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scottb246 Jul 19, 2011 1:40 pm

Best way to SIN?
 
Want to use miles to fly business class from SFO to SIN. Which airline can I use for the least miles?

clacko Jul 19, 2011 2:03 pm

starting from?....any date range? [some have hi/lo periods].... good luck....

lin821 Jul 19, 2011 2:45 pm


Originally Posted by scottb246 (Post 16757949)
Which airline can I use for the least miles?

Which airlines do you currently park your miles?

The best way and least miles are not necessarily the same thing. It can be a quality (re:service) vs, quantity (re: miles) thingy.

Are you mainly asking for fewest miles in C from SFO to SIN?

Please keep in mind, not every mile is created equal. Miles in certain FFPs sometimes hold higher redemption value than others. And the value is in the eye of the beholder and/or hoarder. ;)

~tc~ Jul 19, 2011 6:48 pm

I flew DEN-SEA-NRT-SIN on UA for coach+500+25000 miles which I thought was reasonable for an upgrade, but the planes were all the old fitment, and the service NRT-SIN was pretty poor for an 8 hr flight

muji Jul 19, 2011 7:38 pm


Originally Posted by scottb246 (Post 16757949)
Best way to SIN?

I like your thread title. I was going to address it, but now I see I misunderstood what you meant. But, welcome to FlyerTalk.

anishub Jul 19, 2011 7:51 pm

OP has specific Q - least miles in C to SIN.


Originally Posted by scottb246 (Post 16757949)
Want to use miles to fly business class from SFO to SIN. Which airline can I use for the least miles?

AFAIK, the least would be on BA miles, using JL via NRT or CX via HKG. It would cost 50k miles (BA) each way.

If you do a transfer from Amex to BA before 7/31, you just need 67k MR for the R/T.

By the way, Welcome to FT!!

marben Jul 19, 2011 7:51 pm


Originally Posted by muji (Post 16760015)
I like your thread title. I was going to address it, but now I see I misunderstood what you meant. But, welcome to FlyerTalk.

+1

freezone Jul 19, 2011 8:10 pm

Miles not the only concern
 
Don't forget that each airline program or airline used to get you there also have different fees that you must pay out of pocket and the fees varies ALOT. Some fuel surcharges with some airlines are very high while others are not. So its not just the miles.

CPRich Jul 19, 2011 9:06 pm

via HEL


Do you have hundreds of thousands of miles in every program available? Or are you just curious? Outside of those two scenarios we're going to need a lot more info.

scottb246 Jul 20, 2011 8:25 am

thanks
 
Wow-thanks for all the help. I have a lot of options. Over 100,000 miles on Delta,AA,BA and UAL

bez7 Jul 20, 2011 10:55 am

Wouldn't the best way to get to HEL be via SIN? Seems like it's OW only...

bbkenney Jul 20, 2011 11:25 am


Originally Posted by anishub (Post 16760072)
OP has specific Q - least miles in C to SIN.



AFAIK, the least would be on BA miles, using JL via NRT or CX via HKG. It would cost 50k miles (BA) each way.

If you do a transfer from Amex to BA before 7/31, you just need 67k MR for the R/T.

By the way, Welcome to FT!!

anishub, perhaps you can help me out here because I am considering moving a block of AX to BA but it seemed to me their rewards were more costly (than AA, etc). I have no experience using BA but have recently come into a bunch from cc deals and now may the AX swap.

How is the SFO-SIN trip in business, not 100,000 in BA miles? from

[URL="http://www.britishairways.com/travel/partnertable/public/en_us"]
One partner airline only (not British Airways)

I would appreciate the help.

embarkab Jul 20, 2011 12:10 pm

@bbkenney -- It depends where you need to go. thepointsguy just posted on his blog about the 50% transfer bonus on Amex to BA or DL and gave several travel scenarios.

I'm actually thinking about SFO-SIN this November. The availability on CX is probably better than JL; there are two CX SFO-HKG flights per day and 8 HKG-SIN flights per day. A 100k BA miles RT in C is an excellent deal and the taxes are around $300 USD.

bbkenney Jul 20, 2011 12:47 pm


Originally Posted by embarkab (Post 16764385)
@bbkenney -- It depends where you need to go. thepointsguy just posted on his blog about the 50% transfer bonus on Amex to BA or DL and gave several travel scenarios.

I'm actually thinking about SFO-SIN this November. The availability on CX is probably better than JL; there are two CX SFO-HKG flights per day and 8 HKG-SIN flights per day. A 100k BA miles RT in C is an excellent deal and the taxes are around $300 USD.

Agreed! I mis-read anishub's post, sorry.

coco11 Jul 21, 2011 8:09 am


Originally Posted by scottb246 (Post 16757949)
Want to use miles to fly business class from SFO to SIN. Which airline can I use for the least miles?

I flew from DTW to NRT TO SIN (DELTA) and DTW to ORD to HKG to SIN (AA and Cathay)

I really like Cathay, foods and services are great.
BUT Singapore airline is one of the best.

AA miles from SFO to HKG to SIN with Cathay (tax is about $60 per person - plus 70,000 miles (Coach) or 110,000 miles (Business))


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