Air Canada awards on SQ seem to have increased

[Generic username]

Thanks so much Nexus007! Got my mother in law and wife a reward booking this morning with Aeroplan.

 

[am0985]

Okay here's something strange...not only has availability on Aeroplan suddenly improved massively to/from Singapore, it's also sometimes better than KrisFlyer at saver level.

Just booked MEL - SIN - DPS in J on 16/12, 1925 departure. Peak Christmas season I should add.

Involves 6.5 hours overnight, I'll probably just chill out in the lounge and sleep on a sofa.

I just booked it for 45k points on Aeroplan. Couldn't see it as an option on seats.aero but sure enough the Air Canada app showed it.

Not available at Saver level on KF. Would cost me 108,000 KF to book the same seat on KF. Also checked availability before I booked the award so definitely was like for like inventory.

 

[ChrisFlyer]

Okay here's something strange...not only has availability on Aeroplan suddenly improved massively to/from Singapore, it's also sometimes better than KrisFlyer at saver level.

Just booked MEL - SIN - DPS in J on 16/12, 1925 departure. Peak Christmas season I should add.

Involves 6.5 hours overnight, I'll probably just chill out in the lounge and sleep on a sofa.

I just booked it for 45k points on Aeroplan. Couldn't see it as an option on seats.aero but sure enough the Air Canada app showed it.

Not available at Saver level on KF. Would cost me 108,000 KF to book the same seat on KF. Also checked availability before I booked the award so definitely was like for like inventory.

The same can happen with other partners, too. Sometimes Velocity has a seat on SQ that KF doesn't, and vice versa. Appears that they manage KF and close partner inventory separately (perhaps maintaining a certain allocation for certain partners ).