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Dec 30, 2017, 8:48 pm

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behyx

Join Date: Dec 2013

Posts: 239

Quote:

Originally Posted by Troopers

SQ redemption awards are based on zones. 82k miles is required from Zone 4 (HKG) to Zone 12 (West Coast); however, since SQ doesn't fly HKG direct to LAX you would need to fly to SIN. This would be your routing:

- HKG (Zone 4) to SIN (Zone 1) requiring 27.5k miles
- SIN (Zone 1) to LAX (Zone 12) via ICN requiring 88k miles

SQ agent is correct that 231k is required for 2 pax HKG-LAX. The website incorrectly displays 82k but correctly displays 115.5k when a flight is selected.

Flying HKG-SFO requires 82k miles.

I don't quite understand why the need to add HKG-SIN and SIN-LAX together. A couple of years back I flew JFK-HKG on Suites with my wife and we used about 230k miles in total (pre-devaluation). I remember if I buy the tickets seperately (JFK-SIN + SIN-HKG), it would require more miles.

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