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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lovetravellingoz" data-source="post: 2306894" data-attributes="member: 5647">We were in Greece prior to the pandemic and our flight back was via IST.  And yes we enjoyed the lounge with its a variety of different food stations.With some redemptions to Europe we will only use SQ metal.   Other times we will redeem as a *A with the main flights on SQ, but with an additional flight to get to/back from the city we want to.  So last time we went to Europe it was SQ to Munich and the Croatia Airline to Spilt, Croatia.   Then local arrangements finishing in Athens, with out *A return on Turkish to IST and then SQ back to MEL.Generally with our European trips we will book one ways so that we fly in and out of different cities/countries.Yes you choose as part of the booking process.I have no status as virtually all my longhauls are redemptions.  By booking early we as a couple normally get the seats we prefer in J/F  including with J bulkheads when desired.It is first in first served.  So if you cannot find what you want it will because someone else has already booked them.Saver J's are normally fairly easy to obtain if you book early. The Advantage rate allows later booking.Much more competition for the Saver F's which are much more limited as the F cabins  have less seats than J. So less F seats are made available.As above.More availability  often can occur later. If flight are initially booked out you often can waitlist. These may or may not clear.  Sometimes this can happen early in the piece, and sometimes within the last two weeks.I prefer certainty and so mainly booked confirmed seats. However if the flight is not quite ok, and a waitlisted flight is I will book both and if the waitlist clears, then just cancel the confirmed booking.Cancellation fees are now more than they once were though.  Quite possibly as many were doing this, along as some people also were making multiple bookings as placeholders (ie Booking several flights a year out if you were not completely sure what your timeline was, and then cancelling the ones not required  once you knew).</blockquote>

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