Ain’t cheap, but I’d always go ANA/JAL over any of the big US carriers, even in a middle economy seat. Great video!

This is one of the best times for flying ANA, but I fly out of San Francisco at 1 am, a little earlier. You fall asleep and arrive at 5 am in Tokyo ready to rock. Unfortunately, it does not work for you. Please fly the ANA flight or United flight at 11 am or 12 noon. But don't give this a negative review. Thank you for reminding us that you hate flying late. My advice- Do NOT fly late.

ANA's new 777 interior is by far the best economy seat I've ever been in. Even better than their 787s. The service and hard product are definitely deserving of their current status as #3 airline in the world! They even tell you why an airplane is delayed, even if the delay is under 15 mins! Gotta love Japanese punctuality. (Only thing that beat it would be United's 787 when I had an entire row to myself and the plane was less than half full due to COVID.)

I love this midnight flight. It is the BEST flight for me, but the worst flight for you. Sometimes, I do get sleepy, but I fall asleep super quick once on board. I hope ANA does not change this time because of your comments.

One of most entertaining and informing video I have seen in a while. Very well made

If you take ANA at midnight flight from west coast (ie SFO / LAX) to Japan, the first meal is always Sandwich due to midnight hour and the fact that many passengers are assumed to be sleeping immediately after take off. To enjoy full meal experience, I always take mid-day flight! Also, when you depart from Japan, you may want to pre-order Japanese meal or their optional western style meal where you pay $15-$20 at their official website. The first meal that you pre-ordered will be high quality meal that is served like a business class (the second meal will be breakfast meal, which will be the same to all passengers)!

I've flown ANA a few times and found them to be quite nice. My worst experience with them was last year, Haneda to Ohare, in the exit row. Now most would be happy in the exit row because of the legroom. However, I was in the middle seat. At 165 pounds with 34 in waist I had trouble fitting in the seat. It was the narrowest seat I have ever flown in.

Good video. I'm flying with ANA in two weeks from Frankfurt to Haneda so this video is great to set expectations.

Those businesses class sections you passed on the way in and out is what I flew last time. You have no idea how great life is up front. 😄😄😄

The ANA round trip flight that I took was a little lack luster from my last flight five years ago. They used to give a hot wet towel for wiping the hands before serving drinks, now they just give a wrapped wet paper towel. The meals were delicate yet scrumptious, so much that I couldn’t finish. Now they skimmed on quality and spread. May be they want to cut budget in these two areas, other than that everything is superb.

This is a GREAT review! I am taking this same flight on Thursday! I can't agree more about ANA, especially the service... After so many below average flights on United, I only fly ANA to Asia from SFO. Another plus is the boarding/deplaning music!

i recently flew ANA red eye flight from JFK to HND, ANA also served a snack box similar to the one from SFO right after airborne, but over experience still far better than UA, AA & DL for the same routes in my opinions

That is a really good way to fly economy to Japan. Thanks for the info + video!

Wonderful video again! I was just in Tokyo and Hiroshima, you will love both of them; they’re great cities!

Scott, while 0145 departure time is chaotic to the system, any flight on a 777 and any flight on a Japanese carrier is good. I know $2k for a middle seat/economy is a tall ask, but I would have paid it. Everything from the ordered boarding process, spacious loo, A+ service, extra legroom, large IFE with ample content...all that adds value. The higher price also keeps you away from a more Spirit-like clientele. Bottom line is that as long as you get what you pay for, it's all good. 5 years from now you wont remember the $2000, but you will remember the great service and a nice flight.

Thank you for sharing your flight. Wow!! Long-haul in that middle seat in Economy Class.

Welcome to Japan! I'm sure this was actually done ages ago. But enjoy your time here.

We flew with ANA years ago from Houston to Singapore via Narita 777-300 in a 2-4-3 configuration and we were very impressed. Economy seats had a very generous 34 inches of pitch with a foot rest, in seat power and a good sized IFE screen with a lot of content. Our flight departed mid morning and we were served 2 meals along with a snack similar to your box with a sandwhich and chips mid flight. Flight attendants were very friendly and proactive. They walked the aisles hourly to check on us to see if we needed anything. We paid $800 per person round trip and we booked 6 months in advance. I will say that was in 2016 and prices have definetly increased since then. I wouldn't hesitate to book a flight on ANA again.

ANA is serviced by United Airlines out of SFO. The food is basically the same as that served on United. The better meals will be coming back from Japan.

I flew NH107 back in May in the suite first class and it was one of the flights of my life. The 1:45 AM departure time is literally cheat codes for jet lag towards Japan. It’s so good if you are flying premium cabin although there is no meal service.

