freed0m

there are a few 5th freedom flights available to partners.

LAX-NRT, JFK-FRA as examples

class95fm

Hi all, I need some advice, hope someone can help..

I wish to book J savers for SIN-ZRH-SIN for 5 adults. i can only see up to 4 available J savers when I select 4 pax. But once I select the 5 pax, there is no more availability on the booking page. Can I call SQ to waitlist all 5 J saver tickets?

Alternatively, what if I do this: confirm the 4 J savers first, then book 1 J Advantage separately. Then waitlist the 5th J Advantage for J Saver. But if i were to do this, I'm not sure whether there will be any J Advantage left for me to choose after I confirm the 4 saver tickets?

Or I could book 5 J Advantage (it is available), then waitlist for 5 J Saver. While I understand it t is silly to expect that the airline would clear this, i would like to know if such a thing is possible? Or can I only waitlist for F saver with a confirmed J ticket?

Thanks all and stay safe

sbs2716g

I think it will be better to confirm the 4 J saver seats first and 1 advantage seat.
the advantage seat should be available after confirmation of 4 J saver since you mention that there are 5 advantage seats available.

I am not sure whether you can waitlist J saver or not. (It might not be available-after 4 J saver redemption)

but I will do the following
1) book 4 J saver
2) book waitlist for 1 J saver. (Assume that it is available for waitlist) but you mention no waitlist availability for 5 paxes? so this might not be possible.
3) boon advantage for the last pax
4) keep looking for saver to open up.

not sure when you are flying. As SQ is currently flying A350 instead of A380 , thus the number of J is 50% lesser. So if SQ decide to fly A380 on this route, they might open up additional saver J.

carrotjuice

Has anyone successfully cleared after waitlisting for J or F Saver on a VTL flight since VTL was announced by SQ?

bpk6h

Yes, I waitlisted and cleared J on SQ317 in mid Feb 2022. FWIW, I'm TPPS. Time btw waitlisting and clearing was around 2-3 weeks.

Advocatus Diaboli

Sounds like there is only 4 saver available for that flight.

bdubs7

just curious- how did you figure this out?

Advocatus Diaboli

Because they only offer 4 initially. They might add more closer to departure, but I suspect that 4 is their starting offer.

willliamjia

My VTL waiting list flight was totally sold out now.

jjjohn

The chance to have a waitlist clear on a VTL flight is quite slim, esp from a very popular route, like LHR.
So if you want to travel on VTL flight, please have a backup plan.

willliamjia

Yes, for yearend VTL flight, almost no chance to clear waiting list.

flyerfirsts

I was looking at JFK-FRA yesterday and found good saver availability in first class, but now that I am looking today (because the calendar didn't go far out enough for my travel time in Nov 2022 yesterday) any saver availability for the days when I can travel is waitlist. Is it just that when the days first open up it's waitlist only and it will confirm in the next couple of weeks? Is there a partner I should look at? I saw above someone posted that the JFK-FRA route they do let partners book. I'm tryign to book 2 tickets.

sbs2716g

frankly speaking, I don’t think SQ will release first class saver on SQ25. Usually it is advantage award only.

and even the plane type show A380, most likely it will change to 777 with only 4 first class seats.

also, you will be competing with ppl trying to book JFK-SIN.

for partner award, it will be business class. Not first class

flyerfirsts

There is tons of saver availability in October and September, but November just opened up is what makes me think maybe they wait a few weeks first?

flyerfirsts

Is there a way to book confirmed savers in business class (which are available on my preferred day) and also waitlist for first without allocating more of my AmEx points than I would need just for first to Singapore?