albatross710
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I thought I'd put this project on the forum to see what ideas people have.
I want to send my 70 year old father-in-law J class to Harare to visit some friends. There are sufficient points (thanks suppliers!) in the KrisFlyer program to cover *A redemption.
He has some flexibility +- 7 days on his travel dates which are "end of September" and return "end of October". This gives good flexibility and increases the chances of a redemption.
The JNB - HRE leg is on South African Airway which are *A. I'm assuming this will fit into a SWP1-Africa redemption.
So far, using the SQ website & ANA Tool.
Option 1:
BNE-SIN - There are various J Saver seats
SIN-JNB - There is limited/no J award availability on SQ from . There were some seats a week ago when the idea was first mooted. There are some 'waitlist' J savers on the outbound leg. J savers are available on returns dates.
JNB-SIN - Nothing so far found on this leg. It isn't available on the ANA tool.
Option 2:
SYD - JNB. South African Airways have flights, some are QF codeshare. I haven't seen any award availability. Much shorter trip time. Fly the F-I-L to Sydney and join one of these flights. These flights don't appear in the ANA tool at all.
At this stage, I'm considering go ahead with a telephone booking and waitlist J JNB-SIN. Assume SQ may have visibility of the JNB-HRE awards.
Has any one got any experience that may be beneficial to this plan?
I would appreciate thoughts on the best way to improves chances of the J waitlist coming through.
Any thoughts on gaining redemptions on the SAA flights SYD-JNB?
I want to send my 70 year old father-in-law J class to Harare to visit some friends. There are sufficient points (thanks suppliers!) in the KrisFlyer program to cover *A redemption.
He has some flexibility +- 7 days on his travel dates which are "end of September" and return "end of October". This gives good flexibility and increases the chances of a redemption.
The JNB - HRE leg is on South African Airway which are *A. I'm assuming this will fit into a SWP1-Africa redemption.
So far, using the SQ website & ANA Tool.
Option 1:
BNE-SIN - There are various J Saver seats
SIN-JNB - There is limited/no J award availability on SQ from . There were some seats a week ago when the idea was first mooted. There are some 'waitlist' J savers on the outbound leg. J savers are available on returns dates.
JNB-SIN - Nothing so far found on this leg. It isn't available on the ANA tool.
Option 2:
SYD - JNB. South African Airways have flights, some are QF codeshare. I haven't seen any award availability. Much shorter trip time. Fly the F-I-L to Sydney and join one of these flights. These flights don't appear in the ANA tool at all.
At this stage, I'm considering go ahead with a telephone booking and waitlist J JNB-SIN. Assume SQ may have visibility of the JNB-HRE awards.
Has any one got any experience that may be beneficial to this plan?
I would appreciate thoughts on the best way to improves chances of the J waitlist coming through.
Any thoughts on gaining redemptions on the SAA flights SYD-JNB?