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Old Nov 25, 2022 | 3:53 pm
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Originally Posted by gusd
The cheapest one-way I can find to SIN in Polaris at any time is 180K. Looking at round trip cash prices on Google Flights around my dates in March are $10K+ on United, $8K+ on other StarAlliance, and not much better closer in, either. ..
The cash price is being distorted due to OW purchase. This does tend to be a case where award flight make more sense

Originally Posted by gusd
So what do people consider a good one-way redemption of miles in Polaris for SIN?
If not an optional trip and partner options (1-stop) aren't better, then it comes down to which means less to you -- the cash or miles,

You can do better else with the miles elsewhere but if it must be SIN and no other options exists, then go ahead --- but watch the cash and award prices -- perhaps a better deal will show up

Also consider atlernative to the SFO-SIN non-stop such as thru NRT, TPE, ...
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