So far everyone who's been active on this thread has been fine with the ongoing discussion with the exception of ONE person (masked?). I can safely say the majority/"the masses" here would benefit from posts regarding the more intricate and finer points of each FFP. I'd say to draw the line at the three FFPs this card transfers to.
Fruitie - yes you may be right but your attitude remains much to be desired. Mods should hold themselves to higher standards as hye has demonstrated. There is no community and no knowledge without members. It's a two way street.
dctravels, spot on. Personally I find it rewarding and satisfying to finally 'nail' a particularly difficult award redemption. If you're in it for easy bookings, then maybe the miles game is not for you.
I'd like to share a redemption I did last week on KF. Another trick to employ is that you can coax the call center agents to apply a 15% discount and apply "free stopover" rule in SIN citing that particular booking can't be done online (which is almost every booking worth its while).
For those of us based out of KUL sometimes its a bit
sian to have to route through SIN every single time, so I tried routing through another *A carrier to see if I could get away with this particular itinerary:
KUL-BKK (TG) <stopover 3 days> BKK-SIN (SQ) <stopover 3 days> SIN-KUL (SQ)
Normally this would be priced as a partner award redemption since there's involvement of TG, and would cost 40k (20k each way, i.e. KUL-BKK-KUL, can't have additional stopover in SIN even if on SQ). The phone agent was able to reduce the miles down to 35k and I was able to coax her to give me a "free stopover" in SIN since it is technically a return trip (normally +USD100). The downside is most flights between KUL-SIN is on MI, and even though their system shows it can be booked, it'll error out and you'd incur more fees and miles. So your only option is probably SQ106 (always full/WL) or SQ116.
As far as the experience goes, TG regional was acceptable at best (the "Thai hospitality" only comes out with angmohs), while SQ regional just blows it out of the water. I was underwhelmed by all the lounges (KUL TG, BKK SKL, SIN T2 SKL) though, especially in T2 Changi. I mean, it's supposed to be your flagship right?
Here's the itinerary in case anyone is interested. Possibly can use to generate similar redemptions involving other cities in the region.
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hye did say discussions on issues related to which ffp to choose is allowed...
discussions on such complex redemptions perhaps is best in the ffp thread....
but seriously, why are you doing the above redemption? to get a "free" holidays in bkk and sin?....lol