ANA's 'The Room' and 'The Suite': Which Flights Actually Get Them?

All Nippon Airways has one of the most coveted premium cabins in the sky, but finding it takes a bit of homework. The Japanese carrier's flagship first and business class — branded "The Suite" and "The Room" — only exist on a handful of Boeing 777-300ERs, and not every 777 route is guaranteed to feature them.

The products themselves are genuinely special. The Suite is ANA's first class: eight private, functionally designed suites that pair with the airline's famously polished service. The Room is the business class that gets enthusiasts talking — 64 enclosed seats with doors and an unusually generous amount of personal space, often ranked alongside Qatar Airways' Qsuites as the best business product flying today.

Here's the catch: ANA has 13 Boeing 777-300ERs, and only 10 have the new cabins. That's roughly 77% of the fleet, and there are no current plans to retrofit the remaining three — they keep flying with the older, doorless business class. The likely explanation is the endless delays to Boeing's 777X: ANA apparently planned to retire those three jets, and with the new aircraft years late, they've simply stayed in service as-is.

So how do you know what you're booking? The seat map gives it away. If the business class cabin extends to row 20 with 64 seats, you've got The Room; 52 or 68 seats means the old product. On ANA's own site, flights with the new cabins are labelled "THE ROOM" or "THE SUITE" directly. On Google Flights, look for "Individual suite" (new) versus "Lie flat seat" (old) in the cabin details.

As for routes: every frequency between Tokyo Haneda and London Heathrow, and between Haneda and New York JFK, is scheduled on the new 777s. Chicago and San Francisco are the lottery routes — flights from both Haneda and Narita to those cities alternate between new and old cabins depending on the day of the week, so always check the seat map before booking. Houston, Los Angeles, Seattle and Washington are served by 787s, which don't carry either cabin.

Two footnotes worth knowing. ANA's A380 first class is broadly similar to the 777 Suite, so that's another route into the top cabin. And a compact version of The Room, called The Room FX, is due on select new 787-9s — though deliveries have slipped.

For anyone redeeming miles, this matters a lot. ANA first class is one of the great aspirational redemptions, and The Room is among the best ways to cross the Pacific or fly to Europe in business. Locking in a flight that's actually scheduled on a new-configured 777 — Haneda to London or New York is your safest bet — is the difference between a memorable flight and an ordinary one. Aircraft swaps can always happen, but with all London and New York frequencies covered, those are the itineraries worth building a trip around.