Originally Posted by
KiwiJC
With regard to the SQ option, as far as I understand it they do not release J or F partner awards on the A380 and 77W - as such this isn’t an issue unique to NZ.
I have always found that the price of *A flights using Airpoints is good, if you can find them! Sounds like there is good availability if you’re looking on the right routes.
Definitely is on the East Coast > Europe routes I would say. Lots of competition within *A and from what I could gather, the best availability was with SWISS, TAP and SAS - not Lufthansa or United, which is probably not all that surprising.