Love your videos man , thanks for another great review, have a great weekend .

Those wee morning departures are a fact of life for folks in the middle east. I've had many a departure after midnight that gets me into Europe, especially LHR, at 6:30 am, or the Asian financial centers in the late evening.

Great watch as always 🙌

Hi Scott Great video as always!

Yep, I took that 2 am flight in April. Nothing open and when I got on the flight I passed out right away. Great review.

I'm flying ANA 777 economy window, from JFK-HND soon. However, my full itinerary is CVG-HND round trip it was 1200 booked through United as a codeshare. 2k is crazy. I flew this trip in Comfort + on Delta before covid, which was amazing. but C+ for the same trip is like 2500 now. Since I was going with economy, it had to be ANA or JAL. ANA won out because of United's 2 free checked bag policy. Next time it'll be JAL.

Nice video review! Agree with you on ANA in economy (and premium economy): the service is A+, the food is forgettable (I recommend preordering a special meal instead, like Asian vegetarian). As for the Loo Review, I can confirm that ANA does an exceptional job. More than 10 hours into the flight from Tokyo to NYC, I walked into the loo and the toilet paper roll was full and its end folded in a triangle. ANA do not let up on service.

You can’t disrespect the grandma cookies, they are crazy good to me 😂

Even with the seat and legroom, a 3-4-3 economy is still disappointing from ANA. I have much more respect for JAL who keeps it 3-3-3 in their 777s and 2-4-2 in their 787s.

Still worth a patreon ;). Awesome video despite the 'early' flight ;). 1.45am sounds perfectly okay to me, no getting up early! Your sleeping time is the issue here, not the flight time. Night owls represent! 0:33 And that is why many very smart countries have a 24 hour clock these days.

I’ve flown to Vietnam once in Thailand three times in the last year, the flight to Vietnam was a split flight with United and ANA layover in Tokyo, half the flight was premium economy. The other half was economy 20 hour flight. I’ll never do that again. Next three trips were to Bangkok Thailand in business class layover in Tokyo. I guess I’m old I can’t do that long of a flight in economy anymore. Last flight out of LAX left at midnight. It worked out perfect for me.

Thank you for sharing your experienced and preview about ANA. I will be flying internationa[ next month with them and good to get all this information. Greatly apprecoaye your input

I was looking for the best seat on economy class ANA airlines. And I found your channel. I’m from San Diego. That will be my flight this coming January. San Diego-Haneda-Okinawa. I just subscribed. Thanks for the info. 😊

I was on this this flight the night of August 1st, but in PE. ANA does a great job with pretty much everything. The first “meal” was just a snack and, honestly, we just wanted to sleep. The thing I noticed boarding was the design of business class, where half the seats faced backwards. Not a fan of that, but the seat itself looked more like a loveseat. Gotta get points to fly that one day!

Come to Perth western Australia 1 runway domestic and international 6 a to 7 pm domestic 8pm to 5 am international Yes is about 8 international departure during daylight Time

That IFE is much better than JAL's, ANA has really improved in that area. However JAL still has better food. The problem is both JAL and ANA are still using the 77W, and its dry air and loud economy cabin simply can't compete with the A350. On my recent longhaul A350 flights, even with horrible departure times transiting in the middle east, I was much less physically wrecked on arrival than on the 777.

Yay excited to do the same flight out of sfo in May!!!

Yet another great video.

We do the 14h LHR - HND trip once a year on the same model and generally just stay at the hotel in Haneda either side of the flights as they arrive mid-late even and depart early morning so it's just less hassle to crash at the airport than deal with getting across Tokyo. Economy is fine, but sitting for that long gives me some discomfort around my butt / lower back so take a pillow/cushion as the one provided is a bit anemic. You get two hot meals on the flight which are fine, but not huge portions so I normally grab a sandwich or onigiri to take on board.

Fun review, thanks! After so many tiny lavs that looked quite spacious.

I flied with 777-300 ANA economy recentpt and its just awesone. The best compared to others even 787 ANA itself.

These days it really is a case of shopping around for the best deals as it's got so expensive. I don't mind the flights at unruly hours but it's the early check-in's at hotels which are problematic. In economy ( even premium ) , given the limited space I'd just be happy with a smoothie and some biscuits. Recently went long haul into SYD with jetstar ; i'd heard some bad things but it turned out one of the best flights I've had in years. Best wishes to you, sir.

Glad to see you back bro

It sounds strange but i went home to Japan with ANA in 2019 and i still have those headphones in the video! They still work!

It looks pretty comfy for coach! I was looking into Zipair out of LAX... the lie flat seems like a steal but no IFE which is fine if you've got your iPad or laptop.

