Lifemiles, everyone's favourite South American FFP, has quietly launched a major improvement to its program.
It used to be that mixed cabin bookings were not possible. That is, your ticket would have to be flown in all First Class, or all Business Class, or all Economy class. This created routing problems....
I'm currently working on a project in Abu Dhabi and shuttling back and forth between Singapore. SQ used to fly to AUH but stopped doing so sometime in 2012, making Dubai the only port of call in the UAE.
Dubai isn't that far from Abu Dhabi, all things considered. It's...
Ah, the fabled SQ waitlist. I don't think any other airline has such a perfect mechanism for torturing its loyal members as does SQ.
When there are award seats available in a particular award class (saver, standard, full) but revenue management has not decided to release them yet, the status...
Short post to let everyone know that if you have status with any other carrier (Except Skyteam carriers), Alitalia will match it until 31 Dec of this year.
This means that status match opportunities now exist for all the major alliances.
Oneworld- via airberlin
Star Alliance- via Turkish Airlines
Skyteam-...
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SQ 16 SIN-ICN
0925, 24th April 2015, Terminal 3
Cost: 68,000 miles + S$391.90 in taxes
We arrived at Terminal 3 at 0730 for...
If you haven't read about Lifemiles yet, it's highly recommended you read the article here before proceeding!
Everyone's favourite program Lifemiles is back with a 2X1 promotion for the month of May.  If you're not interested in Lifemiles, well, Lifemiles is the reason I'm flying back from Seattle to Singapore...
cover photo by patrickdelrosario
The Idea
SQ charges fuel surcharges (YQ) on award tickets which can result in a "free" ticket still burning a hole in your pocket
However, YQ varies depending on your point of origin. It is typically the highest for flights originating out of SIN. To reduce the...
