I agree it’s not amazing value, but as I am not Elite I have no other use for burning APD, as I don’t particularly fancy redeeming them for domestic award travel or the rip off Airpoints store.

Most of my APD come from work travel, so because for me I didn’t pay anything to accumulate them I don’t see it as a waste - not sure what other alternatives I realistically have to burn them for good value (apart from maybe a low one-up, with about a 0.01% chance of success).

Plus it would be nice to do the last leg in J after a very early morning start from WLG and then the long leg from AKL-SIN, especially on SQ’s J product. It’s all about perceived value