Originally Posted by
mintcilantro
+1 From west coast you can find good availability on Singapore coach and ANA business through united. However revenue tickets are quite competitive ($1200 -1500 in coach) and you can collect ~20k EQM for the trip. I found it much more worthwhile to redeem miles for other destinations. As always YMMV and do what works for you
+2 I usually redeem miles for business or first to India, but rarely for coach (I will redeem if for a relative and the prices are high for what I need ... used 40K for a $1200 segment on SQ one-way, and relative didn't miss the points).
I've gotten pretty much close to a status level just with my India trips in coach, and got *G just with 1 RT at $1350.