Fantastic video Scott!

I like the everyman reviews in economy. 👍👍

Can't wait until the next one Scott!!

Holy shit you paid $2k for that? I’m seeing flights from Chicago to Bangkok for $900 during high season right now. Why oh why would you pay that much?

Luckily departing from HNL to HND is during normal time. I also got to fly on the Star Alliance livery 777 on ANA from ORD to NRT and they had the economy seat that doesn't recline into the back row passengers but slides within the shell when reclining. It was neat but it does prevent itself from going fully back like a normal seat. UA also doesn't fly to Japan anymore from HNL so I would have to fly to SFO or LAX or DEN before flying to Japan, so to continue collecting on my United Mileage program I have to fly on ANA from HNL because I refuse to fly UA to GUM to NRT.

Can't wait to see this on a brand new 777x!(is going to replace the 777 fleet)But economy on a plane on longhauul, is still a longhaaul. Good work!

I think you want to try the other way around, HND-SFO, as the catering out of Japan I would expect to be significantly better

I fly ANA 10-20 times a year and this flight is one of the best flights out of San Francisco. I highly recommend it if you are going to Japan. The main reasons I like this- 1. Do not have to take time off work to go to airport early. 2. Go home and take a shower and double check my suitcase. 3. Eat a nice meal or skip the meal so I can eat some DELECIOUS food in Japan 4. Fall asleep right away and wake up in the morning in Japan to see the sun rise. Beautiful! 5. Even though you jump 1 day forward, you feel like you did not waste a day when you arrive in Japan. 6. Less people at the airport, so easier to go through security.

You should try one of the flights from Japan to Europe and give a report of it.

Regarding the Japanese carriers JL/NH they are also popular with Filipinos in the West Coast because they always have the better product over Philippine Airlines PR101/103/105/113/115/125 HNL/LAX/SFO/SEA-MNL. Have you done a comparison between the Japanese carriers and Philippine Airlines. In my family it ends up being split mother PR🇵🇭 > KE/OZ🇰🇷BR/CI/JX🇹🇼 CX🇭🇰 JL/NH🇯🇵 SQ🇸🇬TG🇹🇭 MH🇲🇾 while my father has it the opposite the mentioned carriers from those countries > PR🇵🇭. There are two versions of them 3-4-2 & 3-4-3

Will my phone streaming apps work with wifi? Or it it laggy

That's strange. I just got back from flying LAX-NRT and back and the meals I was served were waaay superior. (standard Economy)

Great video like always. This has definitely made me glad I was able to snag a First Class seat with them. That for $2k is steeeeep. lol

This reminds me of the adage, "Glad it's you and not me". Retired pilot so? I've become accustomed to having a better seat experience. Don't want to seem arrogant.

You are a braver man than I I don’t think I could do a middle seat on that long of a flight 😂

Just booked a flight to Philippines from USA... ended up with UNITED. I have taken ANA before, and I was happy with them. My only issue with them was that they didn't come around for snacks and drinks as often as other providers AND they didn't give you a full can of pop... just a small cup. DELTA was my first trip to the Philippines, and WOW, that was awesome! They came around every hour to 90 minutes with snacks, food and full cans of pop. We'll see how UNITED does in November! Wait! Self-serve snack bar??? Hmmm, I will have to see if UNITED does that, too! $2000 USD round trip... wow! My recent UNITED tickets, Chicago Ohare to Manila and back (Ohare to San Francisco and San Francisco to Manila and vice versa)... $1238 / each. Just 3 short years ago, $760 each for the same flight on ANA.

Lol I was on the same flight one day earlier! As for the food you should order prior to your flight

Hey buddy, the ANA Dreamliner service between Kingsford Smith and Haneda is a real winner. Biggest disappointment is the second meal which is more of a snack.

Surprised economy class is so nice!

Im based near SFO so I fly out of there a lot but 2,000 dollars for economy RT anywhere is highway robbery. I flew to Vietnam earlier this year for 500 RT with United. I'm guessing this was the high fares for summer time or you booked last minute?

That IFE is such a leap forward for ANA. The ones on the 787 are easily 8 years old and is laggy af. This one has a miles bigger screen, the graphics are so sharp, and that front view camera during landing, that's gotta be 4K. Their A380 and 787-10 have those same seats I think.

So it seems like on a 15 hour flight, international airlines are only giving one actual meal and a snack box. How the heck is that supposed to keep anyone full? I would need like two of those snack boxes to make a meal.

Do you really sleep at 930pm? Because I'm trying so many times to do that and always ended up sleeping at 1130pm earliest and waking up feeling groggy..

