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Never Miss Another Deal - Follow DansDeals on FacebookGenerally speaking, you need to use Singapore miles to book business or first class awards on Singapore’s premium planes. When Singapore first launched suites you couldn’t use saver miles for them, but when they started releasing suites for saver awards in December 2012 I redeemed Singapore miles and hopped on a plane with Mimi to fly to Paris on Singapore’s JFK to Frankfurt A380 flight: The 2nd generation of Singapore’s suites look even more amazing: Currently you can use United miles or miles from other Star Alliance airlines to fly between Singapore and Auckland, New Zealand on the A380 Singapore suites. The cost with United miles is just 65K miles each way.  You would need 80K Singapore miles to book the same flight. There is currently availability from Singapore to Auckland in Singapore suites on: March 7, 20 There is currently availability from Auckland to Singapore in Singapore suites on: … [Read more...] about You Can Currently Redeem United Or Star Alliance Miles For Singapore Suites On Select Routes

Related: May 2010 Trip Notes, Part 2: Paris -Find more articles like this by clicking on the “Trip Notes” tab on top of the DansDeals banner at the top of this site. —————————————————————————– I wrote on December 20th in my credit card lineup post that, “I’ve opened over 300 cards building a nest egg of over 10 million miles and points so that I can always hop on a plane, fly in first class somewhere, and stay in a 5 star resort without having to pay for it.” As I was writing that I got bit by the travel bug and started planning the next trip… More after the jump…Sunday night, 12/23: Mimi agrees to let Rafi be spoiled by his awesome Bubby for a few nights, our first trip ever without him (thanks Mom!!!)  Traveling without him felt really strange, but boy what a flashback it was to when … [Read more...] about Trip Notes: Singapore A380 Suites And 46 Hours In Paris

Never Miss Another Deal - Follow DansDeals on FacebookAmerican will be making changes to their award charts effective 1/16/19. Notable changes include: Business class saver award rate between the US and Hawaii will increase from 40K miles to 55K miles each way. First class saver award rate between the US and Hawaii will increase from 65K miles to 80K miles each way. Coach saver award rate between the US and Canada (for flights over 500 miles distance) will decrease from 15K miles to 12.5K miles each way. Business saver award rate between the US and Canada (for flights over 500 miles distance) will decrease from 30K miles to 25K miles each way. Singapore will be making changes to their award charts effective 1/24/19. Their current chart can be found here. Notable changes include: Business class saver award rate between Houston-Manchester or JFK-Frankfurt will increase from 65K miles to 72K miles each way. First/Suites class saver award rate between Houston-Manchester … [Read more...] about American And Singapore Announce Upcoming Award Chart Changes

Never Miss Another Deal - Follow DansDeals on FacebookBack in 2012 I waitlisted Mimi and me for Singapore Suites at the saver award level when it first became available for miles. The waitlist cleared and we were able to redeem tickets in a couples suite for just 57K Singapore miles each. It was truly incredible to have that kind of space on a plane and Singapore service is the best in the business. Our suite from 2012: The 2nd generation of Singapore’s suites look even more amazing: Many others have been able to book saver award suites (On DDF we call these SQuites as a play on Singapore’s SQ airline code) via the waitlist. After booking a waitlist award online you can also try emailing and calling Singapore to have a waitlist request manually reviewed. Typically Singapore opens up space close in to a flight when they see that they won’t otherwise sell the seats for cash. In this post you can see which bank programs can transfer miles to Singapore and which … [Read more...] about Singapore Airlines Killing Close-In Waitlisting For Award Travel

Never Miss Another Deal - Follow DansDeals on FacebookSingapore Airlines used to have an amazing Star Alliance award chart. They devalued it on 12/7/17 and they will devalue it yet again on 4/16/19. Current Singapore Star Alliance Award Chart New Singapore Star Alliance Award Chart (Effective 4/16) Singapore Airlines Non-partner Award Chart Earlier this year Singapore devalued their award chart for flying on their own flights and they killed close-in award waitlisting. Singapore continues to offer a round-the-world award, something that airlines like American and United have discontinued. A round-the-world ticket to 7 destinations is 180K miles in coach, 240K miles in business, or 360K miles in first/suites class. Singapore still allows a free stopover and open jaw on round-trip saver awards and you can add up to 3 additional stopovers for just $100 each by booking your award over the phone. If you book a standard award you can even get a free stopover on a one-way ticket. … [Read more...] about Singapore Airlines Devaluing Their Star Alliance Award Chart For The 2nd Time In 16 Months

Never Miss Another Deal - Follow DansDeals on FacebookSingapore Airlines devalued their award chart for travel on Singapore back in March. They didn’t devalue their award chart for travel on Star Alliance airlines, which left open lots of loopholes to save miles. For example a Singapore suites flight to Tel Aviv via Europe costs fewer miles than a suites flight to Europe! Those loopholes will be closed as they will devalue their Star Alliance award chart on December 7th. Current Singapore Star Alliance Award Chart New Singapore Star Alliance Award Chart (Effective 12/7) Singapore Airlines Non-partner Award Chart In the good news department, starting on December 7 you’ll finally be able to book partner award travel online. Currently you need to call Singapore at 1-312-843-5333 to book partner award travel. Singapore continues to offer a round-the-world award, something that airlines like American and United have discontinued. A round-the-world ticket to 7 … [Read more...] about Singapore Closing Award Loopholes With Star Alliance Award Chart Devaluation; Comparison Chart Of The Changes And More