Fares that allow routing past SFO-SIN?
Nov 28, 2018, 9:34 am
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Fares that allow routing past SFO-SIN?
I've flown UA fares in the that allow a routing like EWR-SFO-HKG-BKK with BKK-HKG on CX or HX. Does anyone know of similarly permissive routing rules (on reasonably priced W fares, I know that I can do almost anything I want to with a Y fare) that include SFO-SIN? I haven't had any luck finding them from a few cities that I've spot-checked on ITA, but I'm curious if anyone else has had luck, or if the best bet is leaving ample connection time and buying a separate ticket for onward travel.
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Nov 28, 2018, 9:47 am
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I've flown UA fares in the that allow a routing like EWR-SFO-HKG-BKK with BKK-HKG on CX or HX. Does anyone know of similarly permissive routing rules (on reasonably priced W fares, I know that I can do almost anything I want to with a Y fare) that include SFO-SIN? I haven't had any luck finding them from a few cities that I've spot-checked on ITA, but I'm curious if anyone else has had luck, or if the best bet is leaving ample connection time and buying a separate ticket for onward travel.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Nov 28, 2018, 10:20 am
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I regularly do separate tix from HKG and SIN using either UA or KF miles. (Used to burn Avios on CX, but they've pretty much shut down availability.)
I would be exceptionally leery of waitlisting EWR-SFO-SIN.
I would be exceptionally leery of waitlisting EWR-SFO-SIN.
Nov 28, 2018, 8:10 pm
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As would I, which is why I'm flying on a day when I could confirm PZ at booking. I should probably go buy a lottery ticket while I'm at it! (In this case, the flight is SEA-SFO-SIN, and I'll survive an hour and a half in E+ if the first segment doesn't clear.)
Thanks for the tips! I'll keep those in mind in the future. If I can get the TPAC leg upgraded, and that leg happens to be SFO-SIN, it sure beats an upgraded SFO-NRT followed by NRT-DPS on NH in Y... at that point, the two flights are practically the same length!
Thanks for the tips! I'll keep those in mind in the future. If I can get the TPAC leg upgraded, and that leg happens to be SFO-SIN, it sure beats an upgraded SFO-NRT followed by NRT-DPS on NH in Y... at that point, the two flights are practically the same length!
Nov 28, 2018, 9:41 pm
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Nov 29, 2018, 9:45 am
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I would be interested in anyone here having more information on this as well. I just finished a mileage run from SFO - SIN and back.
I have done this for the past three years and since SIN is kinda expensive, I started taking cheaptickets.com flights to southeast Asia.
such as HKT, BKK, SGN .. etc.on SCOOT and this year on Vietnam Airlines.
Getting the additional miles would be great if the price remains low for some of the SFO-SIN tickets.
I did SFO-SIN-SFO for 750 bucks this year(Nov 18-27th).
I have done this for the past three years and since SIN is kinda expensive, I started taking cheaptickets.com flights to southeast Asia.
such as HKT, BKK, SGN .. etc.on SCOOT and this year on Vietnam Airlines.
Getting the additional miles would be great if the price remains low for some of the SFO-SIN tickets.
I did SFO-SIN-SFO for 750 bucks this year(Nov 18-27th).
Nov 29, 2018, 9:50 am
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I would be interested in anyone here having more information on this as well. I just finished a mileage run from SFO - SIN and back.
I have done this for the past three years and since SIN is kinda expensive, I started taking cheaptickets.com flights to southeast Asia.
such as HKT, BKK, SGN .. etc.on SCOOT and this year on Vietnam Airlines.
Getting the additional miles would be great if the price remains low for some of the SFO-SIN tickets.
I did SFO-SIN-SFO for 750 bucks this year(Nov 18-27th).
I have done this for the past three years and since SIN is kinda expensive, I started taking cheaptickets.com flights to southeast Asia.
such as HKT, BKK, SGN .. etc.on SCOOT and this year on Vietnam Airlines.
Getting the additional miles would be great if the price remains low for some of the SFO-SIN tickets.
I did SFO-SIN-SFO for 750 bucks this year(Nov 18-27th).
Nov 29, 2018, 3:15 pm
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I tried a couple of regional cities. UA doesn't publish many fares through SIN. I was able to find one for Kota Kinabalu (BKI) with the last leg on MH, one for Kuala Lumpur (KUL) with the last leg on SQ/MI/3K/MH, and one for Denpasar / Bali (DPS) with the last leg on SQ/GA.
Nov 29, 2018, 3:22 pm
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Nov 29, 2018, 3:34 pm
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