Originally Posted by
kp88
I did a few mock booking for *A booking on OZ's Korean language website a couple of days ago. I am based in BNE and I plan to go visit Korea at the end of the year. So i did a few different stop over scenarios and dates. I was able to choose BR, TG and SQ, however i did notice that SQ business class seat wasn't available from BNE on any dates as well as other sample routes i tried.. I am wondering whether SQ blocks out business class on *A booking for these particular routes. Anyhow I ended deciding to just fly down to SYD and fly with OZ to ICN.
Most of the time SQ Premium cabins are blocked out from *A partners.
It's harder for us here in SIN to earn miles for our home airline than it is for someone from the US.
Even the cheapest flight on UA metal earns 100% mileage on SQ. Cheapest SQ flight (which isn't cheap in the first place) earns only 10%.
Here's an example on a current promotion price to fly to JFK:
SIN-JFK roundtrip costs S$2,350 (US$1,854) on SQ metal and earns only 10% mileage on SQ and 0% mileage to other airlines.....
Sigh...