General SQ Questions 2009-2021
Sep 23, 2016, 7:14 pm
#1171
Join Date: May 2016
Location: SIN
Programs: SQ TPPS, QR Gold
Posts: 380
I've got 3 flights coming up in Nov all booked into first and this is a special treat for me. I don't get to do this often. I also don't drink, not because I have any religious or moral reasons, it just wasn't something i wanted to spend money on as the taste of alcohol isn't very pleasant to me. On these trips however I'd make an exception to trying them. When I flew EK a while ago in F I tried both the normal and Rose Dom. Didn't really like it, but forced myself to stomach it. All in the name of trying new (and expensive) things. lol. I'm willing to try anything once if its really expensive.
Now, wines are a bit different. There are so many I've found a few I really like, almost always the ones with low alcohol content, but hey. Has anyone ever done a "wine tasting" on SQ to try all of them? I would never pay $100 for a bottle I wasn't sure I would like, so this is a chance for me to try some nice ones. What I don't relish however is the fact I know they probably will pour the rest of the bottle down the drain once opened. (maybe they'll have a glass themselves but most will go down the drain. Unless they're having a party in the crew rest I don't know about. haha) While i feel guilty about that, I suppose i did pay for the food already and its not a frivolous intent. if I find one I like, I'll drink more. I felt bad trying the Dom on EK and having to turn down refills.
What do you guys think? Thx.
Now, wines are a bit different. There are so many I've found a few I really like, almost always the ones with low alcohol content, but hey. Has anyone ever done a "wine tasting" on SQ to try all of them? I would never pay $100 for a bottle I wasn't sure I would like, so this is a chance for me to try some nice ones. What I don't relish however is the fact I know they probably will pour the rest of the bottle down the drain once opened. (maybe they'll have a glass themselves but most will go down the drain. Unless they're having a party in the crew rest I don't know about. haha) While i feel guilty about that, I suppose i did pay for the food already and its not a frivolous intent. if I find one I like, I'll drink more. I felt bad trying the Dom on EK and having to turn down refills.
What do you guys think? Thx.
Having said that, your sense of taste is quite different in the air (humidity, altitude, etc) than it is on the ground, so a really great wine can taste rather mediocre at 35,000 ft. So I'm not sure whether the wine tasting will be of any practical use to you. But hey it should be fun, so just do it anyway
Sep 27, 2016, 4:12 am
#1172
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: MNL / SFO / NYC
Programs: IHG Spire | Marriott Plat | UA Plat | AA Plat Pro
Posts: 533
I got my flights re-booked and moved around so now my connection is only 4 hours long, which means a little bit of T2 lounging followed by a little bit of T3 lounging... too bad I was gearing myself up to going around SG.
Sep 28, 2016, 10:42 pm
#1173
Join Date: May 2006
Location: nyc
Posts: 297
Question:
Flying JFK-FRA-SIN with a stopover in Germany on a saver suite award ticket. I'm planning on visiting Munich, so it makes sense to add FRA-MUC on LH (one way ticket, as I'm also going to Paris) to my itinerary. Does that cost extra miles and taxes? If so, will FRA-MUC be treated as a separate segment and require the regular miles for an award ticket (i.e., 27.5K for one way business within Europe + taxes) in addition to miles required for JFK-SIN plus $100 stopover fee?
Flying JFK-FRA-SIN with a stopover in Germany on a saver suite award ticket. I'm planning on visiting Munich, so it makes sense to add FRA-MUC on LH (one way ticket, as I'm also going to Paris) to my itinerary. Does that cost extra miles and taxes? If so, will FRA-MUC be treated as a separate segment and require the regular miles for an award ticket (i.e., 27.5K for one way business within Europe + taxes) in addition to miles required for JFK-SIN plus $100 stopover fee?
Sep 29, 2016, 8:17 am
#1174
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 1,018
SQ KF Award waitlist question
Hello,
If I find a KF award for one route such as LAX-SIN (confirmed saver award in First),
Can I wait list for SFO-SIN or IAH-SIN (more miles) or JFK-SIN (more miles / suites)?
