Which at the last minute can potentially be a very expensive ticket.....

Log into your account....then click on the flight search....then at the top, click the use miles button....it will always default to cash.....

Waitlist can confirm just days before departure....but I understand sq is implementing a rule to finalise allocation 2 weeks before....

If the booking is made covering all passengers, then confirmation will only be given if all passengers are assigned seats....which means it's more difficult got group bookings to get confirmation compared to solo travelers...

P/s I just cancelled a j wait list a week ago, as it was getting too close and uncertain....since y is available, just take it..... return j is confirmed....

This post has been edited by limeuu: May 27 2019, 10:07 AM

Exactly ....keeping some em for economy redemption....but j is stupidly expensive, totally not competitive against kf....

EK only has 2 aircrafts.....380 and 777....they don't have the 787....

On check in, there should be an option to enter FF number...

Not familiar with Bangkok air, but generally other airlines within alliances allows passengers to select which ffp to claim under....

But do note that often, claiming under a different airline may accure you less miles than with the original airline....

Oh.....lol

If you can reach 60k spend, both amex gives you the same RM1=1 mile.....but the kf amex was meant for gov spending before the rules changed.... particularly LHDN....the 0.8% surcharge is worth the miles....

Unfortunately no more now.....

as pointed out elsewhere, the pricing for such offers is significantly higher than the price in the open market....so ends up not much savings....

The value of a mile as explained in the article varies on many factors.....but primarily the class of redemption....

However, it's REAL value is only based on the class you will normally pay money to buy......

For most people, me included, we are only willing to pay y fares..... so we have to look at the real value on y redemption.....

I just redeemed y on mh to BNE..... nominally, based on the money I saved over the number of miles, it came up to 3.7 Sen per mile..... however, if I bought with full cash, I get a cheaper promo fare, and the actual value goes down to 2.5sen....actually less, as I will then also get some free miles....

At that value, I would be mad to buy miles at 5sen each....in fact, if I got the miles spending overseas with an extra charge of 2.5%, it's just about even, might as well use BP card save the exchange margin and just pay cash for the flight.....

This post has been edited by limeuu: Jul 25 2019, 03:49 PM

You cannot upgrade a redemption y ticket....

You much buy cash a y ticket for upgrade, and make sure it's a upgradable sub-class....not all y tickets are upgradable....

https://www.executivetraveller.com/here-are...ess-class-seats

At 1.25sen per mile, it's very poor value....just redeeming any y ticket will get you at least 2.5sen....

Both treats points and enrich miles have a 3 year life, theoretically giving you 6 years to decide how to use....

M2p amex you get rm1=1 mile, all spends except utilities and insurance....

Only if you are short of miles.....if you are drowning in miles, you pay less cash with enrich....

Sorry, if you mean to collect miles under which programme, generally the one where the miles are most useful to you....a little bit of miles is quite useless in any program....

This post has been edited by limeuu: Dec 19 2019, 07:35 PM

KF probably most value now, with low cash payment....

Enrich I need to top up a bit to make the accured miles from flights of any use.... purely for Y use, J redemption is out of this world!

This is so complicated, you have to be an obsessive compulsive to follow it....lol

yes, transit at changi, which is always a pleasure.....plus the miles needed is the same whether you start from sin, or msia (sq/mi destinations only ie kul/pen/bki)....