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ANA (All Nippon Airways) fare classes explained

Every fare class (RBD — reservation booking designator) on ANA (All Nippon Airways), what it means for award booking, and which classes are most useful to know.

Fare classes by cabin

First Class (The Suite)

ClassTypeWhat it means
F / A / PFirst revenueANA's flagship cabin
OFirst awardANA Mileage Club + Virgin Atlantic award space

Business Class (The Room)

ClassTypeWhat it means
J / C / D / ZBusiness revenueANA business class
IBusiness awardANA Mileage Club + partner award business

Premium Economy

ClassTypeWhat it means
W / E / GPE revenueANA Premium Economy
RPE awardAward PE inventory

Economy

ClassTypeWhat it means
Y / B / M / U / H / Q / V / W / S / T / L / KEconomy revenueVarious revenue economy
XEconomy awardAward economy

Award fare classes you should care about

For award booking, these are the ANA (All Nippon Airways) classes that show inventory:

Notes

ANA's award classes are O (first), I (business), R (PE), X (eco). When searching ANA via tools like ANA's own award tool, look for these classes. Virgin Atlantic books O class for ANA First — and that's the famous 110K-round-trip First Class redemption.

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