Star Alliance seat awards release dates

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I have looked but have not found a thread on *A award release dates and was wondering if there is a consolidated list that details how many day out *A carriers release both their Y or J seats. I am particularly interested in the EU carriers as what I am trying to achieve is EU (any location)-LHR-SIN-ADL. Most of the SQ flights seem to depart from EU around the middle of the day that results in 12hr+ layover in SIN. There is one evening flight out of FRA and If I cannot get on that flight there are also a couple of evening flights from LHR. The availability from LHR looks pretty open so I would be looking to book on any *A carrier to LHR (any class) and then connect to SQ (J) on a single PNR and avoid the London Tax.
 
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By the time SQ awards are released ~355 days out, awards should already be available on:
  • Lufthansa from MUC and FRA
  • Swiss from ZRH
  • Austrian from VIE
  • Brussels Airlines from BRU
  • LOT Polish Airlines from WAW
  • Croatia Airlines from ZAG
  • TAP Air Portugal from LIS
SAS doesn't release seats until closer to 330 days out.
 
@Mattg thanks for the above information. I found some information on Google that maybe of interest to some *A release dates were indicated as follows. I am not sure how accurate it is.
  • Aegean Airlines (A3) - 250
  • Air Canada (AC) - 355
  • Air China (CA) - 355
  • Air India (AI) - 331
  • Air New Zealand (NZ) - 350
  • ANA (NH) - 355
  • Asiana (OZ) - 361
  • Austrian Airlines (OS) - 355
  • Avianca (AV) - 355
  • Brussels (SN) - 360
  • COPA (CM) - 330
  • Croatia Airlines (OU) - 355
  • EgyptAir (MS) - 355
  • Ethiopian (ET) - 328
  • EVA Air (BR) - 360
  • LOT (LO) - 355
  • Lufthansa (LH) - 360, 180 (long-haul J), 14 (long-haul F)
  • SAS (SZ) - 330
  • Shenzhen (ZH) - 361
  • Singapore Airlines (SQ) - 355
  • South African Airways (SA) - 335
  • Swiss (LX) – 339 (Y) 300 (J)
  • TAP (TP) - 360
  • Thai (TG) - 340
  • Turkish (TK) - 356
  • United (UA) - 337
 
Most of those sound about right. LH long-haul awards are a sporadic though.
 
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