Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer - Suggestions to Earn PPS Sectors....

Hi All,

I have the following itineraries booked on SQ:

LAX-TPE-SIN-BOM

and:

JFK-FRA-SIN-DEL

Now, the question is whether SQ will consider LAX-TPE-SIN as one segment?

How about JFK-FRA-SIN?

Thanks in advance!

(The JFK-FRA-SIN-DEL sector is more expensive than the LAX one, and would involve having to fly UA over to LAX from EWR - any comments on this??)

Hi All,

I have the following itineraries booked on SQ:

LAX-TPE-SIN-BOM

and:

JFK-FRA-SIN-DEL

Now, the question is whether SQ will consider LAX-TPE-SIN as one segment?

How about JFK-FRA-SIN?

Thanks in advance!

(The JFK-FRA-SIN-DEL sector is more expensive than the LAX one, and would involve having to fly UA over to LAX from EWR - any comments on this??)

It depends on how this flights are ticketed. If LAX-TPE-SIN is on one coupon you'll get PPS sector credit for LAX-SIN, if it's on 2 coupons, which it usually isn't unless you specifically book it that way you'll get credit for each leg seperately.
Same applies to JFK-FRA-SIN.

LAX-SIN = 5 PPS sectors

LAX-TPE = 5 PPS sectors
TPE-SIN = 1.25 PPS sectors

JFK-SIN = 5 PPS sectors

JFK-FRA = 2.5 PPS sectors
FRA-SIN = 5 PPS sectors

This sectors are calculated assuming that you are flying in Raffles Class not First.

It depends on how this flights are ticketed. If LAX-TPE-SIN is on one coupon you'll get PPS sector credit for LAX-SIN, if it's on 2 coupons, which it usually isn't unless you specifically book it that way you'll get credit for each leg seperately.
Same applies to JFK-FRA-SIN.

LAX-SIN = 5 PPS sectors

LAX-TPE = 5 PPS sectors
TPE-SIN = 1.25 PPS sectors

JFK-SIN = 5 PPS sectors

JFK-FRA = 2.5 PPS sectors
FRA-SIN = 5 PPS sectors

This sectors are calculated assuming that you are flying in Raffles Class not First. Hi yvrcnx,

Thanks for the quick clarification on the number of coupons! This is something I had not seen on the forum.... ^ ^

Hi yvrcnx,

Thanks for the quick clarification on the number of coupons! This is something I had not seen on the forum.... ^ ^

You are very welcomed. There might be someone here who has more experience with booking on two coupons. If you are trying to get the most PPS sectors and want to be really safe you could always for example fly LAX-TPE on one flight number and take a later SQ flight with a different flight number to SIN, however I don't know how your connecting time is for your onward flight to DEL.
Wether you fly from JFK or LAX really depends how much time is worth to you. I think you are probably saving a few hours by going via FRA rather then LAX and TPE.
Of course price is a factor to, if the JFK - FRA - SIN routing is more, is it worth it to you spending the extra money if you are being able to book on 2 seperate coupons, to get extra 1.25 PPS sectors?
For me if it was a business trip I would choose the most effecient way and try to make the most out the PPS sectors available for that option available.
I know you will have a great trip whichever way you end up flying. :)

Hi yvrcnx,

Thanks for the quick clarification on the number of coupons! This is something I had not seen on the forum.... ^ ^
Are you sure you haven't seen them yet in this forum? ;) ;) :D Perhpas we should go back to so many pages of this PPS Run: Does Such A Thing Exist? (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=357002) ;)

Anyway, right now the SQ computer system is pretty clever. If you book SQ29 LAX-TPE straight connect to SQ29 TPE-SIN, the CRS will ask for sector combine to SQ29 LAX-SIN. Old tricks do not work anymore. But, good luck! ;) I knew one FTer was able to split SQ11 LAX-NRT SQ11 NRT-SIN. ;)

I had SQ1 booked as 2 coupons and had an upper deck seat SFO-HKG and a main deck seat HKG-SIN. At SFO they absolutely insisted that I had to have one boarding pass for SFO-SIN and that I couldn't keep either of my assigned seats (due to them not being free for the other part of the flight) so I lost 11K and ended up with a worse seat even.

You can always fly JFK to FRA with SQ 25, and then connect with SQ 325 to Singapore. Would only cost you $100 more for the airport taxes.

You can always fly JFK to FRA with SQ 25, and then connect with SQ 325 to Singapore. Would only cost you $100 more for the airport taxes.
2.5 PPS sectors for $100. Is that worth it? To put the question in perspective, multiply by 100. Is it worth $10,000 for 250 PPS sectors i.e. Solitaire status?

2.5 PPS sectors for $100. Is that worth it? To put the question in perspective, multiply by 100. Is it worth $10,000 for 250 PPS sectors i.e. Solitaire status?That means $40 per PPS sector!

Are you still asking if it is worth it? ;)

I wouldn't pay $40/sector just to have sectors. I'd pay at most $20/sector for the 110 sectors I still need for Solitaire. Beyond that, I wouldn't pay anything unless I needed the sectors to requalify.

I wouldn't pay $40/sector just to have sectors. I'd pay at most $20/sector for the 110 sectors I still need for Solitaire. Beyond that, I wouldn't pay anything unless I needed the sectors to requalify.I would pay $40 per sectors in a heart beat! And I think so would 99.9% of the other SQ PPS population. $10'000 for Solitaire Status?? Pffffff... I don't even get PPS status for spending that much!!!

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=573087

I wouldn't pay $40/sector just to have sectors. I'd pay at most $20/sector for the 110 sectors I still need for Solitaire. Beyond that, I wouldn't pay anything unless I needed the sectors to requalify.

$2200 for 110 sectors? Can I have some of that stuff you're smoking? :p