SQ Tips, Trips and Tales

[lovestotravel]

My constant searching of saver J seats for next December... Used to be able to easily find 3 J seats on various flights, but now it really seems to be 2 x savers at best

This is even checking the moment they are released,. and on some days just none at all..... Only Advantage and Access........

 

[Melburnian1]

My constant searching of saver J seats for next December... Used to be able to easily find 3 J seats on various flights, but now it really seems to be 2 x savers at best

Outbound from Australia in a fair swathe of December, SQ probably has little difficulty filling the J cabin.

Great if previously you could find such Saver awards but given the demand for international travel and consequent high seat occupancy percentages, I'm not surprised it's getting harder. If interest rates start rising in February 2026 as economists from NAB are predicting, this may eventually crimp demand a bit, but Australians appear to be prioritising travel compared to other avenues of possible spending.

 

[BCons]

Apropos demand - and tangential to award avails - I did a quick compare of flts HBA mid Apr 26 , return from LHR late May shows a rough av price of $13k for J on specific dates .Don’t @ me about cheaper alterns, no doubt there are, but I just looked at the majors like SQ QF EK CZ etc. Don’t think I’ve ever seen a higher level of J fares.