Firstly, many thanks for taking time to read this - I do appreciate it.

I just had a question about a redemption booking I currently have in March '24: LHR - SIN | SIN - SYD (lLHR - SIN in F | SIN - SYD in Suites) for 2 pax... it's a redemption I've been saving up for for a couple of years now for my Aussie wife who's not seen her mother for five years now.

My preferred flights are on the same date -- leaving LHR a couple of hours earlier and the first leg being in Suites as well as the second leg -- but are currently a Waitlst availability only option. And I don't have a spare 564,000 KF miles sloshing around to be able to waitlist these preferred flights, more's the pity. :

My question essentially is: is there any likelihood of me being alerted to a change in the award availability of my preferred flights (via Expertflyer, Awardnexus or the like) and then calling SQ to book these flights before another KF member, who may have been able to waitlist these preferred flights of mine, beats me to the punch? I just don't know whether I'd be wasting my time setting up alerts when perhaps, realistically, I'd stand little chance of beating another KF member, who might have waitlisted the same flights, to this redemption. I suspect being KF Gold doesn't help me too much in this scenario either?

Any advice would be greatly welcomed.

All the best