Originally Posted by
stevenshev
If you're ready to book somewhat soon, in another shocker, SQ itself will be the way to go SO LONG AS YOU CAN BOOK ONLINE. This will cost you 83,000 points, plus a little over $300 in tax. The upsides here are that this is the ONLY method through which you will EVER see two seats (this will only happen a few dates out), but, in the meantime, it is the only method that will allow waitlisting.
The 25% discount is only valid when flying SQ (or SilkAir), not with *A partners.
So the OP would not be able to fly IAD-MUC or even FRA. He would have to get to JFK on his own.
And how is DL/Skyteam going to get the OP to Europe with SQ F for 76,000 points from IAD?
All things considered, I would recommend transferring to Aeroplan.
And I would look at booking the final destination to E. Europe or Turkey for 120,000 miles and then stopover in PRG and FRA.
Note that Aeroplan has changed their rules to allow two stopovers in addition to the final destination. So the OP could do something like:
IAD-ZRH: LX F
ZRH-IST: LX C (dest)
IST-PRG: TK C (stop)
PRG-FRA: LH C (stop)
FRA-IAD: LH F
Total cost: 120,000 miles each + about $150 taxes.