Suites savers now available

[wafliron]

Really nice trip there.

It really was. I've only been off the plane for a day and I want to do it again!

How many points was that one?

About 117k, IIRC.

And what routing/carriers did you use to get to get to JFK?

A number:

MEL-xSYD-HKG on QF (Y, 738 and F, A380), HKG-xORD-DCA on CX (F, 77W) and AA (F, MD-83), DCA-LGA on US (Y, A319).

 

[Duffa]

From Perth there is no A380 and getting to Singapore in a 777 is not a problem. For us the long haul Suites is wonderful out of Singapore.

Just booked a brace of Suites LHR-SIN en-route to MEL (777) for August. Mrs D very happy, now she doesn't have to slum it in Cathay J.
Took the advice of Cruiser and booked K's to facilitate the consumption of fine wines!

 

[albatross710]

About 117k, IIRC.

Well those miles sounds a little bit too good to fly all those sectors so I did my own search. You are right, that is such a deal.

SYD - FRA is 132,500 miles (then less 15% online)
SYD-FRA-JFK is 137,500 (the less 15%) meaning that that last transatlantic sector can be an addon for a net 4,250 miles. Geez, that has got to be worth it.

So, my scheduled European trip for October I might as well treat as a stopover in FRA then come home via JFK on the A380 for two days in suites.

Woohoo but doesn't look quite possible. Currently no saver availability out of JFK but I might as well search for a while, at least on the dates i prefer.

 

[k3nnis]

If I do syd - fra - JFK how many stopovers can I have?

 

[Spizz]

Well those miles sounds a little bit too good to fly all those sectors so I did my own search. You are right, that is such a deal.

SYD - FRA is 132,500 miles (then less 15% online)
SYD-FRA-JFK is 137,500 (the less 15%) meaning that that last transatlantic sector can be an addon for a net 4,250 miles. Geez, that has got to be worth it.

So, my scheduled European trip for October I might as well treat as a stopover in FRA then come home via JFK on the A380 for two days in suites.

Woohoo but doesn't look quite possible.

That is what I was thinking to. It had to be closer to 300,000 miles but its true. Well done. However how can you add a stopover in FRA for the original 117k as that would push the miles threw the roof?

Wafliron- How did you come back via MEL as all availability, right up until March 2014 show that as unavailable? And all combinations back to SYD (I dislike Sydney airport) show the SIN-SYD is not on an A380. How did you do it?

 

[albatross710]

If I do syd - fra - JFK how many stopovers can I have?

If doing one way saver, then no stopover.

If booked as a return Saver, then one stopover permitted.

I was thinking I could secure the outbound and then have a waitlist for the return. Maybe I could also play with the dates a little more.

Alternatively I could just be happy going SYD-FRA in Suites!! Would hate to think that my flying got in the way of my working.lol

I haven't looked at what the extra taxes would be in addition to the miles.

Alby

 

[k3nnis]

Hahah thanks alby.

 

[wafliron]

Well those miles sounds a little bit too good to fly all those sectors so I did my own search. You are right, that is such a deal.

SYD - FRA is 132,500 miles (then less 15% online)
SYD-FRA-JFK is 137,500 (the less 15%) meaning that that last transatlantic sector can be an addon for a net 4,250 miles. Geez, that has got to be worth it.

Wow, I hadn't realised how much of a "deal" this route is compared to Europe-Australia until you posted this. As you say, makes it a bit of a no-brainer to tack on a hop to the USA if you're already heading to Europe (assuming you have the time, of course).

Wafliron- How did you come back via MEL as all availability, right up until March 2014 show that as unavailable? And all combinations back to SYD (I dislike Sydney airport) show the SIN-SYD is not on an A380. How did you do it?

No special trick - I just searched it, it was available, and I booked it. This was back in late December 2012. Perhaps SQ have since realised just how good a deal this is, and pulled availability for it (given that "unavailable" literally means "award seats not offered on this flight", not just "no seats currently available")?

I haven't looked at what the extra taxes would be in addition to the miles.

USD $532.26 in my case - so perhaps a little more than you'd just pay going to/from Europe, but not significantly more.

 

[Spizz]

Wow, I hadn't realised how much of a "deal" this route is compared to Europe-Australia until you posted this. As you say, makes it a bit of a no-brainer to tack on a hop to the USA if you're already heading to Europe (assuming you have the time, of course).



No special trick - I just searched it, it was available, and I booked it. This was back in late December 2012. Perhaps SQ have since realised just how good a deal this is, and pulled availability for it (given that "unavailable" literally means "award seats not offered on this flight", not just "no seats currently available")?

Scored an excellent deal there. Melbourne and the A380 all the way. As I said you can still do it via SYD but the return SIN-SYD is only on a 777 in First. I know First world problems

 

[wafliron]

No special trick - I just searched it, it was available, and I booked it. This was back in late December 2012. Perhaps SQ have since realised just how good a deal this is, and pulled availability for it (given that "unavailable" literally means "award seats not offered on this flight", not just "no seats currently available")?

