About a month ago The Milelion broke the story about mileage brokers and how they were providing easy ways to buy Krisflyer miles, while potentially controlling multiple fraudulent accounts at the same time. What this means for legitimate Krisflyer members is less award space and potentially having to shell out higher...
The First Class Premium
Part 1: Tracing the evolution of First and Business Class on Singapore Airlines
Part 2: How does First and Business Class compare on Singapore Airlines?
Part 3: Number crunching First vs Business Class on Singapore Airlines
Part 4: How does First and Business Class compare on other airlines?
Ah, the...
Dear Joseph Schooling
I would like to congratulate you on your recent gold medal at the Rio Olympics. Although I know nothing about the sport of swimming and my ever expanding waistline sets off tsunami alert buoys every time I go to the beach, my armchair punditry qualifies me to...
The marvelous world of online mileage brokers
The first rule about miles is that everyone always wants more. More miles means more great trips with friends and family, more champagne to sip while watching the unwashed masses shuffle by, more travel like this
And less like this
Although careful planning can really help you maximize the...
The First Class Premium
Part 1: Tracing the evolution of First and Business Class on Singapore Airlines
Part 2: How does First and Business Class compare on Singapore Airlines?
Part 3: Number crunching First vs Business Class on Singapore Airlines
Part 4: How does First and Business Class compare on other airlines?
In the...
The First Class Premium
Part 1: Tracing the evolution of First and Business Class on Singapore Airlines
Part 2: How does First and Business Class compare on Singapore Airlines?
Part 3: Number crunching First vs Business Class on Singapore Airlines
Part 4: How does First and Business Class compare on other airlines?
Who needs...
It's been well documented just how frustrating the SQ waitlist process can be.
You can find an entire thread on FT dedicated to people providing datapoints on their own experiences. You can find people who swear by certain methods of clearing ("oh just show up at the CS center at Ion...
It is a fact, universally acknowledged, that SQ does not give free upgrades unless it absolutely, absolutely has to. My father, a PPS Solitaire member of 20+ years, can count on one hand the number of free upgrades he has received in that period.
The unspoken reason for refusing to...