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In just over two months, ANA Mileage Club will roll out three rather big changes. Starting June 24, 2025, the Tokyo-based airline will begin allowing one-way award bookings — but it will also increase the number of miles required for several awards and completely axe Round the World award tickets. Here’s a quick look at what’s changing with ANA.
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ANA to Allow One-Way Award Bookings
Let’s start with the good news. Beginning June 24, ANA will — finally — allow one-way award bookings. This summer, the airline is dropping its long-standing requirement that travelers book round-trip award flights. Even better, this change will also apply to partner bookings.
If you’ve never booked an ANA award before, the process can be a bit quirky. And it’s been made even more complicated by the need to find round-trip availability. So it’s safe to say that allowing one-way bookings should make it much easier to use the Mileage Club program.
Now if we could do something about those slow transfer times…
Related: The Best ANA Mileage Club Award Sweet Spots: Seven Great Ways To Redeem Your Miles
ANA-Operated Awards Increasing In Price Starting in June
Unfortunately, there’s (sort of) some bad news, too. ANA has penciled in a devaluation for select ANA-operated awards taking effect June 24. The silver lining is that — at least for flights between Japan and both Hawaii and the mainland U.S. and Canada — the mileage increases seem to be limited to “high season” award rates.
For reference, here’s the updated ANA award chart for round-trip flights between Japan (Zone 1) and Hawaii (Zone 5):
| Class | Low Season | Regular Season | High Season |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economy | 35,000 | 40,000 | 65,000 (up from 43,000) |
| Premium Economy | 53,000 | 58,000 | 88,000 (up from 61,000) |
| Business | 80,000 | 85,000 | 135,000 (up from 90,000) |
| First | 120,000 | 140,000 | 240,000 (up from 160,000) |
And here’s the updated chart for round-trip flights between Japan and North America (Zone 6):
| Class | Low Season | Regular Season | High Season |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economy | 40,000 | 50,000 | 72,000 (up from 55,000) |
| Premium Economy | 62,000 | 72,000 | 101,000 (up from 77,000) |
| Business | 100,000 | 105,000 | 165,000 (up from 110,000) |
| First | 150,000 | 170,000 | 300,000 (up from 200,000) |
These charts will officially take effect on June 24. And to calculate one-way pricing, simply divide the rates above by two.
It’s also worth noting that ANA hasn’t announced any plans to devalue partner awards. The airline made negative changes to its partner charts about a year ago, so the current rates should stick around for at least a little while longer. That said, it’s fair to assume that future sweet spots like 50,000 miles for one-way United business class to Europe won’t be around forever.
ANA to Stop Ticketing Round the World Awards
But wait, there's more. ANA will no longer ticket Round the World Star Alliance awards come June 24, 2025. If you can come up with the miles necessary to book one of these awards, they're a great deal. So it's pretty disappointing to see them go away.
However, there's a bit of a runway to make one of these bookings before June 24. And the following table will still apply until then:
Final Thoughts
ANA’s award rates have long been quite competitive — but the round-trip booking requirement has kept many a traveler from taking advantage of them. It’s great to see Mileage Club finally dropping that rule, though it’s hard not to imagine this making award availability — especially in premium cabins — even harder to come by.
As for the devaluation, well, it could’ve been worse. Generally speaking, unless you absolutely need to fly ANA to or from Japan during the high season, it’s worth looking for low or regular season rates instead. You’ll save plenty of miles that way.
But we're pretty sad to see Round the World bookings end. If you have the patience to make one, they can present a great deal. Thankfully, there's a bit of time to make one last booking before this functionality is gone for good.
In any case, these changes officially take effect on June 24, 2025.
H/T: View from the Wing
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