mongobot

Next month I'm hoping to use miles or points to fly SIN - BKK - SIN in Business. I primarily earn miles and status via UA/*A so the easiest route is to use miles from my UA account to pay for the tickets but I'm interested in getting the best value for the transition that I can. I have enough points in each of these Programs as well: Citi ThankYou, Chase Ultimate Rewards and Amex Membership Rewards

So far I see the following rates when booking through each respective plan:
KrisFlyer: 40K Miles + SGD 80.50
MileagePlus: 50K Miles + USD 59.00
ANA: 55K Miles + JPY 11,610
Aeroplan: 80K Miles + CAD 77.50

I've never purchased an award ticket using Credit Card points directly, nor have I specifically booked a with a carrier from another alliance with miles/points.

What would you recommend as "best bang for the points" in C to fly SIN - BKK - SIN?

Thanks!

Yoshi212

Is J class necessary or just a want for you on this trip? The flight is just over two hours in the air and can be had in Y for under $200 return flying on TG's A350.

ANA seems the worst value as the surcharge is rather high, relatively to the other programs, and AC requires significantly more miles than others.

For UA or SQ it really comes down to which do you have the points in that you deem useable. SQ points I believe take time to transfer while UR to UA is relatively instant.

LondonElite

It's not up to me to tell you that C is a bit of a waste on such a short flight, you must decide that yourself. Have you confirmed that these seats are available?

Mwenenzi

Have you checked award availability?
As above, with the cash co -pay seems poor value
A quick google search SIN-BKK shows "27+ flights per day, 2h 25m duration"
Paying extra for an exit row on one of those would improve the comfort for not much money.

mongobot

Thanks for the reply, Yoshi.

Although it's a fairly short flight, I'm pretty set on flying in C. I'll concede that $200 on TG in Y is not too bad.

mongobot

@LondonElite & @Mwenenzi: Thank you both. Yes, currently a fair amount of availability for award tickets for the dates I'm interested in.

Yoshi212

Also, don't forget that CX operates a return trip between SIN & BKK midday on a A350 which also offers PE.

Duke787

This is going to be the cheapest option for OP

15k BA + $56 each direction

Can transfer either TYP or AMEX MR

mongobot

@Duke787 - thanks for the info.

lingua101

Purchasing miles is not really cheap. Since you have UA miles, if I were you, I will make use of the UA miles.

SQ Krisflyer miles is USD40/1,000 miels. So if you need to buy 40K miles, it will cost you USD1,600. I may as well buy the ticket directly. SIN-BKK-SIN round trip cost around SGD800-1000

lingua101

SIN-BKK timing is OK. But BKK-SIN timing is before noon which may not be ideal to some people, as you may need to leave for airport no later than 10am..