Caversham04
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I've just tried to book one-way redemption flights from LHR to ADL for January 2015. I checked the paid fares, and there was space available on our preferred pairing of the 22:05-ish departure for LHR-SIN / 23:50-ish departure for SIN-ADL. However, when I changed to a redemption flight, the 22:05-ish departure from LHR wasn't even listed, and there was little (if any) availability at the cheapest (Saver) redemption rates for the other departure times; most were wait-list only, but with availability at the higher redemption rates. Fair enough, I thought - I've left it too late........
Just to check (because I knew the flight wasn't full as seats are available for paying passengers), I then tried to book LHR-SIN and SIN-ADL separately, and both of these legs WERE available at the Saver fare when booked individually confused, although the mileage cost was slightly higher (a combined cost of about 50k miles when booked separately versus around 40k miles when booked as a single connecting LHR-ADL flight). I was willing to fork out the extra miles as the 22:10-ish LHR-SIN flight works best for me (by a long way) for minimising the jetlag, but I'm not sure why the flights were available separately at Saver rates, if you can't book the combined flights......? Have I been cunning to get those flights at Saver rates at all (albeit at slightly higher mileage cost than for a combined ticket), or have I missed a trick and should I contact SQ and see if I can get the redemption flight at the lower combined mileage-rate?
Just to check (because I knew the flight wasn't full as seats are available for paying passengers), I then tried to book LHR-SIN and SIN-ADL separately, and both of these legs WERE available at the Saver fare when booked individually confused, although the mileage cost was slightly higher (a combined cost of about 50k miles when booked separately versus around 40k miles when booked as a single connecting LHR-ADL flight). I was willing to fork out the extra miles as the 22:10-ish LHR-SIN flight works best for me (by a long way) for minimising the jetlag, but I'm not sure why the flights were available separately at Saver rates, if you can't book the combined flights......? Have I been cunning to get those flights at Saver rates at all (albeit at slightly higher mileage cost than for a combined ticket), or have I missed a trick and should I contact SQ and see if I can get the redemption flight at the lower combined mileage-rate?