As usual for this blog, the first (or almost) post (not travelogue but "Resuming") of each trip is an analysis of the outbound flight. I've always reviewed with the Japan Airlines flight made in the previous three trips I have always taken the direct flight AZ7788-JL0400 NRT-FCO (Rome Fiumicino - Tokyo Narita) departing at 21:50 and operated with a Boeing 747-400 of JAL in code-sharing with Alitalia ( Here the full reports of all flights in time prior to this post , if you want to read each flight separately, click the following link: flight 2007, flight 2008 ; flight 2009).
Unfortunately JAL no longer operates from Rome Because of the austerity policy imposed by the terrible financial situation facing the Japanese airline. So the only solution left for direct flights from Italy to Japan is to travel with Alitalia. In previous trips, while flying with JAL as I always bought the flight AZ7788, Alitalia and then as a customer ...
Unfortunately JAL no longer operates from Rome Because of the austerity policy imposed by the terrible financial situation facing the Japanese airline. So the only solution left for direct flights from Italy to Japan is to travel with Alitalia. In previous trips, while flying with JAL as I always bought the flight AZ7788, Alitalia and then as a customer ...
... played with former international flights, plus some domestic flights and the expenditure incurred by the credit card you see above, that is the American Express Premium card Alitalia ( more info ) (that every euro spent will earn you points MilleMiglia Alitalia (le miglia guadagnate per ogni euro speso sono variabili, 1,25 per tutti gli acquisti, 2; 3; o 5 nei negozi convenzionati) sono riuscito a raggiungere il traguardo delle 85.000 miglia necessarie per un volo premio per il Giappone . Ormai in famiglia lo sanno tutti: se c'è qualche spesa grossa da fare, tipo automobili, televisori e chi più ne ha più ne metta, paga Nicola con la carta Alitalia, poi con un bonifico i soldi tornano e le miglia aumentano a dismisura...fortissimo...e se quando volete prenotare il volo premio vi mancano delle miglia, potete acquistarle al "modico" prezzo di 25€ per 1.000 miglia.
I booked one of only two solutions left for a direct flight from Rome on Alitalia flight AZ0782 operated by a Boeing 777-200ER, which starts at 11:30 and arrived at FCO NRT at 06: 40 (times shown at the time of writing this post have changed: now the FCO AZ0782 starts at 10:40 and arrives at 07:00 at NRT, you probably have changed course) (the other solution would have been in the flight AZ0784 FCO starting at 15:00 and arriving in NRT at 11:20, but it was not possible to book an award ticket for that flight on that day). I start from CAG (Cagliari-Elmas), according to the rules in force for the reservation MilleMiglia award ticket for flights to the airport (HUB) of departure from an airport not served by the flight booking are free and included in the ticket prize. Although the site Alitalia would provide the options quite restrictive in regard to hours and days, the call center (06-2222) I was able to give more convenient options are not available on the site . The initial booking so was as follows:
9.18 CAG-ROM with the Alitalia flight AZ7581, departing at 09:10 and arriving at 10:15. 18/09 FCO-NRT with the Alitalia flight AZ0782, departing at 11:30 and arriving at 06:40 the day later.
Unfortunately, transit to Heathrow was only 75 minutes in those 75 minutes I had to make the transfer from the domestic arrival terminal (T1) than for international flights where the flight would be leaving for Japan (T5 ), that is a long stretch and walk a little way on board the shuttle's automatic, and passport control. Considering a possible delay of a flight from Cagliari, there were enormous opportunities to miss your flight . Moreover so short a transit can lead to denied boarding luggage ( for sheer lack time and the desire of the ground staff) to be transhipped from one aircraft to another.
My luck was that the MilleMiglia award ticket is not refundable even if he was completely "open", that could change times and days free until shortly before departure, and then again through the call center I anticipated the flight of departure from Cagliari, from 09:10 to 06:30, the final book was this:
9.18 CAG-ROM with the Alitalia flight AZ7579 *, starting at 06:30 and arriving at 07:35.
18/09 FCO-NRT with the Alitalia flight AZ0782, departing at 11:30 and arriving at 06:40 del giorno dopo.
(*Il volo CAG-FCO era effettuato in code-sharing dall'AirOne come AP5489)
Ora il transito era di 3 ore e 55 minuti. Il bagaglio con la mia classe di prenotazione partiva da Cagliari ed arrivava direttamente a Tokyo, con ottime probabilità di arrivarci (era bassa stagione e c'era un lungo tempo di transito a disposizione del personale di terra).
ATTENZIONE: le prenotazioni con tariffa PROMO, cioè quelle più economiche e più comprate sul sito non sono modificabili una volta acquistate!
Come evidenziato nel foglio di prenotazione che si vede qui sopra, il costo del biglietto è di 0,00€, This will add taxes and surcharges, which are € 181.09 for premium tickets charged to the passenger. The total cost of the ticket, a total of four sections (CAG-FCO, FCO-NRT, NRT-FCO, FCO-CAG) was therefore € 181.09 .
Most important, in Cagliari I compiled from customs declaration attesting the possession of electronic devices in my luggage at the time of the state ( here more info ). As my flight transit in a security restricted area from the point of view the output by the Italian customs happened to my departure from Cagliari, so it was plausible to complete this form to Cagliari. The module contains all the equipment I owned at the start, the model numbers and serial number of each. The tax police officer has to view each of the controlled devices in my possession and has subsequently signed and stamped the form. With this form below, to return to Italy and in the case of customs control is not necessary to demonstrate that the equipment has not been purchased abroad. 
Upon check-in Cagliari I was also given a boarding pass for Tokyo: above c'è la ricevuta dell'acquisto del biglietto... 
Ed ecco la carta d'imbarco: il codice MPZ specifica che la prenotazione per questa carta d'imbarco è un biglietto premio... 
Questo è lo scontrino del bagaglio: era consentito un solo bagaglio da stiva del peso massimo di 20kg. 
Una volta sbarcati a Fiumicino dal volo nazionale, non bisogna fare altro che camminare, attraversare tutta l'aerostazione e raggiungere il terminal 5 con il people mover automatico. Ecco l'aereo che mi porterà a Tokyo, proprio davanti all'uscita G05... 
E' un Boeing 777-243ER (cn 32858/425). Ha compiuto il primo volo il 4 dicembre 2002, è stato consegnato all'Alitalia il 12 dicembre 2002. E' stato ridipinto con la nuova colorazione il 5 dicembre 2009, è stato il primo 777 Alitalia ad essere dotato della nuova colorazione. 
Nella nuova colorazione, la "A" tricolore di Alitalia è più grande rispetto al vecchio schema ed interessa anche il cono posteriore della fusoliera: la striscia verde che parte da essa non è più all'altezza dei windows but placed under them ... 
A detail of the face: the finger is used both front doors of the plane, that of the business class and economy class ... 
is the usual photos to the boarding pass) 
erupted shortly before boarding the sun, I took the opportunity to photograph the plane surrounded by the means of support ... 
... and went back Airbus A-330 of a heron, soon to be stained with the Alitalia livery. Meanwhile the right side of our plane docked another Boeing 777, with the livery classical will also be in Tokyo a few hours later as AZ0784. (Here second and third part ..)
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