2011 - 2021: How likely are waitlisted awards to clear?
Oct 13, 2018, 9:20 am
#1621
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 1,232
Mrs. Gpeso8 had her F wait-list clear for SQ856 about two days out, it was a saver award. This was about a month ago. We weren't following the loads in expertflyer because she was already confirmed in J and it wasn't a big deal for her to be in F. Hope it works out for you
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Oct 13, 2018, 10:49 am
#1622
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: CGK/LAX
Programs: KF,JMB, OZ, SPG,AA,UA,AS
Posts: 1,163
Oct 15, 2018, 4:33 am
#1623
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 5
Can I waitlist for the same flight for the same class more than once for the same passenger? Does that increase my chances of approval?
Oct 15, 2018, 8:00 pm
#1624
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
Same flight, same class, same day? If same day the answer is no.
Oct 16, 2018, 5:55 am
#1626
Join Date: Jan 2012
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 336
Hi,
We are a group of 3 trying to get a redemption for SQ 403 in suites for late December. I found 2 saver level awards and booked them immediately because whenever I tried searching for 3 seats it would show as waitlist being my only option at the saver level. For the third passenger I confirmed a saver level F seat on the previous day's flight and I also have a waitlist reservation for the same passenger on our later day of travel. Ideally we would all like to travel together.
What should be our strategy going forward to maximise our chances of traveling together? I checked Expertflyer and it shows F4 A4 for the required date of travel. The seat map shows as the 2 bassinet seats (2C & D) to be blocked and all other seats except the 2 reserved by me as empty. Is there any way we can increase our chances of traveling together?
We are a group of 3 trying to get a redemption for SQ 403 in suites for late December. I found 2 saver level awards and booked them immediately because whenever I tried searching for 3 seats it would show as waitlist being my only option at the saver level. For the third passenger I confirmed a saver level F seat on the previous day's flight and I also have a waitlist reservation for the same passenger on our later day of travel. Ideally we would all like to travel together.
What should be our strategy going forward to maximise our chances of traveling together? I checked Expertflyer and it shows F4 A4 for the required date of travel. The seat map shows as the 2 bassinet seats (2C & D) to be blocked and all other seats except the 2 reserved by me as empty. Is there any way we can increase our chances of traveling together?
Oct 17, 2018, 12:47 am
#1627
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 480
Hello KrisFlyers!
Well, I'm starting to plan out a RTW trip for 2020 and have been piecing together possible routes. One route I came up with was a MNL(or possibly SGN) > SIN > FRA on SQ in F using KF miles for 2 adults. I have never booked KF before and have been reading about the waitlisting. My understanding is you may waitlist for the same flight on several different days as long as it's able to be waitlisted. So my thought was to waitlist a week or so of the SQ segment in hopes one of the flights clears. My following destination has no strict timeline and I would be able to wait out the waitlist in MNL or SGN hoping for the segment to clear.
I guess my question being, hence the title of the thread, is it likely that 1 of possibly 7-10 waitlisted flights will get cleared? Or is it still just a random/ infrequent possibility?
Any experience of having these segments cleared? Any suggestions when a good time to search for availability, outside the obvious 355?
Well, I'm starting to plan out a RTW trip for 2020 and have been piecing together possible routes. One route I came up with was a MNL(or possibly SGN) > SIN > FRA on SQ in F using KF miles for 2 adults. I have never booked KF before and have been reading about the waitlisting. My understanding is you may waitlist for the same flight on several different days as long as it's able to be waitlisted. So my thought was to waitlist a week or so of the SQ segment in hopes one of the flights clears. My following destination has no strict timeline and I would be able to wait out the waitlist in MNL or SGN hoping for the segment to clear.
I guess my question being, hence the title of the thread, is it likely that 1 of possibly 7-10 waitlisted flights will get cleared? Or is it still just a random/ infrequent possibility?
Any experience of having these segments cleared? Any suggestions when a good time to search for availability, outside the obvious 355?
Oct 17, 2018, 5:06 pm
#1628
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: CA
Posts: 1,308
I would book a business saver ticket if there's space or also wait list for business
Hi,
We are a group of 3 trying to get a redemption for SQ 403 in suites for late December. I found 2 saver level awards and booked them immediately because whenever I tried searching for 3 seats it would show as waitlist being my only option at the saver level. For the third passenger I confirmed a saver level F seat on the previous day's flight and I also have a waitlist reservation for the same passenger on our later day of travel. Ideally we would all like to travel together.
What should be our strategy going forward to maximise our chances of traveling together? I checked Expertflyer and it shows F4 A4 for the required date of travel. The seat map shows as the 2 bassinet seats (2C & D) to be blocked and all other seats except the 2 reserved by me as empty. Is there any way we can increase our chances of traveling together?
