rurounimaikeru
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Planning a 3-week trip to Greece for May-June 2027.
Looking to book 2 x J awards via Athens or Istanbul.
Current preferred plan is:
Out: MEL-DOH-ATH on QR for late May
Back: IST-SIN-MEL on SQ for June (3 weeks later; limited availability on QR from Athens)
Current availability for QR leg appears more limited compared to SQ via IST.
The catch is that both outbound and return SQ flights become available ~1 month before the QR flights (booking via Velocity).
So my backup is to book SQ to IST first and then if QR available cancel the outbound SQ and use those points on the return leg. However, then I won't have enough KF/Vel points to book the QR flight, as I will have transferred all points into SQ.
So just looking to see if I've missed anything in my logic/thinking.
Questions:
1. If I cancel the SQ outbound flights and then rebook the return flights, appears will cost 2 x $50 USD in cancel fees. Is this correct?
2. Is it correct that I cannot change my outbound SQ flight to a return SQ flight as the new ticket would be more than 1 year from the original ticket issuance?
Or is there a way I can re-use the KF points on the outbound flight?
3. Any other advice or options I've missed?
Currently I'm leaning towards just sticking with SQ and forget about QR to avoid the stress, even though the routing through IST not ideal.
Also, what are the changes of getting new SQ J seats in June 2027 on these routes? 10%?
TIA!
Looking to book 2 x J awards via Athens or Istanbul.
Current preferred plan is:
Out: MEL-DOH-ATH on QR for late May
Back: IST-SIN-MEL on SQ for June (3 weeks later; limited availability on QR from Athens)
Current availability for QR leg appears more limited compared to SQ via IST.
The catch is that both outbound and return SQ flights become available ~1 month before the QR flights (booking via Velocity).
So my backup is to book SQ to IST first and then if QR available cancel the outbound SQ and use those points on the return leg. However, then I won't have enough KF/Vel points to book the QR flight, as I will have transferred all points into SQ.
So just looking to see if I've missed anything in my logic/thinking.
Questions:
1. If I cancel the SQ outbound flights and then rebook the return flights, appears will cost 2 x $50 USD in cancel fees. Is this correct?
2. Is it correct that I cannot change my outbound SQ flight to a return SQ flight as the new ticket would be more than 1 year from the original ticket issuance?
Or is there a way I can re-use the KF points on the outbound flight?
3. Any other advice or options I've missed?
Currently I'm leaning towards just sticking with SQ and forget about QR to avoid the stress, even though the routing through IST not ideal.
Also, what are the changes of getting new SQ J seats in June 2027 on these routes? 10%?
TIA!
