(Lack of) Award Availability
Nov 11, 2019, 11:51 am
#1
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(Lack of) Award Availability
Hi,
Since SQ has introduced the system of confirming or cancelling w/l‘s for award flights 14 days out I get the impression that it is practically impossible to get award seats during those last 14 days until the flight. Anyone else have a similar experience?
I can‘t seem to get (in my case business) awards during that period, irrespective of the load of the flights, on several routes. And even if there is good availability of revenue seats less than 48h out (I am aware SQ generally doesn‘t grant awards during the last 24h/the day of the flight), which means you are not competing with upgrade bids during that time window, awards never open up. Under these circumstances, what is the point of earning Krisflyer miles
Since SQ has introduced the system of confirming or cancelling w/l‘s for award flights 14 days out I get the impression that it is practically impossible to get award seats during those last 14 days until the flight. Anyone else have a similar experience?
I can‘t seem to get (in my case business) awards during that period, irrespective of the load of the flights, on several routes. And even if there is good availability of revenue seats less than 48h out (I am aware SQ generally doesn‘t grant awards during the last 24h/the day of the flight), which means you are not competing with upgrade bids during that time window, awards never open up. Under these circumstances, what is the point of earning Krisflyer miles
Nov 12, 2019, 9:39 am
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Cont. Europe to SIN and SIN to DXB. Just recently a colleague of mine flew on a (revenue) ZRH-SIN flight in C, where they were not releasing any award seats even last minute, and the cabin ended up being 1/3 empty... ...not the best of yield management to me.
Nov 12, 2019, 6:39 pm
#4
Join Date: Jun 2017
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SQ have been known to be stingy on their awards seats. Especially for long haul route (and esp for those destination with only one daily flight). They are waiting for last minute sales of revenue seats. There are many examples of SQ not clearing waitlist n fly with empty cabins.
And the recent change does not mean that SQ will release more seats. They just want give more certainty.
And if you have check other routes, there are many routes with saver seats available within 2 weeks of departure. So it all depend on the routes. Even for ZRH-SIN, there are saver business seats available for dec. but for nov wise, guess they have released additional seats to those on waitlists n thus are not releasing more.
And the recent change does not mean that SQ will release more seats. They just want give more certainty.
And if you have check other routes, there are many routes with saver seats available within 2 weeks of departure. So it all depend on the routes. Even for ZRH-SIN, there are saver business seats available for dec. but for nov wise, guess they have released additional seats to those on waitlists n thus are not releasing more.