We are a group of 3 trying to get a redemption for SQ 403 in suites for late December. I found 2 saver level awards and booked them immediately because whenever I tried searching for 3 seats it would show as waitlist being my only option at the saver level. For the third passenger I confirmed a saver level F seat on the previous day's flight and I also have a waitlist reservation for the same passenger on our later day of travel. Ideally we would all like to travel together.
What should be our strategy going forward to maximise our chances of traveling together? I checked Expertflyer and it shows F4 A4 for the required date of travel. The seat map shows as the 2 bassinet seats (2C & D) to be blocked and all other seats except the 2 reserved by me as empty. Is there any way we can increase our chances of traveling together?
Oct 18, 2018, 3:32 am
#1629
Join Date: Oct 2018
Programs: *G / OW sapphire
Posts: 36
I saved my miles for years and finally today waitlisted a booking for JFK-FRA-SIN-MEL in September 2019 for two people in suites saver fare 304.000 krisflyer miles + $104,- US.
After reading this forum i didn't think these seats would ever be confirmed but I got an email notification no less than 5 hours later saying the flights were ready to be booked which I now have!
After reading this forum i didn't think these seats would ever be confirmed but I got an email notification no less than 5 hours later saying the flights were ready to be booked which I now have!
Last edited by Lisa L; Oct 18, 2018 at 4:30 am
Oct 18, 2018, 5:40 am
#1630
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 5
I saved my miles for years and finally today waitlisted a booking for JFK-FRA-SIN-MEL in September 2019 for two people in suites saver fare 304.000 krisflyer miles + $104,- US.
After reading this forum i didn't think these seats would ever be confirmed but I got an email notification no less than 5 hours later saying the flights were ready to be booked which I now have!
After reading this forum i didn't think these seats would ever be confirmed but I got an email notification no less than 5 hours later saying the flights were ready to be booked which I now have!
Oct 18, 2018, 11:30 pm
#1631
Join Date: Jun 2017
Posts: 2,281
Seem like there isn’t much business saver seats available even for waitlist for sin to Auckland/christchurch n vice versa. Check 355 days out n the savers are all non available (even can’t waitlist).
Oct 19, 2018, 3:44 am
#1632
Join Date: Jan 2012
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 336
Thanks. I have waitlisted Business class for the same date as well. However since we were getting 1 seat a day prior in F, we confirmed that. Ideally at this point we would only like to travel together in F if possible and if not 1 of us has to travel a day prior. What are my chances if I request them to send a chaser? The flight is still F4 A4 on EF.
Oct 20, 2018, 1:50 pm
#1633
Join Date: Sep 2018
Posts: 2
Hey All,
I have a flight on 11/4 from USM->SIN-HKG->SFO. I booked for the business waitlist on Aug 1st. What do you all think my chances are for clearing the flight. I've tried asking for chasers (4x), but it seems the agents are especially unwilling for this flight. Any advice or words you used specifically to ask for chasers that worked?
I have a flight on 11/4 from USM->SIN-HKG->SFO. I booked for the business waitlist on Aug 1st. What do you all think my chances are for clearing the flight. I've tried asking for chasers (4x), but it seems the agents are especially unwilling for this flight. Any advice or words you used specifically to ask for chasers that worked?
Oct 23, 2018, 9:27 am
#1634
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: southUSA
Posts: 398
There is not a general Krisflyer Award thread so I am posting here.
I booked ILM-ORD-SFO-SIN-WLG-ZQN over two months ago in J (some sectors in Y) and there has been a flight change the sector WLG-ZQN and they rebooked on a flight that departs before my WLG sector arrives, the next suitable flight is not til 23:00 after the WLG arrival. I am calling to see if it can be re-routed to arrive the same evening that was originally schedule and the agent is suggesting this ticket is invalid because it has more than 3 stops. What do you suggest I do?
I don't see any ruling on this or if I have any rights to be able to re route.
I booked ILM-ORD-SFO-SIN-WLG-ZQN over two months ago in J (some sectors in Y) and there has been a flight change the sector WLG-ZQN and they rebooked on a flight that departs before my WLG sector arrives, the next suitable flight is not til 23:00 after the WLG arrival. I am calling to see if it can be re-routed to arrive the same evening that was originally schedule and the agent is suggesting this ticket is invalid because it has more than 3 stops. What do you suggest I do?
I don't see any ruling on this or if I have any rights to be able to re route.
Oct 27, 2018, 3:18 pm
#1635
Join Date: Mar 2013
Programs: AA Exec Plat, UA 1K, SPG Plat, Marriot Plat, IHG Spire
Posts: 20
I waitlisted for the nonstop LAX-SIN saver J for xmas earlier this month, and just got cleared today! It was a very pleasant surprise as I didnt think it will clear at all because of the holidays.