All Nippon Airways (ANA)

ANA -Business Class Meal – knorr cup of noodle and teacup size vegetable broth
Business class flight from Haneda to SF. Got a vegetable soup, more like vegetable broth served in a teacup size cup. Not a single vegetable in that so-called vegetable soup. I can’t taste anything but salt. After 9 hours, I asked for food and the flight attendant said the kitchen is closed with. a smirky smile. I was shocked by ANA’s extremely low customer service performance, from food to the flight attendant’s lack of concern. I wished I had taken pictures of the pathetic food. People in this world have different diet preferences. Most companies in hospitality industry who are customer service- driven are aware of this. So they usually offer more that one type of food. This was the first time I was served without meal options in business class.

I asked them if they could please change the flight for me – same carriers, same airlines, same cities, and same airports, just a different date. I explained that my grandfather is very ill and my cousin in Vienna needs my help with an emergency visa to see him asap. I offered to send his medical records from the emergency room as proof but no, they said there was nothing they could do because I cannot have a layover for more than 24 hours. I was never told that before which is very disappointing. I gave them the option to skip two tickets out of three – they said no again because I need to board all the flights. Then I asked them if I canceled they said I would only get the refund for taxes but they will take my miles which are at least a thousand dollars worth. Basically, I gave them three options and they said no to all of them.

This was the worst experience I’ve ever had with an airline. Ever. They didn’t notify me that I had to be TRIPLE vaccinated to transit through Tokyo, as if all 40 million people in Tokyo are triple vaccinated (yeah right). So they wouldn’t print my boarding passes and forced me to miss my flight even though I was on time. They also were no help in getting me a new one. As far as I see it they stole $1000 from me. Absolutely ZERO customer service.

On the date sept -20-2022 was a first time i flied with your airline ,I am so happy with your service ,the whole crew members are unbelievable with the way they treated everybody including me and my wife .they are not just so polite ,they are also very detail on their service , so now i want all my family members , friends to know your airline is the best airline compare to the others, if 5 stars are the best rate for the best airline ,i would give 5 stars to your ANA airline .I am so appreciate for your service .and i also have a date 11-OCT-2022 to fly back to Toronto and i am felt so lucky to fly with your airline again . Thank you so much and keep up with your excellent service .

I have been pleased with ANA over the years as I have flown them several times while living in Japan. It is more expensive than the others but the service had been better than the discount carriers and I had higher expectations. But recently I feel their promise of no fee change or cancellation policy is deceitful. In June I bought a one-way ticket from Hokkaido to Osaka at a time when they were urging customers to ‘buy now and don’t worry if you need to make a change’ policy during the pandemic. Ten weeks later I wanted to extend my vacation a couple days, but I was told there would be a cancellation fee or I could pay 25,000 yen to push my flight back two days. This really contradicts the promotional message from June. By contrast, other airlines (like United) offered a similar promo but clearly stated that the customer would be responsible if the fare increased for a similar flight. I will never book again using ANA.