[NOW EXPIRED]: SQ releasing almost all F award (O)
Jul 9, 2012, 8:57 pm
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Jul 9, 2012, 9:01 pm
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I posted yesterday that a SQ Station manager in Europe told me THEY ARE accepting the bookings "FOR NOW". I called him yesterday and he had already received a message from Singapore advising that there is going to be an upswing of F pax traveling on awards and not to refuse boarding. It was a Sunday night in Singapore and he said it sounded like they were all scratching their heads over at HQ. He did say he was advised to have the CS agents tell customers to re confirm any onward or return tkts but it sounded to me (reading between the lines) of what he said that they WILL be accepting these tickets but there are a few people in Singapore looking for new jobs this morning
I am going to be in the same airport he works at on Friday (not flying SQ) but I am going to see if he's around and ask if they gave him any more info or official policy. Dont want to post what station but he has more then 1 flight a day so will be affected by this(yes, I realize anyone half a brain can figure what station)
I'll post FRiday night what he says if anything ( I believe he is there when my OAL flight comes in
To bad I was to Chicken to do this
. I am a PPS member with SQ But still very difficult to get F awards-I wonder if all the PPS/SOLATAIRE members can get extra inventory opened by SQ for us? Does not seem fair that UA/US/VI got all these F tickets but SQ still denies them to their best regular full fare F & C customers
U.G. - Your a PPS aren't you? Up for another law suite
I am going to be in the same airport he works at on Friday (not flying SQ) but I am going to see if he's around and ask if they gave him any more info or official policy. Dont want to post what station but he has more then 1 flight a day so will be affected by this(yes, I realize anyone half a brain can figure what station)
I'll post FRiday night what he says if anything ( I believe he is there when my OAL flight comes in
To bad I was to Chicken to do this
. I am a PPS member with SQ But still very difficult to get F awards-I wonder if all the PPS/SOLATAIRE members can get extra inventory opened by SQ for us? Does not seem fair that UA/US/VI got all these F tickets but SQ still denies them to their best regular full fare F & C customers U.G. - Your a PPS aren't you? Up for another law suite
Jul 9, 2012, 9:02 pm
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Anyone else have advice/experience in a situation like mine (half the booking looks "normal", the other half looks like it's still the old reservation, including the PNR)
Quote:
Originally Posted by deirdre
Call. Mine got a wedgie like that and a call forced it to ticket.
I did call, that was how i got the SA number to go online.
Specifically, what should I ask for when calling UA? To make sure it's ticketed? To make sure my miles are deducted and I'm billed.
To me, it looks ticketed online, but there is definitely something fishy. The UA reservation page shows: Total Price 107,500 Miles and $71.00 (this is the new award price and miles, different than the old award reservation that I changed), but when I select "View Receipt", it pulls up the receipt from my original itinerary (with the old flights, not the new one).
Thoughts, advice, comments? Anything is appreciated, as something is definitely weird about my reservation.
Quote:
Originally Posted by deirdre
Call. Mine got a wedgie like that and a call forced it to ticket.
I did call, that was how i got the SA number to go online.
Specifically, what should I ask for when calling UA? To make sure it's ticketed? To make sure my miles are deducted and I'm billed.
To me, it looks ticketed online, but there is definitely something fishy. The UA reservation page shows: Total Price 107,500 Miles and $71.00 (this is the new award price and miles, different than the old award reservation that I changed), but when I select "View Receipt", it pulls up the receipt from my original itinerary (with the old flights, not the new one).
Thoughts, advice, comments? Anything is appreciated, as something is definitely weird about my reservation.
Jul 9, 2012, 9:05 pm
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china I am not so sure they deny these awards to their own members. the sfo-icn-sin legs I booked were always available to krisflyer redemptions. i had seriously considered transferring amex points to make the booking. when this opportunity came along, the miles and lack of co-pay (aka yq) made it too tempting to resist. but the flight i booked was always available to you if you had sufficient miles in your sq account
Jul 9, 2012, 9:05 pm
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FWIW, I got two A380 award seats (SQ25 JFK-FRA) but it was only business class. Believe me, I'll take it!!!
