points worth less in this case, it's definitely better to pay cash.
Top notch content my bro!! Love watching your content full of gems!
Awesome Video, what's the best way to search for Business class from DFW to Ho Chi Minh City? Thank you so much in advance
Hi Max, have you booked your return flight? I checked and there was nothing that is decent in points even in economy. Any tips?
Hey Max, I see there are business class seasts going to Tokyo for about 75kpts. I don't see any return flight from Tokyo cooking back the the states for anything less than 170k pts in either united or Air Canada.
Also, there are no ANA return flight, only air canada or united.
Is the 35k points for 4 person?
This is such a well done video, thank you so much!
I had a question, how does the award availability for The Room and The Suite look?
Hi Max, I have points expiring at Ana March of next year, if I found saver flight at United, does that means the seats are also available at ANA?
hi, booking through Virgin Atlantic needs to provide all the passport, name, DOB info? Sounds a little bit too much to book 4 people over the phone.
Great video, clean and to the point! Keep up the great work, thank you.
You are the best! We booked 4 flights of Business class on Virgin Atlantic! THANK YOU
what about the return flight?
Thanks so much for an example from IAD! I just found 75,000 redemption through Air Canada!
First of all, another great video. I have learned a ton from your content.
I'm aiming to book ANA Business Class (ideally Room) for a North America to Tokyo. I see that right now they fly the old 777 business class out of Chicago and, to my understanding, the Room is only available from JFK or SFO to TYO.
Few questions if anyone can help:
1. Will ANA be switching up their offerings/offering more The Room flights between now and January 2024 (trip date)? I see they have summer and winter travel schedules.
2. Do any The Room flights become available from JFK to TYO? Or is it only SFO for points bookings?