Final destination will be BKK.
Or can I only wait list for that exact same routing as the original confirmed award?
In general, I have not really found anything available for my dates....but wanted to understand before I jump in and start searching day by day.
THe other interesting thing I learned is the one free-stopover on. It will be quite great to stopover either in NRT or in FRA for me. So, I really should target a set of dates where I can use that stopover facility.
I have No SQ status.
If I find a KF award for one route such as LAX-SIN (confirmed saver award in First),
Can I wait list for SFO-SIN or IAH-SIN (more miles) or JFK-SIN (more miles / suites)?
Final destination will be BKK.
Or can I only wait list for that exact same routing as the original confirmed award?
In general, I have not really found anything available for my dates....but wanted to understand before I jump in and start searching day by day.
THe other interesting thing I learned is the one free-stopover on. It will be quite great to stopover either in NRT or in FRA for me. So, I really should target a set of dates where I can use that stopover facility.
I have No SQ status.
Sep 29, 2016, 10:32 am
#1175
Join Date: May 2006
Location: nyc
Posts: 297
Hello,
If I find a KF award for one route such as LAX-SIN (confirmed saver award in First),
Can I wait list for SFO-SIN or IAH-SIN (more miles) or JFK-SIN (more miles / suites)?
Final destination will be BKK.
Or can I only wait list for that exact same routing as the original confirmed award?
In general, I have not really found anything available for my dates....but wanted to understand before I jump in and start searching day by day.
THe other interesting thing I learned is the one free-stopover on. It will be quite great to stopover either in NRT or in FRA for me. So, I really should target a set of dates where I can use that stopover facility.
I have No SQ status.
If I find a KF award for one route such as LAX-SIN (confirmed saver award in First),
Can I wait list for SFO-SIN or IAH-SIN (more miles) or JFK-SIN (more miles / suites)?
Final destination will be BKK.
Or can I only wait list for that exact same routing as the original confirmed award?
In general, I have not really found anything available for my dates....but wanted to understand before I jump in and start searching day by day.
THe other interesting thing I learned is the one free-stopover on. It will be quite great to stopover either in NRT or in FRA for me. So, I really should target a set of dates where I can use that stopover facility.
I have No SQ status.
To add a free-stopover (it's $100 if it's a saver award), you need to speak with an agent. In the same booking, you can only waitlist for max 2 flights.
Sep 29, 2016, 4:58 pm
#1176
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 1,018
You can waitlist for multiple routes and flights as long as you have sufficient miles in your account when you make a new reservation. However, you cannot waitlist for standard & saver awards in the same class of service on the same flight.
To add a free-stopover (it's $100 if it's a saver award), you need to speak with an agent. In the same booking, you can only waitlist for max 2 flights.
To add a free-stopover (it's $100 if it's a saver award), you need to speak with an agent. In the same booking, you can only waitlist for max 2 flights.
Oct 7, 2016, 12:14 pm
#1177
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: SFO
Programs: Anything that still flies F
Posts: 66
I have 2 business class tickets on 2 seperate bookings each for 1 person (travelling together). First just opened up and I was hoping to upgrade, but can only have enough miles for both in 1 account (transferred via chase). Can they do this over the phone or will I run into headaches? Don't want to move the miles if it cant be accommodated.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Oct 8, 2016, 12:25 pm
#1178
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 166
Award flights from non hub cities
I am trying to educate myself on SQ program. They have paid flights from IAD to SIN all over the place. But if I want to use any Singapore awards it doesn't even let me choose IAD as an airport for the search. So my questions are:
1. For an award flight do you have to fly out of only the cities they have listed from the US?
2. Is there a way to book a flight into one of the hub cities on either Singapore or one of their partners into the cities the awards are being shown from?
1. For an award flight do you have to fly out of only the cities they have listed from the US?
2. Is there a way to book a flight into one of the hub cities on either Singapore or one of their partners into the cities the awards are being shown from?
