Oh dear, if DBS Altitude reimbursement is per transaction, you lose a little money per month (estimate, 40 transactions per month, S$2.50 x 40 = S$100 worth).
Originally Posted by
SQueeze
May I ask why you excluded taxes and surcharges in your calculations? I am doing an analysis on my next dream trip.
No problem. Let's go back to business class to Frankfurt:
For the same dates for Frankfurt (there is no Saver for Paris business so we are not using Paris), a search for business flights returns Emirates, at S$6,367.50 (with Thai Air at S$4,285.50). On SQ, it's 93,500 miles on Saver or S$6,500, plus taxes and surcharges of S$639.
To get 93,500 miles with a monthly spend of S$4,000, you need to spend S$62,333.33. S$5,728.50 (Emirates price less surcharges/taxes) divided by S$62,333.33 is 9.1901%. S$3,646.50 (Thai price less surcharges/taxes) divided by S$62,333.33 is 5.8500%. Still not bad but it may seem much worse than the New York flight, depending on how you compare a Thai Airways business class seat to an SQ one.
Two options here:
Option 1: Spend 93,500 miles and S$639 in taxes/surcharges to redeem with SQ
Option 2: Spend S$6,367.50 to buy an Emirates ticket
If you choose Option 1, you are saving S$5,728.50. That is what the miles are worth to you.