How to Book ANA "The Room" with Points

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3 ай бұрын

In this video you will learn how to fly in ANA's business class "The Room" without spending $8,000. I will teach you how to utilize your credit card points to fly business class for "free". I share my experience of spending $200 and around 37,000 Chase points to secure a seat in ANA's "The Room". Hopefully you will also be able to take advantage of deals like this from your credit cards.
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@bigstick8699 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for being straight forward and transparent. Solid vid!

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

no problem. thank you for watching!

@OfficialMichaelGlathar 3 ай бұрын

These videos you’ve had of “the room” have been awesome! This was a great way to get to see how it is all done. Would definitely love to fly in that business seat. Definitely relate to your videos about travel rewards the most as Japan is the only place I want to go. Would love to go back with that seat. Keep up the great videos!

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you! 👏🏽 well now you know how to get there in style and for not a lot of money.

@JacobsPointsAndProfit 3 ай бұрын

Love this breakdown. I’m thinking I’ll try to book this last minute on my way home from Asia. I’ve noticed that most business class seats have way more availability a couple days before the flight

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

exactly 👏🏽 its way easier to book last minute like that

@BasedApricot 2 ай бұрын

Look up the model of the aircraft. The new business seats are only available on 77W or 777-300ER. 788 or 789 would be using the old business seats. It would be cheaper to book ana flights using ana miles on their website and occasionally using Singaporean miles or Air Canada miles or would also be cheaper so wouldn’t hurt to look around before converting the credit card points.

@cocoainkyoto 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much as always, Chase! This is the most comprehensive video I’ve seen for how to book these seats. Until now, I’ve had to watch a handful of different videos, all containing a different piece of this puzzle to be able to put together the full process, but you laid it all out from A to Z in a single video. Amazing. Btw I’m still looking forward to making this work for my trip home this year 🥳 will let you know how it goes 🥸

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

yayyy im glad that you enjoyed it! I plan on doing more videos like this to other destinations as well but i hope you can use something like this to get back to the West Coast.

@CesarJoel 2 ай бұрын

Great tutorial Chase! Thanks for the info!👍

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

You bet! 🤙🏽

@jimmyjames6492 3 ай бұрын

What a great redemption! Thanks for the info + video!

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

my pleasure jimmy!

@osandhadesilva7451 3 ай бұрын

this is honestly goated free content 🔥 I hope your views blow up

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

thank you! 🤙🏽 just hoping to help people experience these types of things

@drbryant23 2 ай бұрын

Nice content Chase!

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

Appreciate it!

@GrantPalagonia 3 ай бұрын

This is a great video. I didn’t even know it was possible to book an ANA flight from virgin since they aren’t from the same alliance. Thank you for this video!

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

Im glad to help!

@bigstick8699 2 ай бұрын

I am just going to thank you in advance since this comment seems promising as im only 5 mins in 🤣

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

@@bigstick8699 hahahah youre welcome in advance!

@1bluensx 2 ай бұрын

I think one of the best things about this video is that you put the current specific routes that use “ the room” business class. This is so important for people to know

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

im glad that you enjoyed that part. I know it helped me SIGNIFICANTLY to know those routes when I was searching. So I wanted to make sure that all of you got the same help.

@1bluensx 2 ай бұрын

@@ChaseYokoyama yea, you did a great job. If you haven’t seen his channel yet…I also like flip flop traveler. In his description in each video, he lists the breakdown of what the flight or hotel cost him etc. I understand that all varies by day, season travelled, etc, but it’s helpful to have the “index” for comparison sake. Josh Cahill is good too. Can’t stand people like non stop Dan, and the like, who just assume people poop out points, and that everyone has just an unlimited supply of credit card miles/points. Happy travels. Keep up the good informative blogs. You have a new subscriber.

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

@@1bluensx thank you so much! 🤙🏽 i actually have not checked out those 2 channels before. I will take a look. And by Dan, you are referring to Nonstop Dan? Happy travels to you too and I appreciate you subscribing 🙏🏽

@MelissaC269 2 ай бұрын

I would call Virgin first before I would transfer the points, just in case. Great video! Oh. One more thing. on United's advanced search you can search by alliance partners and once you do a flexible dates search, on the calendar, you can choose just the 777s under aircrafts, to make the searching quicker.