Oct 8, 2016, 2:09 pm
#1179
Join Date: May 2012
Location: SIN
Programs: JL GC | Marriott LT Silver | Global Entry | SQ Silver
Posts: 6,820
I am trying to educate myself on SQ program. They have paid flights from IAD to SIN all over the place. But if I want to use any Singapore awards it doesn't even let me choose IAD as an airport for the search. So my questions are:
1. For an award flight do you have to fly out of only the cities they have listed from the US?
2. Is there a way to book a flight into one of the hub cities on either Singapore or one of their partners into the cities the awards are being shown from?
1. For an award flight do you have to fly out of only the cities they have listed from the US?
2. Is there a way to book a flight into one of the hub cities on either Singapore or one of their partners into the cities the awards are being shown from?
For flights to/fro IAD, SQ codeshares with VX, VA, and B6 it seems.
Oct 8, 2016, 6:08 pm
#1180
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 166
The reason you can't select IAD for award flights is because it will only list out flights that are on SQ metal. If you would like to book on a partner flight or a combination of partner and SQ metal flights, you will have to call their call center.
For flights to/fro IAD, SQ codeshares with VX, VA, and B6 it seems.
For flights to/fro IAD, SQ codeshares with VX, VA, and B6 it seems.
Oct 8, 2016, 6:28 pm
#1181
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Sydney, NSW
Posts: 843
Do you mean what it refers to? It means Singapore Airlines (SQ) aircraft/planes (metal).
Oct 9, 2016, 8:17 pm
#1183
Join Date: May 2012
Location: SIN
Programs: JL GC | Marriott LT Silver | Global Entry | SQ Silver
Posts: 6,820
Oct 10, 2016, 4:15 am
#1184
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 1,018
You can waitlist for multiple routes and flights as long as you have sufficient miles in your account when you make a new reservation. However, you cannot waitlist for standard & saver awards in the same class of service on the same flight.
To add a free-stopover (it's $100 if it's a saver award), you need to speak with an agent. In the same booking, you can only waitlist for max 2 flights.
To add a free-stopover (it's $100 if it's a saver award), you need to speak with an agent. In the same booking, you can only waitlist for max 2 flights.
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edited to add:
1. Called again, And was explained that yes, with mixed booking classes, I will end up paying more miles than normal;
2. The second agent clearly understood the situation. So, she smartly did another thing:
She kept the mixed class itinerary on hold;
Then, waitlisted me on a all first class itin to LAX. ; She did that as a "separate" reservation as one segment (BOM-SIN) was available in suites.
SIN-NRT-LAX waitllisted.
Also waitlisted SIN-SFO for that same day.
This second agent was pretty smart in my opinion and definitely did her best to help me! ^^^^
(the first agent below too was very good...just that he was not as convincing.).
Let us pray I clear the wait list!
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Below is my original post from earlier today.
I have one more question:
I found seats for BOM-SIN-SFO ;
BOM-SIN in Business
SIN_SFO in First.
So, I knew I had to call to get this reserved.
However, the agent said I lacked miles, but he would hold the reservation for me. I immediately initiated a transfer for more miles, thinking I was wrong in my calculations.
Now I realized that the agent is quoting me:
1 Business saver award from BOM-SIN
1 First Saver award from SIN-SFO.
So, I have two awards
I thought, this would be one single First Saver from BOM-SFO?
Am I wrong?
(If this was UA, I would be correct...but I do not know much about SQ).
I also asked about wait listing for two different flights. He did it.(ETA - he did not correctly waitlist..so the segments disappeared on a later call).
Sorry for this long post. Any suggestions appreciated.
Last edited by ft4lyf; Oct 10, 2016 at 7:37 am
Oct 10, 2016, 10:03 pm
#1185
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Sydney, Australia
Programs: HH Diamond, Marriott Titanium/LTG, IHG Platinum
Posts: 1,921
Hi, I have been looking at SQ award flights online - and I am having errors going backwards/forwards... so for example, I search for a flight on the 15th, but then I click > to go to the next day (16) but it doesn't let me and says there's an error finding flights. Is this just me??