Originally Posted by
Thunderroad
First of all, congratulations!
Perhaps we are just using different terminology, but I'm not sure I know what you mean by those three categories of points. I'm assuming that what you call Amex premier and Citi premier are Amex Membership Reward points and Citi Thank You points. (I'm unfamiliar wit the term Amex Blue Sky miles.) If that's the case, you can transfer both categories into Singapore Air's Krisflyer program, where you will have enough miles for the two of you to at least fly SQ one-way in F (assuming award availability). The ideal routing would be DPS-SIN-NRT-LAX (or vice versa) in F if the seats are available, as you'd be in the A380 SQ suites for SIN-NRT-LAX, which is one of the greatest commercial flying experiences anyone can have. Two adjacent seats enclosed to form a kind of double bed when converted for lying down.
(And even if you can't bag F seats, SQ long-haul J seats are great as well.)
If you do investigate that option, lots of good info available at the SQ forum and at the Amex and Citi forums. Hope this helps!
Thank you and thank you!! Already very helpful. And you were right about those two point programs I was referring to. I will absolutely explore this transfer idea and the route you recommend. That A380 sounds amazing. The Amex Blue Sky points are for the Amex Blue Sky card (7,500 points are worth $100 statement credit, which is nice because the points->dollars rate is good, but not great because I don't think the points are transferrable anywhere. Going to ditch that card soon.)
And I'm still a little clueless on the "buy economy seats than upgrade later" options out there. Am I to understand that the upgrade is usually done with miles? Thanks again. Any other transfer/route recommendations are greatly appreciated.