@ChaseYokoyama Ай бұрын

I appreciate the tips Melissa 👏🏽

@stephanjames9210 2 ай бұрын

Dude, I followed your instructions to the T and after a week I scored a Room ORD to HND next week for some blossoms viewing!

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

thats siiiick! 👏🏽 congratulations because thats a huge dub. i hope you enjoy the cherry blossoms. they are so beautiful in person 🌸

@aprianto1985 2 ай бұрын

Great information and really helpful for me

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@sienf5892 8 күн бұрын

thank you for the insightful video!! I tried to look up ANA flights from ORD TO tokyo for next 2 weeks on united but nothing shows up for ANA. is that usual? or am I doing something wrong

@germananditravels 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic video. I really wish I knew about using positioning flights in the past instead of booking with points directly from my home airport. Def would've gotten so much more value last year for one of my trips that way

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

ahh damn its all good! now you know!

@germananditravels 2 ай бұрын

@@ChaseYokoyama definitely!

@Kebinnugget 24 күн бұрын

Would you use the United portal for LHR as well to find an Ana flight?

@michaelvpham 2 ай бұрын

Thank you, great tips on getting to Japan on business class. Assumping I want to visit for 2 weeks, can you offer suggestions on how to get back? Is paying nearly a full fair to get back is the only option? Since the return trip will be less than 30 days, price will not be flexible and probably much higher. Recommendations?

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

thats a good question. Personally 2 times in the past I didnt book a flight back until I was already in Japan. i know it's case by case but both of those times I was able to find a return flight back home with at least a couple options to choose from. Worst case scenario you dont find an award flight so you have to book a flight with cash. Of course this is risky and doesnt really give you a peace of mind. You could book an economy seat back as a placeholder and then change it to flight credit (depending on the airline) once you find an award flight while you are on your trip. This option isn't as feasible because you can't always "refund" every ticket. And even if you could, maybe you don't want flight credit in that airline.

@johnkimbrough4955 2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

wow thank you so much for the SUPER THANKS!!!!! 🙏🏽 I really appreciate the donation John. I hope the video was helpful for you

@dylan-nguyen Ай бұрын

One problem if you look for a flight 355 days ahead is you won’t be able to book a return flight Also I just tried searching on ANA it’s much easier than United You can search for availability per day by just clicking the next arrow. Also it’ll say “The Room” clearly over the flight number

@ChaseYokoyama Ай бұрын

Personally I like United's UI better and it feels smoother. But either way will get the job done 👍🏽

@sno328 2 ай бұрын

Is there a faster way or 3rd party website that allows you to search availability quicker? I've done the day by day method and it just takes sooooooo long. It would be great just to see all availability from any airport with available days.

@billz727 2 ай бұрын

Great content, it's definitely better for someone with high flexibility. Two very important things I think you should mention: One, ANA offers VERY limited premium class seats for redemption, the windows of opportunity closes quickly, often within 1-2 hours. There are countless people with ANA points that are struggling to find redemption. Flexibility here is key. Another important thing to note is that you cannot use points for redemption within 96 hours of scheduled departure, this is true as of 3/15/2024, at least for ANA flights to Tokyo.

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for the helpful tips. I actually didn't know about the 96 hour limitation until you guys let me know 🙏🏽 . flexibility really is the secret weapon

@tianagaro 2 ай бұрын

I’m in SoCal, so I would ideally fly out of SFO but I saw a flight on Thursday (3/14) out of ORD open for award booking, departing on Tuesday (3/19). I booked it for me and my husband and spent $1000 on flights just to reposition to ORD, it’s even in the opposite direction from Japan 🥲 I just saw a flight out of SFO open up tonight (3/16) for departure on (3/19). I would’ve saved ~$700 had I waited those few extra days for the SFO flight. Oh well, the security & peace of mind was worth booking out of ORD 🤷🏼‍♀️ I was booking for my honeymoon! I also didn’t realize until Thursday, 3/14 that the flight has to be nonstop so this whole time I was looking at layovers. I thought that would’ve cost me my entire honeymoon trip! Your depth in this video on all the information helped a lot and saved me in the long run! The $580 in taxes & $1000 on repositioning is still cheaper than $16k flight for 2! I’ll keep telling myself that 😵‍💫🥴

