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I think Jeremy might hit a bit of a hurdle here - port of dep cannot be changed - booking will need to be cancelled and new booking mad.
I think Jeremy might hit a bit of a hurdle here - port of dep cannot be changed - booking will need to be cancelled and new booking mad.
I know I managed to snare a F saver award ex Lhr in October 2016 above....but it is a worry that there are no J saver award seats ex Lhr in October next year (nearly a year ahead!!) that I could find (apart from waitlisting)....really looks like premium saver awards seats are drying up!Good news: a F saver award Lhr-Sin-Syd opened up tonight so booked
Bad news: it is not for me; it is for +1
i don't think, unfortunately, the drying up of Sq premium awards (at saver level) is unrelated to the sudden influx of large amount of Velocity points transfers to Krisflyer miles.I'm glad it's not just me struggling to find award tickets.
I looked for Suites redemptions between Sydney and Singapore a few months ago and there were heaps, but now they've all but vanished for the next 9 months. I didn't even get waitlist options - my searches just defaulted to full cost seats.
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Just tried to get 1 J seat into and out of CDG, ZRH, LHR from Aug to first week Sept and found only 1 seat, was able to get 2 F Savers here and there but needed 1 J to go with it. Definitely seems to be dried up. Rang to ask if there was a problem as all waitlisted but the response was all aircrafts getting full.
Last minute is fantastic though. Currently in a position to cancel my EY J flights to LHR (which have been booked since early this year) and get on SQ F instead. Won't do it since I don't have enough points to cover both at the same time (also the taxes are out of control). But still – definitely do-able.
Actually, that said – there's even EY J/F available in the next few days right through to LHR booked through VA.
It's all anecdotal though. Definitely a matter of YMMV considering the many combinations of routes/dates/cabins.
In the same boat as you except in reverse. I have SQ F to LHR booked for Friday night but with a 7 hour stop over ( read pool visit) in SIN. Just looked and EY have a 4 pm departure in F to LHR with the second leg in the apartment and also the chauffeur . I must say exceptionally tempting ( the points are already there in VA) I just have to negotiate the work issue on Friday pm. For me the points increase from SQ saver F to EY F is balanced by the reduction in taxes from AU$ 400ish to AU$ 80 ish. I am lucky I have more points than I can spend at the moment. First world decisions Krug or Bolly Grande Annee!!
Just looked again and I can make my saver a standard on SQ with minimal stop over and second leg in suites.....Hmmmmmm.
At this point I always think back about trying to do this with QFF points 7 days before Christmas ... maybe not!
On another note what is it with 05 August? School holidays over? Limited award availability on SQ and Qantas from SE Asia on that day.
And Hong Kong?9 Aug is National Day in Singapore. It is a Tuesday, so people must be taking long weekends and holidays?