ANA Mileage Club Card

I applied to ANA Mileage Club Card on behalf of my baby girl!

We can get following cards for free:
(1) ANA Mileage Club Edy Card
(2) ANA Mileage Club Card

I chose (1) since we may use Edy or ANA's "Skip" service.

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New York City in August 2010: (4)ESTA

ESTA
http://tokyo.usembassy.gov/j/visa/tvisaj-esta2008.html

--> If you have already applied to ESTA, then the ESTA application would be valid for (1)2 years from the start date of the ESTA application, or (2)expiry date of your passport, whichever comes first.

New York City in August 2010: (3)Flight Reservation (Private, for my family)

[1] adult (my wife)
via the Internet (It's cheapest and it provides 2,000JPY discount!): http://www.ana.co.jp/
--> booked and selected the seats for round-trip flight
--> to be printed

[2] infant, but needs to book a seat (our baby girl)
Tel
https://www.ana.co.jp/eng/amc/reference/info/01.html (English)
https://www.ana.co.jp/amc/specific/anacard_desk/index.html (Japanese)
It costs 2,100JPY as a charge of service. The price of the flight for booked seat for an infant is 75% of an adult.
--> booked a seat next to my wife.
--> asked meals for the baby (7 months old in August)
--> reserved a "bascinet"
--> will be sent by mail
--> received E-ticket from ANA (April 14, 2010)


[3]Reservation of ANA Airport Support
http://www.ana.co.jp/int/checkin/airport_support/

--> booked over the phone
--> My wife has to tell an ANA's staff member at the Narita airport that she needs the ANA Airport Support.

New York City in August 2010: (2)Flight & Hotel Reservation (Business)

I am working on this with company's travel agency.

(1)Flight
--> Confirmed (April 12, 2010)

(2)Hotel
--> Crib can be prepared for one king bed room but not for a twin bedded room. (July 20, 2010)
--> Finally I chose a twin bedded room. (July 20, 2010)

New York City in August 2010: (1)Working out our schedule

(1)Determining my business trip schedule
(2)Settling my family's schedule

This time, I will go to NYC first for my business trip and then take a vacation with my family. My wife and my baby girl will join me and we will come back to Japan together.

Hawaii in June 2010: (6)Changing flight schedule & additional hotel reservation

[1] telephone call from ANA about my reservation on the waiting list (April 9, 2010)

[2] change of the flight schedule (April 10, 2010)
(1) call
https://www.ana.co.jp/eng/amc/reference/info/01.html(English)
https://www.ana.co.jp/amc/specific/anacard_desk/index.html (Japanese)

(2)change the date of flight back to one-day later -->OK

(3)"bascinet" for our baby girl -->OK

(4)instead of printed tickets that were already sent to us, we need to print out tickets for ADULTS --> to be printed
(5)tickets for our BABY --> waiting for their reply --> will be sent by mail

(6)in-flight meal for our baby girl (5 months old when travelling) is NOT necessary -->OK


[3]additional hotel reservation
Hawaii Prince Hotel Waikiki, Oahu
--> OK!
--> Got a e-mail from JReservations@princehawaii.com on April 14, 2010 and made sure that (1) a crib will be available and (2) twin (two beds).

[4]change itinerary
-->OK