ANA Holdings
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Company Information

Corporate Site 

ANA Holdings, together with its subsidiaries, provides air transportation services in Japan and internationally.  

All Nippon Airways (ANA) is one of the 2 big airlines in Japan, along with Japan Airlines. This is probably a stock that doesn't need much introduction! ANA is one of the few companies whose shareholder benefits get mentioned in overseas media.

Stock Perks

Rights day

End of March, end of September

Details

Various discounts related to ANA's businesses, including discount airline tickets

Requirements

100 shares give you the following:

ANA hotel discounts of 20% off the flexible rate and 10% off of dining.

ANA tour discounts

10% off at purchase at ANA airport shops

Discounts at golf courses

In addition, you can receive coupons to buy ANA Flex domestic airplane tickets at 50% off, and the number of shares here determines how many you get.

100 shares - 1 coupon

200 shares - 2 coupons

300 shares - 3 coupons

400 shares  - 4 coupons, plus one extra coupon per 200 shares over

1,000 shares - 7 coupons plus one extra coupon per 400 shares over

100,000 shares - 254 coupons plus one extra coupon per 800 shares over

Comment

Although getting 50% off the plane ticket seems like a great deal, in reality these discounts aren't as good as you might think. ANA Flex tickets are pretty expensive to begin with, so any kind of non-refundable ticket booked in advance will be cheaper compared to using the coupon. The coupons can be useful if you need to go somewhere on short notice and no cheap tickets are available, but otherwise you're better off just booking a different fare class.

The other discounts are similar. The hotel discount applies to the full refundable rate which is the most expensive one, booking a room in advance will certainly be cheaper since being an IHG member gives you a discount to begin with, especially if you prepay it. Their other services are similar, ANA tours are probably going to be more expensive than booking things yourself or using an online travel agent. I can't comment on the golf discounts, but the 10% ANA shop discount can be pretty useful. Usually the souvenirs you can buy in these stores are a set price and you won't get it cheaper anywhere else, so the 10% is a genuine saving. Note that being an ANA credit card holder also gives you this discount.

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