akan28

I am looking at doing this myself but for PER-JFK, can I ask if you called through and waitlisted the full mixed class redemption or did you waitlist the SIN-FRA segment only?

Cynicor

I'm not sure of the BEST process but what I did was call through and waitlist the whole thing, and book the whole thing in J (C) while waiting. Will let you know how it goes when I confirm the flights, which I should know by about the 7th or 8th Jan.

canadiancow

I want to fly USM-SIN-SFO in F (or rather, J and F).

I can't book it or waitlist it online. But I can book confirmed J the whole way.

If my goal is to fly SIN-SFO in F, how do I approach this for an F waitlist? I'm willing to accept J if F doesn't clear, but I don't even see a way to request a waitlist.

demue

Either book it all in J online and get it ticketed and then call in to waitlist F for SIN-SFO under same PNR. Upside is you grab the J seat all the way, get it ticketed and don't have to rely on an agent. Downside is that you pay a change fee of 25USD later on (plus extra miles for F) if SIN-SFO clears.

Alternatively, call right away and have them make the waitlist booking together with the confirmed sectors USM-SIN-SFO in J. Your J segments would be in confirmed / reserved status while SIN-SFO in F is on waitlist and no ticket would be issued yet and no payment (miles, taxes, security fees) collected yet.

Positive is that you will not be paying a 25USD change fee and are quite flexible with no penalty until your F waitlist either clears or your ticket (e.g. in J) has to be issued. Minor downside is that you can't select seats for any of your flights yet as the booking is not ticketed.

Also some people are skittish without an issued ticket. Without a ticket issued you are also not protected against any changes to mileage cost, SQ doesn't have to assist if flights change prior to travel, etc. YMMV.

canadiancow

Great! On an intercontinental trip, $25 is so insignificant that I'll just go the confirmed route. I assume I need the difference between F and J miles (130k - 95k = 35k) to do the waitlist once I have the confirmed booking?

Also, if it doesn't clear, but space opens up closer to departure, I assume it's still a $25 change fee (plus mileage difference) to secure the space?

Thanks for your help.

sammyg901

The interesting "quirk" of waitlist inside the same PNR is it won't drop off two weeks out like a straight redemption waitlist will. So if you get to check in and there are seats available then in my experience they'll clear you into F at that point (and deduct the miles/fee)

phant0m

How has the new waitlist system been working for everyone. Is it taking up to the 2 week limit?

pennystinkard

Can you waitlist a flight (e.g. SIN-LHR) against a confirmed and ticketed flight to a different destination (e.g. SIN-JFK), to avoid having to transfer more miles in to make the waitlist?

sbs2716g

call n ask them to help you to put on waitlist. With confirm booking, usually they won’t ask to transfer more miles.

canadiancow

I'm waitlisted for first on SIN-SFO. It shows up in the booking as two segments waitlisted (SIN-HKG and HKG-SFO).

Does this mean they can clear separately?

SIN-HKG is currently F0, and I'd be quite happy to only clear on HKG-SFO.

vinctong

Yes, they can clear seperately. I had the same route and only HKG-SFO cleared.

setho212

Will they charge a $25 per passenger fee for this?

canadiancow

My HKG-SFO flight is now F4A2, but my waitlist hasn't cleared, nor is it available for new bookings.

I assume the odds are good now, but it's there any pattern for when a waitlist would clear on an empty flight? It's less than 3 weeks to departure.

Edit: there's no saver space showing on HKG-SFO. I called, and:

1. Agent can't see that space, but said I could email a screenshot
2. Can't break up the segment
3. Even if she could, there's no space on SIN-HKG any more (so she claims - I see saver J)

Any suggestions to get F on HKG-SFO?

spartan301

I am waitlisted for JFK-FRA-SIN in suites for a flight in December 2020. What's the earliest I should try to ask for a chaser?

glasszon

First time trying to book using SQ waitlist functionality and got a really tricky one, I am looking to pay $100 to get two stopovers on a roundtrip saver ticket from MEL-SIN-MLE.

All the flights I want (MEL-SIN, SIN-MLE, MLE-SIN, SIN-MEL) are on waitlist, and I can't even get the online system to accept it because I can only waitlist one flight on the whole ticket online.

Given I have to call in, is it possible for them to put the ticket together with the $100 stopover fee to waitlist those four flights (MEL-SIN, SIN-MLE, MLE-SIN, SIN-MEL) AND book four confirmed segments at the same time? I can find those flights with confirmed saver space but not at a time I want, hence I wish to waitlist all of them but still ticket the four confirmed segments if able.