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Old Dec 25, 2012 | 2:49 pm
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Originally Posted by flyme2theriver
I apologize in advance as this isn't really a MR discussion topic but I couldn't find anywhere else to post ...

Wife want's to go to Maldives and Singapore , I want to keep CPM lower than 7.5 I was somewhat successful with SFO-ICN-SIN-MLE with 3 days in each location using ITA and /minconnect 3000

$1500 ai (7.2 CPM and 21,250 miles)

Any thoughts on how to make it better? Also, the fare ends up on Singapore airlines doesn't accept UA CPUs, so any thoughts on how to get to the front of the plane as a UA 1k would be very helpful as well.
There is no way you can get in the front of the plane in SQ using UA miles. SFO-SIN is operated by their 77W aircraft for which business and first redemption/upgrades is blocked. You may have a chance to upgrade with miles on the SIN-MLE sector - that too if you book in a high enough fare class. For $1500 I bet this is a cheapo non-miles earning fare class that SQ offers.

Do you have enough UA miles to redeem a J award? If so, redeeming on UA/NH/OZ upto SIN and then purchasing a SIN-MLE-SIN on SQ maybe an option
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