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Apr 21, 2017 | 2:47 pm

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garykung

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Originally Posted by pekkle

Thanks all! As a follow-up I was able to transfer most of my points (due to a restriction in having to transfer in lots of 1,000 pts at a time) to KrisFlyer, and pay $40 SGD / 1,000 KrisFlyer miles to get 2x EVA Air business class seats LAX <-> TPE (175,000 KrisFlyer miles per round trip ticket). I'd transferred 332,000 points over so had to make up 18,000 miles.

At the time I called, the SQ non-stop flights required a total of 462,000 KrisFlyer miles for the SaverAward availability(!!).

So in essence, for the cost of an economy class ticket (or a little more) + fees I got 2 x business class seats for my grandma and another adult. I doubt this is the best best deal, but it works for me!

Thanks again!!

Can someone do a fact check for me in case I am missing something?

Whose stupid idea is that when UA charge the same ticket for 160K, OP chose an airline that requires more miles?

Am I missing anything?

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