I had problems even buying C seats on SIN-MLE, the awards there are almost non existant on that route, fellow CO flyer belynch is currently in MLE and he was barely able to get SIN-MLE-SIN in Y.

Have booked 2 x C awards SIN-MLE-SIN 2 years in a row on SQ using UA miles. Last year was a last minute booking, this year booked 5 months out.

F to MLE? Maybe you checked a different route like MNL but ther has not been F to MLE since the A330 fly there.

Also the OP is using miles from another *A FFP - BD. And his observation is correct as for example F seats to CGK and MNL have vanished completely and in the past they were easy to get. Even C to CGK or BKK is tougher now with less seats then before for other *A FFPs.

for KF members availability is better as it should and LH M&M also seems to have a leg up on other *A FFPs from time to time in scoring longhaul awards even on new 77Ws in C.

That is what I mean with the critique of this study. Nice approach and it could have been soooo much more useful if they went the few steps further.

Especially the example of UA: if they actually probed alliance awards in premium classes (which is the best use of miles without any doubt, no matter what Ma&Pa cattle think WN can give them) and via UA's delicious call centre, then UA and SQ would have trailed the Glutaeus Maximus of this score.

And exactly since this time them not have any award seat in C and max 1 seat in Y on selected flights. :td: