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Nov 15, 2009 | 4:53 pm

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There is not much F (at least good F) between Asia and Australasia or between North America and Australasia, so an F award may not be great value.

SQ has mostly 77W and A380 to SYD, MEL, AKL; which are not available in first on awards unless you get very lucky.
SQ has regional F (773) on some flights to MEL, plus ADL & PER. PER is not a good idea - short flight. SIN-ADL is a short overnight flight so not a great F experience.

TG is reintroducing F on some Australia flights, but it has been pulled before so no guarantees it will stay.

Other than that the only *A F is UA (new F) to SYD & MEL.

I'd stick with NZ C, and if you can book NZ direct LHR to AKL vv then you can add another region for free (+ taxes).

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