ANA International Flight Awards

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ANA International Flight Awards

ANA Mileage Clubs members can redeem international flight awards with as few as 12,000 miles.

Complete Procedure via the ANA Website

Information

Eligible Flights

ANA International Flights

  • ANA international flight awards cannot be used for codeshare flights with ANA flight numbers which are operated by other airlines (except for domestic flights). Codeshare flights operated by partner airlines with ANA flight numbers cannot be used. Please apply as partner airlines flight awards with partner airlines flight numbers.
  • Awards can only be used for Japan domestic connections if such connecting flights are operated by ANA. Flights with Ibex Airlines flight numbers cannot be used.

Eligible class

  • Economy Class
  • Premium Economy
  • Business Class
  • First Class
    • Awards can also be used with combinations of different service classes.
    • For Japan domestic sectors, awards can be reserved for Economy Class only.

Required Mileage

Available from only 12,000 miles (roundtrip)

  • Awards cannot be redeemed for one-way flights.
  • The amount of required miles based on which zones the departure and arrival airports are located in, ticket seasonality, and the class to be used. Please see Seasonality and Required Mileage Charts for details.
  • Infants and children occupying their own seat require the same mileage as an adult to redeem flight awards. Infant passengers who do not require their own seat will be able to use flight awards by paying 10% of the required flight award mileage for the same boarding class as the accompanying adult. For other details, please refer to the Usage Policy for Infants and Children page.
  • Family members who are registered for ANA Card Family Miles or the ANA Mileage Club Family Account (AFA) Service can combine their miles to redeem awards.
  • Award tickets can only be redeemed if the required number of miles for award redemption are in your mileage account at the time that the ticket is issued.
  • If the amount of miles is not sufficient to redeem a flight award, it is not possible to cover the difference with cash or ANA SKY COINS.

Eligible Mileage Account Groups

Miles from the following mileage account groups can be used to redeem flight awards.

  • Group 1 : Miles
  • Group 2 : Miles (Time limited)
  • Group 3 : Miles (Time and usage limited)
  • Group 4 : Miles related to aviation services (Time limited)

The number of miles required for flight award redemption will be automatically deducted from the member's mileage account in order of the earliest expiration date. If there are miles with the same expiration date in different mileage account groups, they will be automatically combined and deducted in accordance with the following order of priority.

Order of priority for combining miles: Group 4→3→2→1

Validity

  • The itinerary must be started within 1 year of ticket issuance.
  • Sectors other than the first sector of the itinerary must be used within one year from the itinerary start date.

Example: For a travel start date of February 1, 2023

Departure date of the sectors after the first sector is valid no later than February 1, 2024.

Itineraries

Stopovers and Transfers

Stopovers (Exceeding 24 Hours)

  • En route disembarkation is not possible for itineraries which depart from Japan.
  • Itineraries departing from other countries can have 1 stopover en route to the destination.

Transfers

  • Itineraries within Japan can have up to 2 transfers on both the outbound and return journeys.
    • Transfers at the destination are not counted.
    • If a ground transportation sector is involved, this is counted as 1 transfer for both of the endpoint cities.
    • Stopovers are included in the number of connections.
Example: An Itinerary Which Can Be Used with Award Tickets

Shanghai to Osaka to Sapporo to Tokyo*1 to Shanghai

  • *1.
    Indicates a stopover (exceeding 24 hours).
Reason:

Itineraries departing outside Japan can have 1 stopover en route to the destination. Therefore, if Sapporo was selected as the destination, it is possible to have a stopover (exceeding 24 hours) in Tokyo.

Example: An Itinerary Which Cannot Be Used with Award Tickets

Sapporo to Tokyo*1 to Bangkok to Tokyo to Sapporo

  • *1.
    Indicates a connection within 24 hours.

Stopovers (exceeding 24 hours) are not possible for itineraries which depart from Japan.

Usage Policy for Infants and Children

Blackout Dates

There is no blackout dates for ANA international flight awards.

  • Based on the seat availability situation for the flight, standby reservations may not be accepted even outside of blackout periods.
  • Domestic flights which are included in international flight itineraries are not subject to the blackout dates.
  • Blackout dates are subject to change without notice. Please confirm when making the reservation.

Notes

  • If a person other than the AMC member will use an award, the AMC member must register that person as an award user.(Up to 10 award users can be registered.) Award users can be registered through the Members-only Features on the ANA website. Customers may also contact the ANA Mileage Club Service Center to request an award user registration form. Award users may be asked to present documentation to verify their relationship with the AMC member.
  • ANA Card cardholders who wish to have their family members combine miles to redeem awards must register for the ANA Card Family Miles service or ANA Mileage Club Family Account Service (AFA).
  • Premium Members who use their miles to redeem awards for their own use are eligible for priority reservations.
    Registered award users who use awards while not accompanied by the AMC member are not eligible for prioritized reservation and wait-list.
  • The number of seats that can be used with award tickets is limited. (Reservations for award seats may not be available for some flights.) There may be cases when award tickets cannot be used even if normal fare seats available on a flight. Based on the seat availability situation for the flight, waitlist reservations may not be accepted.
  • When using an ANA international flight award, a minimum of USD 70 (as of February 2015) must be paid as taxes, Passenger Facility Charge, fuel surcharge, and other fees in addition to the miles that are used for award redemption. Such taxes and fees may change, and they are calculated based on the itinerary, class of service, exchange rates, etc. Furthermore, these taxes and fees must be paid in advance via credit card by the AMC member or the actual passenger at the time of ticket issuance.
  • Please note that departure/arrival times and aircraft types are subject to change without notice.
  • Flights may be operated on a seasonal basis only, service may be suspended, etc. (Even if flights are indicated in the charts, they may not actually be operated.)
  • Please use the ticket according to the order of sectors shown in the itinerary. If a sector was not used, the ticket becomes invalidated and any remaining sectors will also be unusable.
  • Mileage is not accrued when using award tickets.
  • Award tickets cannot be used in conjunction with upgrade awards.
  • If an award ticket is used for a flight, and said flight suffers a delay or cancellation, alternate transportation and accommodation will not be provided.
  • With the exception of miles which are eligible for unused award refunds, miles which have been used for award redemption cannot be refunded to a mileage account or exchanged for another award, even if the originally redeemed award was not used.