Originally Posted by
FromTheEast
Great additional info. Thank you both Thunderroad and FlossieFlyer.
Right now, I think it's likely we'll transfer all our Amex and ThankYou points to Krisflyer and then go for J fares on Singapore Air LAX->DPS. For their standard fare, it looks to be about 204,000 miles + $860 for 2 adults. I'm hesitant to try their waitlist, in case they never release the seats and we're stuck waiting an indeterminate amount of time before we pull the trigger on some other fare.
For the return journey we'll be flying out of SIN. Won't have enough miles to fly J for both of us, so I'm thinking we just purchase J fares in cash and score some good credit card points from it. Though that's looking to be about $5000 for both of us.
Has anyone tried EVA's premium economy, and is it worth the extra $$? Would probably double our return fare from $1300 economy to $2500 for premium for two tickets.
Thanks!
Just FYI, F/Suites Saver LAX - SIN - DPS is only 183k I believe which is not only cheaper than J standard but significantly better.
If you don't care about Suites specifically look at IAH - DME - SIN - DPS. IAH - DME - SIN has seemingly wide open availability and you should be able to get J saver F saver for much cheaper than the J standard you quoted above. The J will be just as good as LAX - NRT - SIN though F will be normal F, not Suites.
In terms of returning - if you are willing to pay for a flight to CMB, you can get $900 J tickets on QR ex-CMB for CMB - JFK. You can also get $2k pp OW tickets ex-BKK back to LAX (BKK - ICN - LAX). Finally, check KUL, there are $1.8k OW tickets pp KUL - NRT - LAX on JL J which is fantastic.
For any of those you could use a cheap intra-Asia flight or Avios for positioning. For KUL, I believe there are buses and trains that go from Singapore to KUL.