Valid award route (SIN-NRT-LAX / NYC-SIN) ?
Jul 18, 2015, 6:19 pm
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Valid award route (SIN-NRT-LAX / NYC-SIN) ?
Hi guys, I'm looking to book award travel from SIN or BKK to LAX and return from the east coast. I was wondering if what I'm thinking of is a valid routing with stopovers for a round-trip itinerary with stopovers.
Looking at the award chart, I'd like to do the Asia 1 - North America round-trip in business class for 192,000 and reading the terms and conditions, I'm just not sure what exactly is meant by
e.g. if I'd like to travel from BKK to LAX does that mean I can do that only on the BKK-LAX non-stop, or can I route via Asia 3 (Tokyo) with a stopover there?
Basically, what I'd like to do is this:
SIN (or BKK) - NRT (stopover) - LAX / NYC - SIN (or BKK or HKT).
Is that a valid round-trip (open-jaw) with a stopover as per the program's terms? i.e. will the cost in business class for such an itinerary be 192,000 miles?
p.s. Is SQ business class bookable with Royal Orchid miles provided I see Saver space on Singaporeair.com?
Thank you
Looking at the award chart, I'd like to do the Asia 1 - North America round-trip in business class for 192,000 and reading the terms and conditions, I'm just not sure what exactly is meant by
Awards are for round-trip travel on the most direct route possible
Basically, what I'd like to do is this:
SIN (or BKK) - NRT (stopover) - LAX / NYC - SIN (or BKK or HKT).
Is that a valid round-trip (open-jaw) with a stopover as per the program's terms? i.e. will the cost in business class for such an itinerary be 192,000 miles?
p.s. Is SQ business class bookable with Royal Orchid miles provided I see Saver space on Singaporeair.com?
Thank you
Jul 18, 2015, 9:31 pm
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Don't know about the other questions but I do know the Saver inventory on SQ.com is only for KrisFlyer miles redemptions. Their partner availability is usually very different from what you see on their website. You can check ANA's website for SQ partner availability.
Jul 18, 2015, 10:35 pm
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Jul 20, 2015, 6:43 pm
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did they ever? I recall in the past LAX was through KIX and since a couple of years through ICN.
There was a nonstop service to JFK (because SQ also had one) for just a short time but it was axed as revenues and costs did not match
There was a nonstop service to JFK (because SQ also had one) for just a short time but it was axed as revenues and costs did not match
Jul 20, 2015, 10:14 pm
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There had been talk of going through KIX around the beginning of 2009 IIRC but that didn't go through and the non-stop BKK-LAX remained for a bit longer.
Jul 20, 2015, 10:16 pm
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There had been talk of going through KIX around the beginning of 2009 IIRC but that didn't occur and the non-stop BKK-LAX remained for a bit longer.
Jul 20, 2015, 11:45 pm
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The nonstop JFK flight was axed but the LAX flight was kept for a few more years before then going through ICN a few (3 or 4 ??) years ago.
There had been talk of going through KIX around the beginning of 2009 IIRC but that didn't occur and the non-stop BKK-LAX remained for a bit longer.
There had been talk of going through KIX around the beginning of 2009 IIRC but that didn't occur and the non-stop BKK-LAX remained for a bit longer.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/thai-...3-bkk-lax.html
Jul 21, 2015, 2:48 am
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Back to the actual topic...
The T&C state that you can have one stopover so your NRT stop should be fine.
And from the award chart it also looks like you will have no issues with 192K points.
The only open question I'd have is do they support open jaws.
Everything else looks fine for what you need.
The T&C state that you can have one stopover so your NRT stop should be fine.
And from the award chart it also looks like you will have no issues with 192K points.
The only open question I'd have is do they support open jaws.
Everything else looks fine for what you need.