@tianagaro 2 ай бұрын

Hoping I can catch a flight to SFO on my way home in the room!! 🤞🏼

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

Congratulations Tiana and I hope you have an amazing honeymoon! 🥂 I'm sorry to hear that availability opened up after booking the flight. Next time you could also cancel the original award booking for a fee (i think it was $50 the last time I did it). Just make sure u confirm that you cancel your award booking and make the other award booking first before actually cancelling the flight. I believe you can cancel up to 24 hours before departure to receive all of your points back. But don't worry about what could've happened! You two will enjoy an amazing and longer flight in the room! I'm so happy for you and please comment back again with your thoughts of how it went! 🙏🏽. im so jealous that you get to go to Japan. Have a fun and safe trip.

@Chris-ut5ih 2 ай бұрын

Need more videos on award flights from Honolulu please! Aloha 🤙

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

I'll work on it

@oshi_86 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for this well detailed video. I am just curious. Why call the complete the reservation than doing it online?

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

I appreciate you for watching. 🙏🏽 not sure if I understand your question but I will do my best to answer it. Virgin only allows you to make this type of reservation over the phone. You can not do this online.

@oshi_86 2 ай бұрын

@@ChaseYokoyama sorry about that. It made sense on my head but typing it came out different 😅😅😅 booking the award trip by phone over online. You answered it. 🙂

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

@@oshi_86 lol perfect

@nicholasyiu1 2 ай бұрын

I would advise calling Virgin first so they can check before transferring points. I did this process before, and many times even they didnt see availability. So once they are certain of availability, transfer points then book, otherwise youll have points sitting in Virgin 😅

@beam1beam 2 ай бұрын

that is what happened to me as well... sad... I'm just sitting on 155k virgin points now

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

yup thats a good tip!

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

hahah well you can go to Japan a bunch of times now 😂

@jessejock4878 2 ай бұрын

How can I transfer points from my Aeroplan account to Virgin? I'm not sure if they allow transfers between the two.

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

Unfortunately you can not transfer points from Aeroplan to Virgin.

@Tom-ff8cv 2 ай бұрын

wait so if United shows as 200,000 points (one way), if i call Virgin Atlantic number, they will give that 200k (400k round trip) for only 90k points? Is this correct?

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

yup thats correct! and just to clarify its 400k United points vs 90k Virgin Miles.

@MrSupperkev 2 ай бұрын

Can you use this Virgin Atlantic method for any other airlines?

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

the award charts / pricing will be different but you can use Virgin points to book Aeromexico, Air France-KLM, All Nippon Airways (ANA), Delta, ITA Airways flights

@968lia 2 ай бұрын

How do we know that Virgin Atlantic will also have that availability? Is there a way to verify? Sometimes partners will release space on one but not the other.

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

During my conversations with a few Virgin representatives while going through these processes, they mentioned that if there's award availability for ANA on United, you're almost guaranteed to be able to book it through Virgin.

@tinamethaplint7489 6 күн бұрын

Is this a guaranteed seat, or would you have to be on the standby list and wait until 2 weeks before knowing if you get the seat? Does this mean, the travel date must be very flexible?

@ChaseYokoyama 3 күн бұрын

it would be a guaranteed seat. 👍🏽 and yes it helps to have flexible travel dates.

@cocoainkyoto 2 ай бұрын

Also it looks like virgin Atlantic raised their points cost recently. Last time I checked last year it was only 90,000 round trip from the states to Japan. Although that could’ve just been the point cost directly on ANA’s website. I do get them confused 😅

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

Either way all these loyalty programs constantly are increasing their prices 🤷🏽‍♂️ so i wouldn't be surprised if they raised them since the last time that you checked.

@emor827 Ай бұрын

I can't find any flights from JFK on the United website using the reward miles for ANA only United flights are being shown. If I click on paying for the flight using money from the drop down menu it then shows ANA flight. Looking for JFK or SFO to HND on 9/15/2024 returning on 10/8/2024. What else can I do to find a flight I can use my miles on ?

