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ANA Mileage Club
Program overview
ANA Mileage Club is the frequent flyer program for ANA, one of the two major airlines in Japan. Since ANA is a member of the Star Alliance, you can use miles to book tickets on all Star Alliance partners. ANA Mileage Club may offer one of the best ways to redeem your American Express points for round trip Star Alliance awards in terms of number of points, but the 48 hour transfer time and redemption restrictions limit the appeal.
Alliance | |
Program website | |
Approximate miles value | 1.3 cents per mile |
Miles validity | 3 years |
Program accrual | % of miles flown + bonus for booking class |
Limit on amount of miles you can purchase | You cannot purchase miles |
Waitlist option | Yes |
Courtesy Hold for award reservation | Not allowed |
Do you need to open an account to check availability? | Yes |
Stopover option | Itineraries departing outside Japan can have 1 stopover |
Family account | Yes |
Upgrade option | Yes |
Online booking | Some partners must be booked over the phone |
Airline partners | Aegean, Air Canada, Air China, Air India, Air New Zealand, Asiana Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Avianca, Brussels Airlines, Copa Airlines, Croatia Airlines, Egyptair, Ethiopian Airlines, EVA Air, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines, Singapore Airlines, South African Airways, SWISS, TAP Portugal, Thai Airways, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines, Air Dolomiti, Air Macau, Etihad Airways, Eurowings, Garuda Indonesia, Philippine Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, Vietnam Airlines, Alitalia |
Credit card partners | American Express (1:1, 48 hours transfer) |
Hotel partners | IHG Rewards (5:1, 6 weeks transfer), Marriott Bonvoy (3:1, 4 days transfer), Hilton Honors (10:1, up to 30 days transfer), World of Hyatt (2.5:1, 6-8 weeks transfer) |
Co-Branded credit card in the US | ANA Card U.S.A. |
Point/Miles Conversion Chart
Pros
- Family account
- Round the world tickets up to 20 flight segments
- Some of the lowest rates for round trip redemptions in premium classes
- One of the rare programs that allow waitlist of award space
Cons
- Fuel surcharges are added to some partner flights
- Booking one-way awards is not possible
- Booking for others is limited to spouses and relatives within two degrees of kinship
- Clunky online interface
- 48 hours wait for mileage transfers from AmEx with no option to hold award space
Excellent for
- Business Class round trip from the US to Tokyo starts at 75,000 miles on ANA.
- 88,000 miles for a round trip from the US to Europe in Business Class on Star Alliance.
Insider Tip
- ANA follows the principles of some other programs from East Asia requiring redemptions only for family members, but also allowing waitlist and family accounts.
- Building status in this program is only worth it if you are a Tokyo based frequent traveler and it works relatively well with the Homebase Stopover Strategy.
- Family accounts may make it worthwhile when taking a vacation with the whole family and when no one in the family is a Star Alliance flyer. This way you can get an award after just one trip by pooling everyone’s miles.
- You can book ANA one way through Virgin Atlantic Flying Club, and most Star Alliance partner program, but not through this program
- The 48 hour transfer time is the biggest obstacle when transferring points as the award space may be gone by the time your miles land on the account. While award prices are appealing, proceed with caution.
Do you use this program? Share your experience and tips in the comments below. Your thoughts would be very valuable to us!
Choose where you are going from and to by selecting the respective zones. There are two ways to choose your origin and destination - you can either select the zones they fall into on the map or by clicking on the bars above the map and entering the city name or airport code into the search fields.
- Choose one of the three point combination options which is applicable to you. If you don't have any miles in any airline accounts you can leave those fields blank.
- Input all of the different points you have on the credit cards you are planning to use. You can enter as many as you like. If you have multiple cards on one name from the same bank you can combine and enter the total amount of points between all of your cards.
- Enter all the miles you have in airlines frequent flyer programs on the left hand side following the airlines name.
- Once you input the information, click on the analyze button at the bottom of the page.
- The analyzer will offer you the optimal transfer combinations to explore as well as pros and cons of each.
- Review analyzer recommendations. Total number of miles is not the only consideration you should take into account. Analyzer will give you additional information about each program to make the right decision. You can also download results to a pdf and even send them to others if you like.
- Proceed to check availability with respective airlines. Do not transfer any miles until you confirm the desired option is available on the airline’s website. Note the transfer time and hold the reservation if possible before transferring any miles.
- Remember all transfers are final as you would not be able to send the points back to your credit card. If your trip is cancelled your miles will go back to the respective airline account.
- Transferring points to airline's frequent flyer programs is not the only way to obtain the award ticket. You can also redeem the points through your credit card directly by using the Book Travel option. You can find out more by checking out our Credit card reward tab on Wikimiles home page.
- WikiMiles Crew is always here to answer any questions. For an additional fee we can also assist you with the bookings. Use the Contact us section to reach out to us.
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