Originally Posted by
rmflyer
You might try taking LH from DC to FRA and then SQ from FRA to SIN to MLE. LH has good availability from IAD to FRA and SQ has much better business class availbility from FRA to SIN than from JFK. I've found it difficult to find more than one C or F award seat on SQ out of the US. I think they do exist, but are very difficult to find. I believe the number of miles required to go east instead of west is the same.
SQ11, which is LAX-NRT-SIN, and the return, have availability for at least two people in C all the time. The issue with taking LH to Europe first is that they charge you extra miles, since it's via Europe, I believe, while the JFK-SIN (via FRA), is booked as a TPAC award, although there have been reports that say otherwise lately...