I made my ANA first class flight from Tokyo to Chicago on Monday. Gotta love it when you push back from the gate 10 minutes early. The ANA 777 first class cabin had 8 seats, but only 2 were occupied, including mine. With 2 bathrooms for first, each of us had our bathroom lol. While I'd love to rave about the experience, I have come to the conclusion that I am a terrible long haul flyer (mostly because I don't sleep well / at all). and just can't get very excited about it. Time flew by (haha) and I can't believe I was on the plane for 11h45m, it went by so quickly. The FAs were amazing and so conscientious, I'd say they give Singapore Airlines FAs a run for the best service in the air.
Funny thing with this flight, sometime shortly after takeoff I drifted off into a nice sleep, only to be woken by the FA asking if I'd like to eat before I went to sleep! I would've enjoyed more of the sleep that I was having, but she meant well so I won't fault her. I went with the Japanese dinner menu because I read that it is amazing. I wasn't blown away by all the little parts before the main course, but the beef main course was seriously delicious. Probably one of the best airplane meals I've ever had. I didn't drink any alcohol, which they kept offering me, I guess a lot of their passengers drink a lot of champagne and Japanese whiskey. WiFi was free for first class, but I didn't login in until 2.5 hours before landing to watch Netflix. I also watched an
Amazon original show onboard, called Sitting in Bars with Cake; it was good, wish I had known at the outset that it was based on a true story. The issue I have with onboard entertainment is that I have seen most of the movies -- time for the airlines to refresh their movies!
The pajamas were heavy and I debated leaving them onboard. My favorite thing about the pjs is the zip-up cardigan that is part of the set. I'm wearing it now, but I think dd will take it when she comes home for reading week -- it has grandpa vibes and she seems to love that style. The amenity kit is AMAZING -- one of my favorites. It is a pink / grey hard-sided Globetrotter kit that has decent-sized had Shiseido Ginza products. I read that ANA is changing to soft-sided kits in early 2024, so I was super happy that I got one of the hard-sided ones. There was also a men's facial cream that I will give to ds (it wasn't in the amenity kit, it was in a box beside it). The FAs also come around with a basket full of 'goodies', like face & body wash clothes, leg sticky-things (which seem weird, but I tried them a few hours before we landed and they were nice!), toothbrush and toothpaste and earplugs.
The bed was very comfortable, by all accounts I should have had a nice snooze, but I struggle with sleeping well on planes. The FAs were nice and set up my bed in the seat beside mine so that I didn't have to move any of my items (love that).
ANA offered a dine anytime menu, but after the dinner I wasn't hungry. At all. For breakfast I went all out and had a bowl of cereal with yogurt and fresh fruit and a matcha latte. While I would have loved to have tried some of the delicious-sounding dishes on the menu, I need Western breakfast food for breakfast.
My laptop is being finicky, will try to post a few pics later.
Ramen from the ANA Suite lounge pre-boarding: