2011 - 2021: How likely are waitlisted awards to clear?
May 27, 2018, 10:46 am
#1516
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: SJU
Programs: Amex FHR elite travel agent, Ritz Stars, Hyatt Prive, Four Seasons Preferred Partner and others
Posts: 1,521
Waitlisted SQ 31 SFO-SIN in business class saver (standard was not available to waitlist) about 72 hours before departure, did not clear at all even with Z9.
May 27, 2018, 2:18 pm
#1517
Suspended
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Bay Area
Programs: DL SM, UA MP.
Posts: 12,729
May 31, 2018, 12:25 am
#1518
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: CA
Posts: 1,308
Was looking to clear 2 tix Sq232 SYD-SIN. Avantage award in the new A380 F.
1 seat already taken per EF, only 1 available for immediate booking. As i was changing my ticket earlier in the day, met a nice lad and asked him to send a chaser so that my first choice of dates can get pushed through. 5 hrs later, i received confirmation that WL has cleared.
I think the fact that i was paying full price helped. I have no status but have done multiple suites bookings all w miles but at the saver level.
1 seat already taken per EF, only 1 available for immediate booking. As i was changing my ticket earlier in the day, met a nice lad and asked him to send a chaser so that my first choice of dates can get pushed through. 5 hrs later, i received confirmation that WL has cleared.
I think the fact that i was paying full price helped. I have no status but have done multiple suites bookings all w miles but at the saver level.
May 31, 2018, 11:30 pm
#1519
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: HKG/ SIN
Posts: 203
Possible to purchase paid seat while staying waitlisted?
I am currently waitlisted in PE on SIN-FRA in 4 weeks (the day flight). I am pondering if I should purchase a paid ticket (cancellation fee relatively acceptable) and hope for the waitlist to clear. Worst case I use the paid ticket but would still keep the option open to use miles if it clears.
Is this possible or will SQ auto-cancel my waitlist if I purchase a paid ticket?
Thanks in advance!
I am currently waitlisted in PE on SIN-FRA in 4 weeks (the day flight). I am pondering if I should purchase a paid ticket (cancellation fee relatively acceptable) and hope for the waitlist to clear. Worst case I use the paid ticket but would still keep the option open to use miles if it clears.
Is this possible or will SQ auto-cancel my waitlist if I purchase a paid ticket?
Thanks in advance!
Jun 4, 2018, 6:37 pm
#1520
Original Member
Join Date: May 1998
Location: NYC
Programs: AA 2MM, Bonvoy LTT, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 14,639
Joined JFK-FRA waitlist a week prior to departure for F. Didn’t clear. 6 empty seats in F.
Jun 4, 2018, 8:24 pm
#1521
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: So Cal
Posts: 937
Recent success getting a waitlist cleared at time of booking. MLE-SIN was waitlisted in J saver, and SIN-CDG Suites was available in Saver. Agent noticed the waitlist, asked if she could put me on hold for a minute, and came back and let me know she was able to clear the waitlist and could ticket now. I haven't read all 1520 post on this thread, however this was a new one for me.
Jun 5, 2018, 3:15 am
#1522
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2003
Programs: BA Silver, EY Gold, HH Diamond, IHG Plat
Posts: 12,210
Recent success getting a waitlist cleared at time of booking. MLE-SIN was waitlisted in J saver, and SIN-CDG Suites was available in Saver. Agent noticed the waitlist, asked if she could put me on hold for a minute, and came back and let me know she was able to clear the waitlist and could ticket now. I haven't read all 1520 post on this thread, however this was a new one for me.
Jun 6, 2018, 10:35 am
#1523
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: So Cal
Posts: 937
You can book it on Singapore Airlines website, however you cannot do split cabin bookings, so you will need to call in if you do not want to do both legs in the same class. It was 127,500 miles per seat if I recall correctly with MLE-SIN in J and SIN-CDG in Suites. If you do both legs in J it is 92,500 miles per seat and bookable online.
Jun 8, 2018, 7:41 pm
#1524
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: MEL
Programs: VA Plat QF Silv
Posts: 251
still waiting for Dec SIN/REP for upgrade to I from Y award - able to redeem I class if I wanted to (but cant as Y sector ticketed and part of longer journey) and no one in J cabin
Jun 9, 2018, 8:22 pm
#1525
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: HKG/ SIN
Posts: 203
SIN-DUS in J cleared a few days ago for June 30 (for one person). It cleared 6 days after I had waitlisted the flight.
I have already made other arrangements that work even better for me so won't ticket it.
Ticketing deadline is today. If you are interested in this sector, watch out if seat will become available again.
I was actually very surprised that I couldn't redeem SIN-DUS outright as I had heard that utilization is very low. Not sure I fully understand this game that SQ is playing: what really changed in six days that made them suddenly release that seat?
I have already made other arrangements that work even better for me so won't ticket it.
Ticketing deadline is today. If you are interested in this sector, watch out if seat will become available again.
I was actually very surprised that I couldn't redeem SIN-DUS outright as I had heard that utilization is very low. Not sure I fully understand this game that SQ is playing: what really changed in six days that made them suddenly release that seat?
Jun 9, 2018, 10:08 pm
#1526
Join Date: May 2004
Location: SIN (LEJ once a year)
Programs: SQ, LH, BA, IHG Diamond AMB, HH Gold, SLH Indulged, Accor Gold, Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 7,739
They had DUS on spontaneous escapes promotion twice in the last few months going for 59.5k mls in J each way IIRC. That apparently got award bookings snapped up over the next months so could be related.
Jun 10, 2018, 4:19 am
#1527
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2003
Programs: BA Silver, EY Gold, HH Diamond, IHG Plat
Posts: 12,210
AMS-SIN-HKT placed on waitlist via the phone and got a message its cleared instantly.
Jun 10, 2018, 8:52 am
#1528
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: SJU
Programs: Amex FHR elite travel agent, Ritz Stars, Hyatt Prive, Four Seasons Preferred Partner and others
Posts: 1,521
It was waitlisted about 4 days before departure with one chaser. I booked an alternative flight.
Jun 13, 2018, 1:48 am
#1529
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: USA
Posts: 91
On June 8, waitlisted four PVG-SIN SQ 833 (new Suite; Sun and Mon departure) in late Oct. and early Nov.
Today (June 13th) got notification that all of them are ready for confirmation. The string of emails is truly a pleasant surprise.
For those who are interested, I am just a "plain" KF member. Meanwhile, EF shows ZERO occupancy in F.
Today (June 13th) got notification that all of them are ready for confirmation. The string of emails is truly a pleasant surprise.
For those who are interested, I am just a "plain" KF member. Meanwhile, EF shows ZERO occupancy in F.
Jun 13, 2018, 2:38 am
#1530
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: HKG/ SIN
Posts: 203
Why did you waitlist via phone instead of via the website? Any advantage in doing this? While the website is not great for searching, for booking/ waitlisting I find it's very fast and would certainly prefer this to a phone call.