Dec 16, 2013, 1:52 pm
Last edit by: WineCountryUA
SQ awards can be booked online but SQ generally does does not release to its *A partners all routes or all cabins -- especially the more premium cases
Archive: Singapore Airlines (SQ) award booking experiences using United miles {Archive}
Archive: Singapore Airlines (SQ) award booking experiences using United miles {Archive}
Singapore Airlines (SQ) award booking experiences using United miles
Sep 8, 2019, 11:38 pm
#76
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That is indeed bizarre, as - at least from personal experience - this flight often has quite a few empty seats. As you've noted, I've never had trouble booking it separately with SQ or OZ miles (though perhaps not much of a loss when you have the option to do so, as both of those programmes charge 5,000 fewer miles each way in Y).
Oct 8, 2019, 5:58 pm
#77
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Do Y award tickets booked on UA for SQ flights included luggage? I'm assuming yes but want to make sure. The United e-ticket shows 30KG is included but I never trust United receipts for baggage when checking in on other airlines.
PS - had no issues booking intra-Asia award tickets for cheap miles on SQ to/from SIN for October. All days appeared open.
Thanks,
-RM
PS - had no issues booking intra-Asia award tickets for cheap miles on SQ to/from SIN for October. All days appeared open.
Thanks,
-RM
Oct 8, 2019, 6:46 pm
#78
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Do Y award tickets booked on UA for SQ flights included luggage? I'm assuming yes but want to make sure. The United e-ticket shows 30KG is included but I never trust United receipts for baggage when checking in on other airlines.
PS - had no issues booking intra-Asia award tickets for cheap miles on SQ to/from SIN for October. All days appeared open.
Thanks,
-RM
PS - had no issues booking intra-Asia award tickets for cheap miles on SQ to/from SIN for October. All days appeared open.
Thanks,
-RM
Oct 29, 2019, 5:22 pm
#80
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(FWIW, the SQ A359 quickly became my least favorite J seat in the sky).
Oct 29, 2019, 5:59 pm
#82
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You can book them with AS miles or LH miles for example and of course SQ miles which you can get via Amex MR transfer. Else it is the same restrictions, no change for redemption with UA miles
Oct 29, 2019, 6:05 pm
#83
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I have had success booking SQ J in other routes such as SIN-Melbourne if it is considered as long haul.
it seems availabilities on JV airlines partners are better than JV partners.
Interestingly, I have heard (not confirmed), UA does not make all award spaces available to some of its partners.
it seems availabilities on JV airlines partners are better than JV partners.
Interestingly, I have heard (not confirmed), UA does not make all award spaces available to some of its partners.
Oct 29, 2019, 6:08 pm
#84
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I have had success booking SQ J in other routes such as SIN-Melbourne if it is considered as long haul.
it seems availabilities on JV airlines partners are better than JV partners.
Interestingly, I have heard (not confirmed), UA does not make all award spaces available to some of its partners.
it seems availabilities on JV airlines partners are better than JV partners.
Interestingly, I have heard (not confirmed), UA does not make all award spaces available to some of its partners.
JNB/CPT is a hit or miss depending on what foot SQ got out of bed with.
Oct 29, 2019, 9:37 pm
#85
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These were made less than 2 months ago, using Amex MR points.
GC
Oct 29, 2019, 9:59 pm
#86
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Oct 29, 2019, 10:07 pm
#87
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We've never used any points to get "cash", regardless of target purchase. The serious value to us of airline awards & Amex MR points is for international J and F, usually by transferring points to an airline partner (not by "cashing in the points").
These points were, as suggested above, transferred to a "partner airline", and then we got the SQ tickets. I don't consider that to be "cash".
How would this be any different than using AAdv points to get CX tickets, or - again - using MR points to get LH tickets? It's still transferring points to a partner.
GC
Oct 29, 2019, 10:45 pm
#88
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What do you mean, "cash tickets"?
We've never used any points to get "cash", regardless of target purchase. The serious value to us of airline awards & Amex MR points is for international J and F, usually by transferring points to an airline partner (not by "cashing in the points").
These points were, as suggested above, transferred to a "partner airline", and then we got the SQ tickets. I don't consider that to be "cash".
How would this be any different than using AAdv points to get CX tickets, or - again - using MR points to get LH tickets? It's still transferring points to a partner.
GC
We've never used any points to get "cash", regardless of target purchase. The serious value to us of airline awards & Amex MR points is for international J and F, usually by transferring points to an airline partner (not by "cashing in the points").
These points were, as suggested above, transferred to a "partner airline", and then we got the SQ tickets. I don't consider that to be "cash".
How would this be any different than using AAdv points to get CX tickets, or - again - using MR points to get LH tickets? It's still transferring points to a partner.
GC
Oct 29, 2019, 11:18 pm
#89
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What do you mean, "cash tickets"?
We've never used any points to get "cash", regardless of target purchase. The serious value to us of airline awards & Amex MR points is for international J and F, usually by transferring points to an airline partner (not by "cashing in the points").
These points were, as suggested above, transferred to a "partner airline", and then we got the SQ tickets. I don't consider that to be "cash".
How would this be any different than using AAdv points to get CX tickets, or - again - using MR points to get LH tickets? It's still transferring points to a partner.
GC
We've never used any points to get "cash", regardless of target purchase. The serious value to us of airline awards & Amex MR points is for international J and F, usually by transferring points to an airline partner (not by "cashing in the points").
These points were, as suggested above, transferred to a "partner airline", and then we got the SQ tickets. I don't consider that to be "cash".
How would this be any different than using AAdv points to get CX tickets, or - again - using MR points to get LH tickets? It's still transferring points to a partner.
GC
Either you purchased the ticket with MR miles outright (and then they'd be quasi-cash tickets as AMEX buys the tickets cash and you just pay with MR points) or you, most likely, transferred them to KrisFlyer - in both of these cases that'd not be relevant to the OP who's trying to purchase a partner mileage award, and neither of the two scenarios outlined are partner award.
(SQ makes more flights available to be bought with KrisFlyer miles than with partner miles).
If you transferred them to an SQ partner airline and bought a partner award flight that way then that's a rarity and congratz, especially for EWR-SIN!