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Your economy boarding pass for EWR-SFO should scan at the entry gate to the Polaris lounge and give you a green light...that's my experience.

If it wasn't for the PER-SIN thing that would definitely add up. MEL & SYD are the only ports that get SQ's non regional business class cabins (A350LR, 77W and A380). Having said that...I've actually just found some SYD-SIN business class on Velocity. MEL-SIN seems to have gone like...

That's not really strange...it just reflects the fact there are no reward seats. These are regular choice or business fares converted to points...they have only ever been bookable as VA flight numbers.

Historically, Velocity has been one of SQ's "special friends". How many other programs have an ability to transfer points to Krisflyer and v/v? But maybe that's over?

It is definitely due to these awards being pulled from Velocity. You will not find a single DIRECT business class award on MEL-SIN or SYD-SIN in the next 330 days. And not a single PER-SIN DIRECT in any class. I'm only highlighting direct here because often people think they've seen something...

PER-SIN is completely unavailable for redemption...even in economy.

Correct. A travel agent won't be able to make this happen. TAs can piece together international multicity that the VA website does not allow...they can't just disregard the fare rules and agreement for VA codeshare. Bet you can't.

Apparently this also affects other partners that had good access to SQ business class e.g. Air Canada Aeroplan...so like the UA issue, it is not VA specific. Velocity clearly has / has had a bit of a special relationship with SQ...I've always wondered if the QR investment would change...

If you have UA miles though...clearing the upgrade list at USD600 + 30k miles (from discount economy) is pretty much a sure thing before the doors close at some point.

I don't want to take this thread off topic but you can add PER-SIN to the disappeared list.

When did this happen? I certainly can't find any.

Seeing as the thread got bumped. Today's UA99 MEL-LAX UA61 MEL - SFO Many, many empty seats in economy on both.

If they cost that number of points they're not reward seats.

Your ability to get VA flight numbers will run out by the time you reach US east coast...if they are even available at all if your plan is to try and get all this on a RTW ticket. I really doubt that the VA numbers would be able to be ticketed as part of that.

Well SQ has been blocking the majority of *A partners from long haul business class redemptions for probably approaching 20 years now, so....

And Delta is starting MEL-LAX in December. Seems like there's going to be way too much capacity.

The United flight status page shows all this very detailed info. But you'll only be able to see the waitlist pecking order a few days out from departure. Essentially, paid Premium Plus trumps most (but not all status levels), then status, before getting to paid economy with no United status. As...

UA99 MEL-LAX today...13 cleared from the upgrade list...still NINETEEN free seats left in Polaris...no I class! I thought people were claiming these flights were busy!??

It's a piece of material dangling from the ceiling. The likes of which has been in use for decades. It's not MCAS!

But the thing they're spending literally years deliberating over is already widely used elsewhere in the world. How much "looking" do they need to do?