Did Anyone Catch The News Yet? SIN-FRA-JFK will shift to 388
 

Yes folks, this new press release just came today from SQ. While not a big surprise but a lot of folks already predicted it..


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Finally! Good news. No more 747 seats... ^

Now we have to work on SQ 1/2, but that's at least a 77W now.

Bad news for some, no more saver awards from FRA.

Good news. Can fly now nearly all my favorite routings, with the A380.

RIP first class savers to/from FRA...

They have swapped the planes with the SIN-MEL route, bad news for MEL bound ppl :( All in all redemption is gonna get tough now, just hope to grab any possibility asap.

I will personally miss those lovely F seats... :(

I'd actually bet that given that SQ has apparently opened up the occasional A388 C route to saver/*A (SIN-SYD, SIN-HKG), and given that they usually had some C inventory JFK-FRA, that going from 50C to 60C will mean they will probably open up JFK-FRA to minimal saver/*A redemption.

I don't think they'll ever open up suites/R, though.

I think it's more IT issues rather than an actual intention to have those seats opened up.

That means they will need three 380s to support this route if I am not mistaken.

Wouldn't be so sure. They've added C capacity on those routes (so increased supply = less pricing power), and it's not like you can't get lie-flat on a NYC-Europe hub route (BA, VS, DL, LX, CO/UA), plus JFK-FRA is a fifth-freedom tag (read: probably some empty seats, because a lot of people won't buy SQ on a non-hub to non-hub route, so why let them go empty as opposed to getting some *A I award reimbursements?).

Yes, I know, SQ is the most awesomest airline ever in the history of humanity, and they'll never allow the likes of us to get cheap awards in "new" seats that are 4+ years on the market, because they are so awesome, and they must protect their premium image at all costs, even if lie-flat seats that do NOT require you to get out of the seat enter the market. :rolleyes:

I might also note that SYD-SIN has EK/QF competition on A380- so a lot of lie-flat C/J seats on that route, enough so that you might as well fill them up on award rather than fly them empty... just like on NYC-Europe. (I'm actually more surprised that the EWR-SIN nonstop has availability, according to some reports in this forum. I would think that you'd restrict the nonstops and force "award maximizers" onto the fifth freedom one-stop that is less likely to get the premium business traveler who doesn't want to dawdle on the way to SIN.)

RIP *A upgrade awards!!

Need to book SQ25 747 F Sky Suites before they go bye-bye in January! :p

The last scheduled flights will be SIN-MEL from Jan 15 to early March. Saver Awards still available...

Thank you, SMK77 :)