Do First/Suite Saver seats get released from Sydney > Europe?

[angusburns]

In order of value:

1. Use them for business class seats to Europe - SYD-LHR has the most seats per day, so hopefully the most availability, but sometimes other destinations have availability. Book a flight at the far end of availability - about 350 days out - today, 17 July 23, I can book a flight on 6 July 23 - this let's you get a seat in peak periods, just has to be one year away.

2. Roll them over for 6 more months (Will cost you 1200 points per 10k extended - a 12% haircut, and only for 6 months, so don't do it if you're not going to use it. Only really handy if you want to book a flight 12-18 months away from now, obviously. https://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/us/ppsclub-krisflyer/forms-and-fees/service-fees/

3. Transfer them to your Virgin Australia Velocity account where they will not expire, as long as your Velocity account remains active. Exchange rate is 1.55 KF to 1 VA point (65%, so 65k VA points per 100k KF transferred) A 35% haircut but better than losing them all.

Suites are over valued. Business seats are just as comfortable, food is the same, Private Room at Changi is over-rated and how much Dom can one human really drink? So (J > F) and much more availability too.

Don't fly home from London, as UK passenger fee for business/first too high - fly home from BCN,AMS,CDG,MUC,ZRH,IST.

 

[lilkid28]

Suites are over valued. Business seats are just as comfortable, food is the same, Private Room at Changi is over-rated and how much Dom can one human really drink? So (J > F) and much more availability too.

Don't fly home from London, as UK passenger fee for business/first too high - fly home from BCN,AMS,CDG,MUC,ZRH,IST.

Each to the own, but when one earn miles faster than burn rate and only fly once or twice a year might as well go F if possible.

For me, I wouldn't pay F advantage to Europe over J saver. But definitely F saver anytime if there's availability, even if on 777. Easily 1 bottle of Dom/Krug/Taittinger on 7 hour flight, plus half bottle of red wine.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Suites are over valued. Business seats are just as comfortable, food is the same, Private Room at Changi is over-rated and how much Dom can one human really drink? So (J > F) and much more availability too.

Said with so much authority and yet cannot drink Dom on any flight or in TPR so maybe you are not on the money good Sir? In fact I would suggest you are totally incorrect on every point - but each to their own

 

[kamchatsky]

Said with so much authority and yet cannot drink Dom on any flight or in TPR so maybe you are not on the money good Sir? In fact I would suggest you are totally incorrect on every point - but each to their own

I thought it is simply his/her opinion here. For Dom/Krug lovers F/R is worth every cent. For me I tried a few times and I never loved it. So J is fine for me.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Last 5 words of my post kam - ‘but each to their own’ - simply means each to their own opinion

 

[angusburns]

Last 5 words of my post kam - ‘but each to their own’ - simply means each to their own opinion

I always found that I drank too much of the Krug, SYD-SIN, and regretted it SIN-LHR - so, for me, going J, is a form of self-preservation - I hated the hang-over on the SIN-LHR - If that makes me a lightweight, then so be it!

For trips in J, I'm all about the bed, specifically on the SIN-LHR leg - If it turns out one day that I am short of points, maybe after I retire, then I'd do a day trip in Y for the SYD-SIN leg, even paying $, so I could go J, with the bed, for the 14+ hour SIN-LHR leg - I value the lovely free booze in F at less than zero, but, as has been said, to each their own...

 

[anat0l]

To round out the small discussion sparked here, I managed to book something with the miles!

SYD-SIN-DEL, with a stopover in SIN. F (Suites) Advantage - not only the stopover, but no choice - obviously there was no Saver availability.

Now some may think that's extremely indulgent given the number of miles involved. I am one for the experience (as much as I can't drink even half a bottle of Dom, it's also not one of my preferred bubbles anyway). Like many, I have been fascinated to try SQ Suites in its current iteration (and who knows - I might be trying it just as they are on the cusp of announcing and/or deploying a new suite). I can't get Europe for the longest route to try, but this split experience (which is almost the same total time in the air) will do.