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Data Point: WiFi in MEL SKL F not overly quick - better to connect to AMEX Lounge network (situated right next door) - password is ‘MemberSince’.
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Haha awesome. Don't know how much pampering I can get on a planeposh champagne = both Krug and Dom - sample both as Crew will readily oblige. And yes you will def get all the amenities you mentioned - you might have to ask for Teddy Bears though but do t be backward - tell them your maiden voyage and they will look after you like a motherless foal.
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so ive got my first ever flight in anything above Y next week,
pretty excited
im flying MELB to SING 00:05,
staying for a few days and off to Taipei
Booked F, but SING to Taipei is in J
- Access to TPR when I land and leave
- Kris/NZ lounge in Melb when I leave
ok i wasnt aware of thatAccess to TPR on arrival due to your inbound F boarding pass. You will not enjoy the same access prior to your departure to TPE in J. You will only be invited to use the business class lounge.
On departure from MEL, stick to the SQ F lounge. It is a dedicated F facility, streets ahead of the NZ lounge which caters to economy/business class.
ok i wasnt aware of that
so even though ive redeemed a first class flight, im getting a J product which is fine, but my lounge access is also downgraded to J lounge?
also looking fwd to the novelty of internet on my flight
ok i wasnt aware of that
so even though ive redeemed a first class flight, im getting a J product which is fine, but my lounge access is also downgraded to J lounge?
also looking fwd to the novelty of internet on my flight
Unfortunately this is the case. Partly that was the reason I suggested the onward connection to HKG in F. This would have 'maxed' your award with more F cabin and TPR time
You get TPR access courtesy of your inbound F boarding pass on the day of arrival only. When you leave for TPE a few days later you are only flying out in J, so you will only get biz lounge access.
assuming you are talking to metnj are both your flts in same booking with a paid stopover in SIN? ie a ‘Mixed Class’ booking or did you make 2 seperate bookings?
correct me if im wrong, but even with a stop over if I book a F redemption , then im still paying the F price/points, so if I get a J flight because there is no F plane available on the route, essentially im losing out (which is my choice),This is the grey area. Mixed itineraries for same day - and in some cases next day - departures where the connecting flight is in J or Y are not an issue. Access is granted by virtue of the arriving boaridng pass.
Where it gets more complicated is the introduction of the stopover. SQ did a Q&A about the unpublished 'rules' a couple of years ago. IIRC mixed itineraries and a stopover were not mentioned (as having access). I guess that makes sense though... with a stopover the passenger is choosing to connect in business class, and also taking advantage of the lower through fare (the component pricing of the two or more sectors would be more expensive). Not like they're paying the full F for each sector but having to fly J.
Will be good to get clarification on the issue though - even if unpublished.
correct me if im wrong, but even with a stop over if I book a F redemption , then im still paying the F price/points, so if I get a J flight because there is no F plane available on the route, essentially im losing out (which is my choice),
excellent point mel, youve opened up my eyesSector prices:
AU->SIN in F = 85K
SIN->TPE in J = 30.5K
Total 115K
You're paying 88K.
So you have the advantage of the lower price by paying the through fare. Which is not something a lot of airlines offer if you are including a stopover.
At least in the case of the lower award zones - those most likely not to have F as a connector - the awards are pretty much priced as a through business class price but charging you differential J->F on sectors where that applies. Example:
AU-SIN-TPE all business class 65K
AU-SIN only J is 62K, F is 85K = difference of 23K
So 65K + 23K = 88K, which is what you paid.
Is the ticket an underlying F ticket? Or is it an underlying J ticket with one sector upgraded to F Now there are some exceptions to this in that if you are flying to HKG or CGK where they have short-haul F offerings, you'll be getting F/F for a slight saving.
Yep I think so too, 2C/D and 3C/D are effectively the same anyway, there's no discernible difference. The one (and only) time we've flown in SQ Suites we were seated in 2C/D and we slept in 3C/D, as there were only 3 others in the cabin with us, all with window seats.I think 3CD is betterthan 2CD anyway. No point staring at a wall in front of you if you don't have to
That is a very valid point, I guess I'll have to run this by the wife (cue the "wait, you don't want to sit next to me?" spiel that's probably stemming from this discussion)!Not tempted to mix it up and take a couple of windows for a sector?
I definitely will. The adrenaline rush is extremely high, this particular redemption (well, from MEL rather than SYD but SYD is so close to MEL anyway that it doesn't really matter) has been the goal of my point-collecting/hoarding craze ever since I started, so I'll be monitoring the booking as often as possible. Thanks!i would monitor the booking in case they swap to the new version. You don't want to get auto-seated apart from each other.