Actually, I think I know what is going on here, and the good news is that all hope is not lost for those wanting to fly the same route I did

When you search JFK-MEL on the SQ website, the only option it gives is SQ25 (JFK-SIN) connecting to SQ217 (SIN-MEL). As I detailed in http://www.australianfrequentflyer....s-krisflyer/new-sq-777-300ers-have-47837.html, I noticed a while back that something funny was going on with SQ217 after it switches to a 77W on 01/07/2013.

While SQ PR ended up denying that SQ217 was getting new 77Ws with a Suites product (I forgot at the time to post this bit of information in that thread), and SQ appear to have corrected the erroneous "R" fare bucket I noted, it looks like they still have not opened any F Saver award availability for some reason (any search for F availability on just SQ217 after 1 July 2013 just shows "unavailable" at the Saver level).

So, I suspect that the "unavailability" of R/F Saver inventory on the SQ25-SQ217 flight combination is simply due to the unavailability on the SQ217 leg (not to mention after 1 July SQ217 is no longer an A380, so no Suites anyway!)

Searching just SIN-MEL after 1 July, R Savers do appear to be available on SQ227 (the only remaining SIN-MEL A380 flight after 1 July), and hence I suspect if you can find a SQ25 and SQ227 combo with R Saver availability then you'd be able to ticket it by ringing SQ. Of course, this means a long connection (SQ25 arrives around 6am, and SQ227 departs around 9pm) - but at least it's (probably) still possible to fly the JFK-xFRA-xSIN-MEL route in Suites for ~117k points. Hopefully SQ will also re-open F Saver availability on SQ217 at some point too, so it will again become possible to fly the SQ25-SQ217 combo even though SQ217 will "just" be F.

 

[k3nnis]

Hi Alby,

Thanks. So lets say I do SYD-SIN-KUL return, I can stop over at SIN either on the way there or on the way back correct? KUL being the destination (i.e. I will stay here for a few days as well.).

Cheers,
K.

If doing one way saver, then no stopover.

If booked as a return Saver, then one stopover permitted.

I was thinking I could secure the outbound and then have a waitlist for the return. Maybe I could also play with the dates a little more.

Alternatively I could just be happy going SYD-FRA in Suites!! Would hate to think that my flying got in the way of my working.lol

I haven't looked at what the extra taxes would be in addition to the miles.

Alby

 

[albatross710]

Hi Alby,

Thanks. So lets say I do SYD-SIN-KUL return, I can stop over at SIN either on the way there or on the way back correct? KUL being the destination (i.e. I will stay here for a few days as well.).

Cheers,
K.

absolutely the way it works. one stopover allowed on a return saver. Refer More about redeeming miles "Complimentary Stopovers." The use of the word complimentary implies that the additional stopover if needed can be purchased. Two years ago I purchased additional stopover for 10,000 miles but not sure of current rates.

 

[k3nnis]

Thanks alby.

 

[Pumbaa]

The best use of a stop over is Perth - Singapore - Frankfurt - New York return. You can stop over in Frankfurt and therefore visit both Europe and America on the one ticket!

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Stopover can be built into one way Savers but it cannot be done online.

To do so you need to call up the call centre and do it over phone - the stopover will cost you an additional USD100 but the downer is that you will forfeit the 15% discount for online booking.

Oh and BTW wafl - welcome to the club - Suites Savers something else aren't they?

 

[Spizz]

Stopover can be built into one way Savers but it cannot be done online.

To do so you need to call up the call centre and do it over phone - the stopover will cost you an additional USD100 but the downer is that you will forfeit the 15% discount for online booking.

Are you sure they or the only caveats? I remember reading this either here or on FT and you need to be a certain status to get this done?

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Are you sure they or the only caveats? I remember reading this either here or on FT and you need to be a certain status to get this done?

Info conveyed to me 15mins ago by SQ/KF call centre - planning Aug trip into PVG - ret out of PEK - planned on a couple of nts on way home in SIN - spoke to my regular 'princess' Crystal - YES I believe this is 100% correct.

 

[Spizz]

Cruiser Elite- Will have to give them a call as Im waiting for some points to transfer over from SPG before booking half our early 2014 trip (the return is paid F with EK as they the flights I require are not available via QF Classic). May have to ask for Crystal

 

[Pumbaa]

Info conveyed to me 15mins ago by SQ/KF call centre - planning Aug trip into PVG - ret out of PEK - planned on a couple of nts on way home in SIN - spoke to my regular 'princess' Crystal - YES I believe this is 100% correct.

I can confirm this is correct as well. I had the same experience adding a stopover to my 1 way saver redemption of Hong Kong - Singapore (Stopover) - Perth.

Even after paying out the $100 and losing 15% discount I was still significantly ahead otherwise I would have had to pay for 2 1 way sectors (Hong Kong - Singapore AND Singapore - Perth)

 

[infinity]

Have SYD/SIN/MXP in July for two. Originally booked the F suites when SG opened them up last year. Couldn't get two seats on same flight so had split booking to SIN on SG 222 and SG 232.
Had wait listed either way on the splits between flights to see if we could get both flying together.
Yesterday they released the second F suite on 232. Yippee !!
Will be great to compare F suites

I have done QF EK EY and will do A3888 on MAS and TG in May