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“Feeling discriminated by ANA ground staff”
Review of ANA (All Nippon Airways)


Reviewed July 19, 2024

I was flying from Singapore to Haneda Tokyo flight NH844 on the 15th of July 2024, flight time 2210. While trying to check in around 20:15 at one f the kiosk, I was unsure whether my baggage would go all the way to JFK, New York which was my final destination. I approached a staff there ( a lady whose sole role was to assist passengers like me), she raised her hand indicating that I should not approach her and quickly looked the other way. A young, helpful gentleman came and assisted me after some time. While trying to put my luggage through, the scanner was not reading my passport; once again a middle aged, slightly over-weight gentleman stationed there ignored me and did not assist me at all. I am Indian and could not help noticing that every other South East Asian passenger was being attended to by him (their baggage being lifted and put on the belt). This is the first time in in my 25 years in Singapore that I thought my race was an issue. This was especially disappointing (in today's day and age of DEI) as I was a customer of ANA just like the others and both the rude lady and the unhelpful gentleman were a part of the service industry and represented ANA. In the connecting flight from Haneda to JFK my Hindu meal comprised of four crackers, yoghurt and a tiny slice of cake. I once again could not help but wonder how ANA could serve a full ticket paying customer such a meal. I fly frequently from Changi, Singapore to New York and have decided to fly SQ, Turkish Airlines, Emirates or any of the several other airlines whose service has been impeccable. I WILL DEFINITELY NEVER FLY ANA AGAIN!!!!

Date of travel: July 2024
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Thank Priya B
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Reviewed July 13, 2024

I have never flew Ana economy but the premium economy. OH BOY IS IT AMAZING. The legroom is so nice and the staff are also nice. Food and bevarges are great even for a picky eater. Entertainment was great. Overall one of the best airline’s i have flew

Date of travel: April 2024
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Thank Tiina L
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Reviewed June 27, 2024

I travel back from NARITA airport to KUL (KLIA) on 1st JUNE 2024 (NH815)
upon arriving NARITA Airport, my group members 6 adult + 1 child were clueless about checking in via machine (we arrive almost 4 hours early)
There is a lady ask us to try our luck at the machine, print ticket and so on... never assist, as if we know it all

Finally, we managed to print boarding pass and we are directed to another Machine need to scan face and luggage
The child are not tall enough to screen her face & some luggage were rejected by the machine
We asked for help, the lady show impatient and raise her voices to us, "Queue here, Queue here, use the machine! she repeated"

This is all business class customer, and I was so surprises this women is so rude and try to humiliate us in front of so many customer, when we want to take her photo and name, she quickly avoid and use her hand to hide her name from us, dont allow us to report this incident, she even ran away!
ANA - CHECK YOUR CCTV FOOTAGE PLEASE!

Another colleague rush to calm things down, guided us to another counter for more humane treat & some basic respect at least.

I come back to my country, submitted the incident to ANA Mileage Club, nothing responded - so disappointing and frustrate after such a long wait, I decide to not take ANA flights anymore & share my terrible experience here

Date of travel: May 2024
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Thank Flyer64731093265
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Reviewed June 24, 2024

I always choose ANA over Lufthansa because of the on board service, giving me the feeling being in Japan already.
What needs an absolute overhaul is their online presence. Sorry to say, but completely out of date and impossible to do on online check-in. For that, I love the Lufthansa site.
Mind you, the Japanese are not known for good, intuitive websites.....

Date of travel: June 2024
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Thank Safari46169822858
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Reviewed June 20, 2024

DO NOT BOOK ANA FLIGHTS THROUGH UNITED! You are only allowed middle seats! And there is no way to book seats together or other than middle seats, even for a fee. I have booked many trips on United that used partner airlines--Lufthansa, Austrian--so why would I think ANA would be so different? United instructed me to reserve seats on ANA but, of course, that was after I paid for the tickets. I foolishly assumed it was just some glitch since I could see plenty of seats on the ANA flight when I looked on the ANA site. We had V fares, but it's not clear if any fare class on United would allow seat selection. AVOID ANA! They pretended they had no control over this situation (as did United when I called them). I am taking a credit for the tickets and rebooking at a much higher price since it is much closer to departure (end-July). Not a great start to our long awaited vacation in Japan.

Date of travel: June 2024
3  Thank Erika J
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