Thanks again. Was curious about that, kinda just wondering for FF mileage reasons.. I would be 2 legs from Japan no matter what anyway since DAL cancelled my direct flight last year, so I guess it doesn't matter all that much. I ZED on ANA from NRT-BKK occasionally so I'm familiar with that. ZED is not a route I would want to go for this job getting home though.. standby, middle seat, coach for 12 hours (no thanks)!
Now time to contact CREW and see if I can get anywhere..