Thanks. It is not that I do not fly SQ metal; I would just like to opt for better price options when they are available. For flying to Europe and hoping over the eastern USA TK is very competitive. When I fly to Oz I would likely be flying SQ. That is when I would be interested in upgrading to First
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I just spent some time this evening online live chat with KrisFlyer's agent. As far as I can ascertain from the agent SQ indeed do not have SQ metal requirement for status upgrade to Elite Silver and Elite Gold. However to get to PPS Club one must earn PPS Value which can only come from flying SQ metal. And the SQ KF miles can indeed be used to request upgrade from Business to First ... Although I am sure the PPS Club members have priority over Elite Gold and Elite Silver.
- For UA it is impossible to raise status to even Silver without flying at least 4 segments of UA. This makes it tough for me when UA do not fly Singapore - Japan these days.
So I guess it looks workable to fly TK and deposit miles into SQ KF. And I will fly some SQ metal along the way.
It is possible to request Business to First upgrade on LH and NH using SQ KF miles, right? Do you mean that is hard to do?
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cfischer
TK booking classes do not align with the rest of *A. K class is above J class and below D class.
To the very best of my knowledge SQ does not have SQ metal requirements. However, if you are not planning on flying SQ (how to do get to Oz???) then it may not make sense for you.
I get you on wanting to upgrade to First - I am the same. Why UA works for me since they allow LH and NH upgrades quite easily and that is what I need. SQ is the hard one here ...