Jul 9, 2012, 9:23 pm
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Jul 9, 2012, 9:34 pm
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china I am not so sure they deny these awards to their own members. the sfo-icn-sin legs I booked were always available to krisflyer redemptions. i had seriously considered transferring amex points to make the booking. when this opportunity came along, the miles and lack of co-pay (aka yq) made it too tempting to resist. but the flight i booked was always available to you if you had sufficient miles in your sq account
. I have my miles go to UA and my "spend" go to PPS/Krisflyer w any Silk Air miles. I was thinking of letting my SQ miles stay w PPS/KF but decided against it as while it's "psbl" to get 77W F, it's easier to buy the tkt and use my UA miles on more expensive LH flights. There are very cheap full F fares on SQ but you have to hunt for them. They JUST discontinues a great fare on 3/3 (surprise). UA PS F from JFK-SFO connecting to SQ F SFO-ICN $3800 o/w. that's gone now but was there for 2 years. Also, I still mourn the SQ F RTW that was discontinued this year after 5 years w no fare increase $6900 + $700 in taxes (now they still have the RTW C fare which is a little cheaper but they add up to $2000 in taxesThere are still some great F fares TPAC or TATL X Dhaka / Karachi / Lahore on OAL to SIN and then SQ 1,2,15,16,25,26. Under $12K R/T
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Jul 9, 2012, 9:40 pm
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Wonder if the OP or mods can put up a survey of how many miles FT'ers burned through on this. A simple a) xx-xxx b) xxx-xxx c) xxx-xxx d) xxx-xxx in increments of 150K+ would probably cover for a range
It would be curious how many miles got redeemed as these are not just 25K here and there; probably more like 100K+ per shot, and from reading all these posts, some have made multiple redemptions.
Maybe in next quarter's statement, there will be an asterick next to their total number of miles carried on the books explaining the large decrease :-)
It would be curious how many miles got redeemed as these are not just 25K here and there; probably more like 100K+ per shot, and from reading all these posts, some have made multiple redemptions.
Maybe in next quarter's statement, there will be an asterick next to their total number of miles carried on the books explaining the large decrease :-)
Jul 9, 2012, 9:42 pm
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Wonder if the OP or mods can put up a survey of how many miles FT'ers burned through on this. A simple a) xx-xxx b) xxx-xxx c) xxx-xxx d) xxx-xxx in increments of 150K+ would probably cover for a range
It would be curious how many miles got redeemed as these are not just 25K here and there; probably more like 100K+ per shot, and from reading all these posts, some have made multiple redemptions.
Maybe in next quarter's statement, there will be an asterick next to their total number of miles carried on the books explaining the large decrease :-)
It would be curious how many miles got redeemed as these are not just 25K here and there; probably more like 100K+ per shot, and from reading all these posts, some have made multiple redemptions.
Maybe in next quarter's statement, there will be an asterick next to their total number of miles carried on the books explaining the large decrease :-)
JFK-SFO-HKG-SIN in F, EWR-SIN-NRT-LAX in C.
Jul 9, 2012, 9:43 pm
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United Reservation Change - Confirmation XXXXX
Just received an email from UA about a change to my award redemption.
Reservation Change Notification
There has been a change to your reservation. This may concern a change in the flight number, flight time, aircraft, seat assignment and/or codeshare partner. Please review your updated itinerary below.
Thankfully, it turned out to be on a different itinerary unrelated to SQ.
<Resuming normal breathing pattern>
Just received an email from UA about a change to my award redemption.
Reservation Change Notification
There has been a change to your reservation. This may concern a change in the flight number, flight time, aircraft, seat assignment and/or codeshare partner. Please review your updated itinerary below.
Thankfully, it turned out to be on a different itinerary unrelated to SQ.
<Resuming normal breathing pattern>
It was the ANA segment...whew
Jul 9, 2012, 9:43 pm
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Jul 9, 2012, 9:54 pm
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I hope that someone can post the FC Menu for IAH-DME-SIN as I am unable to find any recent ones around 2010 in my search. Anyone ?
On a side note, I saw a post where some one made 14 FC bookings on SQ for 2013. That a lot of miles burnt.
On a side note, I saw a post where some one made 14 FC bookings on SQ for 2013. That a lot of miles burnt.
Jul 9, 2012, 9:59 pm
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Feel free to flame me for not wanting to read an hour through this thread but here are a couple questions:
1. Has anyone gotten the F suites on the A380? If so dates and route?
2. Has anyone gotten their F redemption cancelled yet? Which FF program's miles US, UA etc?
Thanks
1. Has anyone gotten the F suites on the A380? If so dates and route?
2. Has anyone gotten their F redemption cancelled yet? Which FF program's miles US, UA etc?
Thanks
Jul 9, 2012, 10:00 pm
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Feel free to flame me for not wanting to read an hour through this thread but here are a couple questions:
1. Has anyone gotten the F suites on the A380? If so dates and route?
2. Has anyone gotten their F redemption cancelled yet? Which FF program's miles US, UA etc?
Thanks
1. Has anyone gotten the F suites on the A380? If so dates and route?
2. Has anyone gotten their F redemption cancelled yet? Which FF program's miles US, UA etc?
Thanks
Jul 9, 2012, 10:02 pm
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To me, it looks ticketed online, but there is definitely something fishy. The UA reservation page shows: Total Price 107,500 Miles and $71.00 (this is the new award price and miles, different than the old award reservation that I changed), but when I select "View Receipt", it pulls up the receipt from my original itinerary (with the old flights, not the new one).
Thoughts, advice, comments? Anything is appreciated, as something is definitely weird about my reservation.
Thoughts, advice, comments? Anything is appreciated, as something is definitely weird about my reservation.