Is this economy or premium economy ? I’m debating between the two.

4:00 why or how did u end p in the middle? 😮😮 hope u are doing well, post COVID ❤❤

7:00 Cold sandwich, cookie, and banana. 🤣🤣🤣 I bet they fed the passengers pets in cargo hold better than that! 😆😆

ANA economy JFK to Haneda is the worst I have seen ever. 3-4-3 seat configuration. I sat in the middle seat in exit row (female, 5-7, 140), and the seat is so narrow that I couldn’t fit anything else (like my purse). The plane has mostly business class 2/3, one small section of economy plus, and one section of economy in the back. Plane was almost full both going and coming. Just painful and inhumane. I think the seats were even narrower than US domestic flights. Service was very good which is the saving grace. Ironically, the Haneda to Beijing flight was much more spacious, because ANA hadn’t gotten around to upgrade! The JFK route was brand new but they managed to squeeze out an extra seat per row in economy! Website was difficult to use and I had to wait for an average of one hour every time I wanted to reach customer service. However, once I got thru, the agents were extremely helpful. But they also acknowledged that no one can get thru because of staff shortage. That’s the case even in China which is unusual. Also I met an extremely incompetent ground ticketing staff trying to make changes-she didn’t know what to do but wouldn’t admit it. It took another staff member quite a bit of courage to hover around and eventually took over so I didn’t miss my flight! I heard JAL economy is much more comfortable. Won’t fly ANA again

Hey Scott, just wanted to say how much I love the content especially your editing style and commentary!!!

How you survived the middle seat on this flight I'll never know, but It's nice to see a new video from you. $2000 for economy? ANA should rethink that price if their service/food has gone down.

If you had an empty seat to your right why didn’t you move over?

Lucky you didn’t fly with United. You would’ve had dog food for your meal lol. And you’re right, that is a bit pricey, $2000! I look forward to seeing more videos from you Scott.❤️✈️

Level/quality of inflight meal is determined by two factors: 1) airlines and 2) place of departure. Even ANA cannot make it perfect if flight departs outside of Japan.

are the meals in economy free when youre flying ana?

I’m mostly a JAL traveler but oh my look at this…..

In June I flew with ANA direct from London to Tokyo Haneda in premium economy and it was fantastic.

Welcome to Japan Scott! That meals do not look appetizing and are disappointing. Your editing ability to make economy flight reviews look fun is amazing.

Looking forward to see your videos for STARLUX airlines. Starlux is better than ANA imo

As expected this couldn't go wrong. The Japanese offer a high service level for customer satisfaction and efficiency.

Can you fly Cathay Pacific long-haul?

SAN Spotter does not use a 24 hour clock 😮😮😮

tnx for your video!! make me do rollback to my trip lol, really when i have 18 yo i not problem with this trip, but now 25 years later i need consider this situation... I go from Mexico to SFO and next Tokio aaand next Manila please pray for me please :D

Well people who live in CA are used to over priced items like $9 a gallon gasoline. So $2k coach seat is a steal.

if your final destination was hiroshima wouldn’t have flying to Kansai been better?

great video. Was ANA strict with checked baggage. How was the customer service

Hey Scott! Nice video as always. The 777-300ER is a great plane but it is indeed starting to leave ANA. Also Scott, question, were you at LAX on Thursday morning on Southwest? (august 3rd)?

The retrofitting cabin is fancy, watching this video makes me want to fly ANA again so much. My last ANA economy experience was in 2020, and at that time, the cabin didn't have moodlight, and the IFE was small and the system was dated. The meal on this flight wasn't as good as on mine though, as you'd said, not very Japanese

What watch is that?

I Hate The Middle Seat In Economy Class.Great Trip Report

What am I wondering? Leg room is leg room and I'm happy you found it to your liking... but what about 9-abreast seating vs 10-abreast on United! That is another game changer you failed to mention. I avoid 10-abreast configurations at all costs.

Woohoo Scott

I think the days of getting deals on international flights are over

Red eyes to Asia are tough. Especially in a middle seat. Though the ANA middle seat seems ok. I've taken redeyes on Asiana and we do get 2 full meals, though I don't know about post Covid so the meal was a bit disappointing. Way to take one for the team.

TRAVEL TIPS for ANA - avoid buying at the airport, instead, buy beforehand - near the bathrooms, there is a snack and drink bar that is available to you at all times! help yourself unless they say otherwise. - when sleeping, try not to bother other people by leaning over or taking up lots of space

I flew NH7 back in late July in business class, long haul economy. No thank you

Did you peel that banana with a chainsaw? Lol