@ChaseYokoyama Ай бұрын

It's a PITA but you can set up reminders to check that flight every now and then. Since its kinda far out you probably dont have to check very often. I bet more seats would open up within 2 weeks of 9/15/24. What miles do you have to use? Virgin?

@WhatsThePoints1 22 күн бұрын

Well, United only goes out to 4/16/25 from today 5/14/24 but Aeroplan goes to 5/3/25 so can search up to 355 days out but days I find ANA on United there’s nothing on Aeroplan. So how to search for those days closer to 355 out?

@ChaseYokoyama 20 күн бұрын

you can try look at ANA's website to view up to 354 days out.

@acatwk 3 ай бұрын

are there not any "room" seats from the US to Japan? On the video only shows from Japan to the US and London...

@cornellcornell1 2 ай бұрын

🙄it’s both ways genius. How do you think they return back?

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

These seats are available from both directions.

@bigstick8699 2 ай бұрын

Valid question the way chase presented the info

@travel.life.dreams 3 ай бұрын

Doesn't capital one also transfer to virgin Atlantic??

@rbrown2123 3 ай бұрын

They do. Just used them to book a delta flight using Cap One

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

ya they do! 😅 my mistake. maybe its payback for them not pre approving me for the VX

@travel.life.dreams 2 ай бұрын

I got approved first try but I had a pre-existing relationship of years and at the time I had only applied for one card in the last 48 months

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

@@travel.life.dreams oh ya, they were probably salivating over that application

@brandongreen8895 2 ай бұрын

can you do this for korea? that’s where i’m trying to go next and it’s a pretty popular places to go!

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

sure can!

@ritacristobal1285 3 ай бұрын

Did it happened you found the flight and transfer the points and when you called the rep said it is not available???

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

it was before I transferred points. what happened was I left my computer on for half a day or so with the United portal up showing the business class availability. Then without refreshing the browser and without transferring my points I gave Virgin a call. thats when they said that there was no availability. Then i went to my computer and refreshed the page and sure enough the seat was gone. It was user error on my part. But goes to show that you have to book it sooner than later or else it might be gone.

@Picklerickyi 2 ай бұрын

Always call before transferring.

@Indoboyva 2 ай бұрын

Can I combine my United points with my ANA points?

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

you can't combine the points but generally, you can book United awards for flights on ANA.

@nobodynobody1235 3 күн бұрын

I thought you can transfer from capital one to virgin too? You video excluded C1

@ChaseYokoyama 2 күн бұрын

Yes, you can! I should have included C1 as well

@TheRealDealPM 22 күн бұрын

So it's almost impoosible to book a round trip and you have to search by one ways?

@ChaseYokoyama 20 күн бұрын

i wouldnt say impossible but yes booking 2 one ways is easier

@Kklkoko 2 ай бұрын

there are only one seat per day open. Am I correct?

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

yes

@LenV25 Ай бұрын

May I ask why you only book one way flight?

@ChaseYokoyama Ай бұрын

Personally I did not want to fly back home in the same seat for this trip. Also at the time that I booked there were no available business class seats coming back. It's because a lot of business class availability opens up within 7 - 10 days before the travel date. And at the time of booking the departing flight I was outside of that window.

@marksDC2LA 2 ай бұрын

I don't get the benefit of using VS- unless there happens to be a bonus going on, which isn't that common. Otherwise, booking directly from the ANA site, one can book an RT ticket for 85k, which would be 42.5k one way. I'm assuming most people going to Japan are coming back again. I do love your videos, tho! Thanks!

@michaelvpham 2 ай бұрын

ANA requires a roundtrip booking for award tickets. I think the issue is the return trip. ANA will most lightly show a waitlist status on the return trip, especially if the return date is more than 2 weeks out. My understanding is ANA will not complete the reservation if one of the trip is on a waitlist. That is that I have read on a few sites.

