Originally Posted by chuck1
I have tried to get a first class seat in November on SQ from FRA to SIN with UA miles.
SQ reservations says they have 1 "O" (free first) seat on the particular flight, but UA has none.
One UA agent told me the advantage of the Star Alliance is that all partners have equal access to the same inventory.
Another UA agent told me that the individual partner airlines can allocate inventory just for their own members.
Who is correct? Wouldn't SQ have a different booking code for their own members?
I will post on UA and STAR forums to try and get as many opinions. Apologies for the dupes.
Thanks.
AFAIK, SQ has own inventory for their FF award. So many times SQ has an O-class and UA M+ doesn't have it. O-class is used by SQ for their free award in F and also for an upgraded F using miles from C-class.
FRA-SIN SQ25 is coming from NY. Usually it's quite popular in F. My suggestion, which I was able to do last time, was doing FRA-LHR on LH and LHR-SIN on SQ F. There are 3 times daily SQ317 (frm LHR 12:00), SQ319 (18:30) and SQ321 (22:15). It seems that you will have more chance to get award F on SQ317. But please do try to check with UA mileage plus.
The other option would be the flight from ZRH to SIN.
Good luck. I hope you will be able to get the award on SQ.