Mileage Club - ANA

Program Review

All Nippon Airways, which is also known as Zenniku or ANA, is the largest airline in Japan. It has its headquarters in Shiodome City in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It operates services to both domestic and international destinations. This airline had more than 20,000 employees as of March 2016. In May of 2010, ANA’s total passenger traffic was up year-on-year by 7.8%, and its international services grew to 22%. ANA has a frequent flyer program called Mileage Club, which offers those who fly with this airline the opportunity to earn points/miles that can be redeemed for award flights, cabin upgrades, hotel bookings, and other things. This program is free to join, though it does have numerous Elite levels that members can work their way up to after earning enough points.

Mileage Club Program

The Mileage Club program from All Nippon Airways offers people who fly with ANA and their partners a relatively easy way to earn points that can be used to reserve free award flights and many other things. This rewards program currently has thousands of members all over the world, and it’s important that you take the time to look into it. You will quickly discover that this program is a great option for those who fly with this airline often.

Earning Mileage Club Points

To properly leverage the ANA Mileage Club program, you’ll want to take advantage of earning miles from paid flights, hotel stays, and credit card spending to maximize your Mileage Club balance.
Paid Flights: Whenever you fly on ANA flights, be sure to enter your Mileage Club number to earn mileage credit. Miles accrued vary based on booking class. To check the mileage you may earn on ANA flights, please refer to this link.
Partner Flights: ANA is a member of the Star Alliance, as well as a partner with many other non-Star Alliance airlines. The number of miles you earn from each partner varies, so it’s best to reference ANA’s site to understand what mileage you stand to earn from your upcoming flight. To earn mileage on a partner flight, just enter in your ANA Mileage Club number on your boarding pass and then check your account post-flight to ensure the mileage credits were properly posted to your account.
Credit Card Spending: For Japan residents, there are numerous credit offerings that allow cardmembers the ability to earn additional ANA miles. They are also a transfer partner with SPG, which also has some credit card offerings for US residents. Refer to the latest offers in the section below.
Travel Partners: ANA has partnered with major hotel chains to provide Mileage Club members with the opportunity to earn miles whenever they avail of the various services of partner hotels. To see the list, please refer to this link. More earning opportunities are available to those who are in Japan, from car rentals to fuel purchases to playing golf to entertainment tickets. You may see the complete travel partners in this site.
Dining and Shopping: ANA’s Mileage Club has a Mileage Mall that offers a wide array of products and services that will allow members with the opportunity to earn points. However, certain conditions may apply based on geographic areas. Please read the Mileage Mall page for details. For members located in Northern America, they can check the participating vendors through this link.
Promotions: ANA occasionally offers promotions that provide members the ability to earn additional mileage, however, these tend to be targeted to certain members or geographical regions. As such, be sure to stay up-to-date by checking ANA’s website.

Redeeming Mileage Points

ANA establishes a set of particular standards for the redemption of Japanese flights, which will not be discussed in this post. ANA divides its own flights into three periods, including Low, Regular and High periods which require different mileages. The time division definition of Sino-Japanese, Japanese- American, and Japanese-European flying courses is posted as follows. Redemption of round-trip tickets of the economy and business classes between China and America requires 60/95 respectively, while the redemption of Star Alliance flights requires 70/160 in UA, 75/159 in AC, 70/115 in AA, and 70/140 in DL. ANA redemption of round-trip tickets of the first class between China and America requires 180k, which ranks after AS and AA and is the same as AV. Actually, this adaption has no effect on round-trip flight tickets between China and America. What’s more, the price of flight tickets between China and Europe drops from 65/100/195 to 58/93/174. And a little drop also occurs in the price of flight tickets between China and Australia. We should praise ANA’s price cuts in popular flight courses these years.

Routing Rules

ANA strictly controls the number of connections permitted for most awards. Typically two connections (or “transfers”) are permitted on each roundtrip award, which means one in each direction. An example for an international partner award would be Newark to San Francisco to Hong Kong and back on United Airlines.

Booking Fees & Charges

There are some fees that you might encounter with ANA, such as the $86 fee for reinstating award tickets. You will find that there is no penalty at all for booking within 24 hours of making your reservation.

Redeem on Upgrades

Mileage Club members will be able to redeem the points they have earned for cabin upgrades, but the number of points required for award redemption depends on a number of factors. Awards can be redeemed starting from 4 points (1 sector, one-way).

Elite Levels

The different Elite levels in the Mileage Club program include:
Bronze: A Bronze status is earned after collecting 30k Premium Points, including 15k from ANA Group operated flights, in one year. Bronze members are given priority on seat reservations, airport standby, 40% to 50% flight bonus miles, and so much more.
Platinum: One can upgrade to Platinum status after satisfying the 50k Premium Points, 25k of which is from ANA Group operated flights, the requirement in one year. This status offers the advantages of Bronze status, plus upgrades to Premium Economy, early reservations for domestic flights, priority baggage claim, parking privileges, 90% to 95% flight bonus miles, and many others.
Diamond: Diamond status is achieved when 100k Premium Points, which includes 50k from ANA Group operated flights, is accumulated in one year. On top of the advantages of a Platinum member, those in the Diamond tier also enjoy concierge service, waived international flight service charges, 115% to 120% flight bonus miles, extended mileage expiration date, and a lot more.

Benefits of ANA Mileage Club Program

There are a lot of different benefits associated with ANA’s Mileage Club program, including the fact that the round-the-world awards are available for very reasonable prices. The peak season prices are only marginally higher than off-peak prices, making them very affordable. Round-trip North America - Japan business class awards start at just 75k miles, which is very impressive. You will quickly discover that there are many different ways to go about earning points through this program, so you shouldn’t have any difficulty with doing so. There are also lots of partner airlines that you can fly with to earn points.