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

Michael summarized it pretty well. You can book something called "dummy" flights. I would recommend searching that on Google if you want to look more into it

@mylesgriffin8875 3 ай бұрын

W video

@kimberlychin1996 3 ай бұрын

One thing to have in mind: Award flights have to be at least 96 hours before boarding (I just tried to book one for 3 days later and this popped up). So technically it's 4 days - 14 days.

@stanlygomes1236 2 ай бұрын

Virgin told me that I have book before 48 hours from departure

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

ahhh thank you that is good to know 👏🏽

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

so could it be 48 - 96 hours before?

@kimberlychin1996 2 ай бұрын

@@ChaseYokoyama yeah! That said, this video is brilliant and I learned a lot! I haven’t done my ANA the room trip yet, but I’m excited to this summer!

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

@@kimberlychin1996 i wish you luck! it was a great experience for sure

@brandongreen8895 2 ай бұрын

I did this from nyc and it was 47k points and 300 dollars

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

much better than paying the thousands of dollars otherwise

@CreativeStudios97 24 күн бұрын

Hey! Thanks for the great guide. I'm looking at flights and all the flights I've found that have "the room" have only economy space in them. Does this mean everyone has already booked up the flight for the business class for that flight, or is this just how it shows on United's website? Thanks!

@ChaseYokoyama 23 күн бұрын

Yes, it means that there is currently no more availability for business class seats on that flight for the moment. The airlines typically restrict the number of seats that can be booked with points so that they can get more cash customers first. However when the flight is coming up (within 2 weeks or so) then the airlines will start to free up the remaining seats to be purchased with points. Because a filled seat is better than an empty seat. My recommendation is to try checking again when the flight is in the near future.

@TheStallion234 3 ай бұрын

Citi has a 30% Virgin bonus going right now

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

👀

@MikeCo-ge7nz Ай бұрын

I love this concept but I’m also against it. I’m able to book a round trip economy flight from New York to Tokyo to Singapore back to New York for only 135K Amex points. However, flying business one way does seem like it’s worth it…. Idk tho… visit 4 countries in economy vs visiting 1 country but in business class.

@ChaseYokoyama Ай бұрын

and that's where personal preference comes into play. 👍🏽 it depends what you value more. Either way you are WINNING 🔥 🏆 by not paying cash for either of those flights.

@danielc45 2 ай бұрын

Really? I don't see anything on VA website that remotely resemble any ANA flights.

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

They don't show ANA flights on VA website. you have to use other sources such as United or ANA website.

@theinternationalist1357 3 ай бұрын

Chase, Sebby, Resse is all you need to watch, the rest is all a waste of time.

@Vscounter 3 ай бұрын

Max with miles isn't bad also

@TeamTimeRiders 3 ай бұрын

Agreed. These guys are top notch. Avoid Brian Jung and John Liang. I do like Daniel Braun for more surface-level analysis, but the three you mentioned are the best for those deep dives.

@nullable 3 ай бұрын

Agree. And Max too. The big four ;)

@theinternationalist1357 3 ай бұрын

@@nullable Max is doable. Brian Jung is a joke! John Liang give me a break. Chase, you hear your audience, be different and show your audience the real deal.

@theinternationalist1357 3 ай бұрын

Plus frequent mile guys, doctor of credit, and maybe 2 more of these travel/points bloggers, that is all you need.

@mattdecker6791 3 ай бұрын

Why is it so important to get "the room"? It's just a seat on a plane.

@marksDC2LA 2 ай бұрын

I take it you've never flown "the room" and also are someone who's not that interested in variations of business class seats. That's cool. But for those of us who are into these sorts of things, knowing how to book an $8000 seat for 37k points is tremendously helpful.

@mattdecker6791 2 ай бұрын

@@marksDC2LA I get the value of transferring points to land an expensive business-class seat. I don't understand back-tracking to Chicago or memorizing flight numbers just to get this one particular business option with ANA, especially when they could switch-out plane types at the last moment for maintenance reasons, etc..

@jun.oshima 2 ай бұрын

@@mattdecker6791 Very true statement. It does happen from time to time.

@ChaseYokoyama 2 ай бұрын

Personally I wanted to enjoy this specific experience. Is it practical for most people? probably not. But I was able to enjoy it and make a video about it to help other people out. So for me thats what made it so important to fly in "the room".