With the general trend of mileage devaluations, every time we hear that an airline is going to adjust its award chart, people get nervous, worried that we might see another major Aeroplan devaluation. Today, ANA announced that it will adjust its award chart starting October 15. However, compared with Air Canada, this round of changes is much more reasonable. Let’s take a look at what’s changing. You can see the full chart here: 
https://www.ana.co.jp/wws/japan/e/asw_common/amc/reference/tukau/teikeiair_1.html#zoneAnch3
In ANA Mileage Redemption (1) and ANA Mileage Redemption (2), we mentioned several highlights of ANA redemptions:
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US–China Round Trips
For US–China round trips, the standard economy/business class rates are 45,000/80,000 in Low season, 55,000/90,000 in Regular season, and 60,000/95,000 in High season (partner airline awards are charged at the High season level). Even the High season pricing requires far fewer miles than other Star Alliance partners, making this the best-value mileage redemption in Star Alliance for US–China round trips. In this round of changes, this highest-value redemption has not been adjusted, so those planning to use ANA miles for US–China round trips don’t need to worry. The following redemption is still available:
Round-the-World Ticket
OneMoreDay’s favorite round-the-world award remains unchanged. Oh yeah! For an introduction to the round-the-world ticket, see ANA Mileage Redemption (2).
Departing from China
Round-trip economy/business awards to the Maldives increased from 25,000/48,000 to 31,000/56,000, but round trips within Asia 1 actually dropped from 25,000/48,000 to 20,000/40,000. Asia 1 includes Greater China plus Guam and the Philippines, so domestic round trips also got cheaper, and being able to reach Guam for 20,000/40,000 is especially appealing. Round trips to Korea also dropped from 33,000/53,000 to 22,000/42,000. For economy awards, the value is approaching pre-devaluation Aeroplan levels and is comparable to AV miles during the current Promo period. You can also have one stopover within the region, which makes this very useful for travel within East Asia.
There is also good news for China–Europe round trips: economy/business/first dropped from 65,000/100,000/195,000 to 58,000/93,000/174,000.
Departing from North America
The ultra-high-value US–Europe round trip at 55,000/88,000 has thankfully been preserved. The mileage required for Asia 2 has increased, from 70,000/115,000/210,000 to 80,000/136,000/240,000. Awards to Latin America also got more expensive, but those were never ANA’s strongest routes anyway, so the increase does not affect us much.
Bottom Line
Overall, the changes to ANA’s award chart this time seem more reasonable. After all, it was unrealistic to expect round trips within Asia 1 to always cost the same number of miles as Asia 1–Asia 2 awards. That said, ANA made this adjustment less than half a year after the previous one, so it is still possible that ANA could revise the chart again in the near term. If you want to burn ANA miles, it’s probably best to do so sooner rather than later. At 60,000/95,000, US–China round trips are still far cheaper than what other programs charge, and how long that will last is anyone’s guess.