2011 - 2021: How likely are waitlisted awards to clear?
Oct 10, 2019, 2:28 am
#1891
Join Date: Jun 2017
Posts: 2,282
Many dates available for oct/nov for the new suites for SIN/HKG at the saver rates. On some days, there are 3 saver suites available.
Oct 10, 2019, 3:11 am
#1892
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: New York, NY USA
Programs: AA 8MM Exec,Life Plat, Marriott Amb,Life Titanium, ,Hilton Diamond, Hyatt Globalist.
Posts: 495
Im waiting for one Suite on the Sin JFK. I check daily so far nothing....My waitlist expires Sunday the 13th, the plane looks to have inventory.....That said, who knows. I will report back.
Cheers! Good luck all!
Cheers! Good luck all!
Oct 10, 2019, 6:37 am
#1893
Join Date: Jun 2017
Posts: 2,282
SQ might not release any seat at all. From now to 27/10 zero award Suite seat available for SIN-JFK. Not even advantage award although many flight still are F5/F6/F7.
Oct 10, 2019, 9:47 am
#1894
Original Member
Join Date: May 1998
Location: NYC
Programs: AA 2MM, Bonvoy LTT, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 14,639
My waitlist success rate for JFK have been 0 out of 4. You’re lucky just be able to get on the waitlist to begin with.
Oct 12, 2019, 2:35 pm
#1895
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: NYC
Programs: Marriott Plat, Hilton Gold, UA Silver
Posts: 2,272
Over five years of looking for SIN-JFK in Suites and I have only ever been able to land it once and that was a straight booking not a waitlist. I have never had a waitlist on that route clear and I have probably waitlisted it approx 50 times.
Oct 13, 2019, 8:04 am
#1896
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 24
Just keep monitoring and try calling sq to check on the waitlist and u might succeed. Was on waitlist for suite award for sin to jfk since last year and it finally clear close to the waitlist expiry date (after I saw some seats being taken up and I called sq to check on my waitlist after that). Good luck.
Oct 13, 2019, 11:03 pm
#1897
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: New York, NY USA
Programs: AA 8MM Exec,Life Plat, Marriott Amb,Life Titanium, ,Hilton Diamond, Hyatt Globalist.
Posts: 495
Didn't get it
Received Singapore Air's email cancelling my waitlist this Sunday from Sin-JFK, First class. They are unable to accommodate.
In the past I received phone calls 24-48 hours before confirming my waitlists.......Could this new system be problematic? Me thinks so.
Safe Travels to all!
In the past I received phone calls 24-48 hours before confirming my waitlists.......Could this new system be problematic? Me thinks so.
Safe Travels to all!
Oct 14, 2019, 6:31 am
#1898
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 1,485
May I ask about mixed class awards and waitlisting? I want to travel from PER-FRA next year. I can book the whole thing in a business award, but I'd love F from SIN-FRA. There are waitlist seats available but I can't even book mixed class online, let alone a mixed waitlist/confirmed flight.
So- if I book the business and waitlist the F segments online, can the call centre sort it out if they clear, cancelling the J SIN-FRA segment and confirming it as a mixed class award?
Or is it all too hard and I bite the bullet and pay for 2 return awards- PER-SIN and SIN-FRA?
Thank you!
So- if I book the business and waitlist the F segments online, can the call centre sort it out if they clear, cancelling the J SIN-FRA segment and confirming it as a mixed class award?
Or is it all too hard and I bite the bullet and pay for 2 return awards- PER-SIN and SIN-FRA?
Thank you!
Oct 14, 2019, 6:34 am
#1899
Join Date: Jun 2017
Posts: 2,282
May I ask about mixed class awards and waitlisting? I want to travel from PER-FRA next year. I can book the whole thing in a business award, but I'd love F from SIN-FRA. There are waitlist seats available but I can't even book mixed class online, let alone a mixed waitlist/confirmed flight.
So- if I book the business and waitlist the F segments online, can the call centre sort it out if they clear, cancelling the J SIN-FRA segment and confirming it as a mixed class award?
Or is it all too hard and I bite the bullet and pay for 2 return awards- PER-SIN and SIN-FRA?
Thank you!
So- if I book the business and waitlist the F segments online, can the call centre sort it out if they clear, cancelling the J SIN-FRA segment and confirming it as a mixed class award?
Or is it all too hard and I bite the bullet and pay for 2 return awards- PER-SIN and SIN-FRA?
Thank you!
Oct 14, 2019, 6:36 am
#1900
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 1,485
Thanks. I wasn't sure if mixed waitlisting was a thing or not, and didn't want to confuse them if not. Will need to get them on the phone then!
Oct 14, 2019, 8:10 am
#1901
Join Date: Nov 2018
Posts: 41
Anybody have experience with intra-asia waitlisting? Specifically Tokyon-Sin in late December?
Oct 14, 2019, 8:16 pm
#1902
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: 7,741
Have a quite decent track record clearing SIN-NRT/HND-SIN in Biz. However, we try to avoid Sun/Mon and Fri departures which can be harder to secure / clear. YMMV.
Oct 15, 2019, 6:05 pm
#1903
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 1,485
General waitlist question- will the system let you waitlist if you don't have enough points?
the lady we called seemed to have no idea how mixed class works, and worries me that she hasn't booked it properly. She said that Zone 8 to 11 would be 170k or so each way pp as it's mixed class, which is more than the 142.5k in F.
I know that's wrong, but it worries me that she's screwed up the waitlisting too.
I don't have more than the required points, so if the system will only accept waitlisted which you can afford, I know she's done it right.
the lady we called seemed to have no idea how mixed class works, and worries me that she hasn't booked it properly. She said that Zone 8 to 11 would be 170k or so each way pp as it's mixed class, which is more than the 142.5k in F.
I know that's wrong, but it worries me that she's screwed up the waitlisting too.
I don't have more than the required points, so if the system will only accept waitlisted which you can afford, I know she's done it right.
Oct 16, 2019, 2:34 am
#1904
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: MEL
Programs: VA Plat QF Silv
Posts: 251
yes, I have wl by phone without the required points (I transfer from VA if the wait list is successful)
Oct 18, 2019, 10:01 am
#1905
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: CGK/LAX
Programs: KF,JMB, OZ, SPG,AA,UA,AS
Posts: 1,163
This is a new one for me. I picked up two saver awards in J for ZRH-SIN and waitlisted another two for the same flight, this was last month. The wait list cleared today. Travel in April 2020, 4 people in J.