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Had good experiences with it. Much faster rewards search than expert flyer, and they actually added a few route suggestions of mine (which I wanted to monitor). Alerts came in quick, and I had a few successful bookings with it. They have one for hotels award availability too which works a treat. I like the explore tab where you could search for destinations by continent which is really helpful when you don't have a particular destination in mind. No need to pay for the premium subscription if searching within 3 months. I would try using just that first.
They release them to VA.
I booked Muc Sin and Sin to Cbr for July back in Aug. Seats Aero was very helpful for looking at various options. You can also set alerts if seats come up.
Have you looked? Because there is loads of it available via Velocity.
There are advantages in transferring to SQ if you really want specific dates as they release availability 355 days out not 330 for VA.
Additional 15kg for Gold but the issue may be that your award is a KF award which means they may not recognise the additional allowance as the booking will have your KF number not your VA number linked. May result in some issues at check in.
SQ can add both FF numbers to the booking...but you can't do it yourself online...would need to be done via the customer service channel (if wanting to get it done in advance).
An update on this ongoing problem. I got SIA via chat to add my Krisflyer number to bookings in place of my Virgin number I used to redeem the flights. I can now access seat selection without the "no email" message. I can also access the passenger details input area however after inputting the details, passport etc and saving (which all seems to work) if you go back in the details do not stick. I am happy to wait until check-in to add as my main issue was to get access to seat selection.
Well that is a new variation on how the problem manifests itself in the SQ booking. As the thread had gone quiet on this IT glitch I thought that SQ & VA between them might finally have implemented a full fix, but perhaps not. Agree that seat selection was the main driver for most of us to take action, and this was generally achievable via email/phone/chat but people have had mixed success in getting agents to do anything with the missing email that made it impossible to add to or amend pax details. What bothered me most was the possibility that, if my email wasn't in the SQ GDS (Amadeus Altea) I could be relying on EF or other means to learn about any change of flight schedule, aircraft etc.
But SQ taxes (and # of points required for saver) is usually lower than VA...
Not always.
Are you saying there's redemption seats through Kris flyer but not velocity? If so, Singapore Airlines generally has more seats available through its own ff programGuys, what am I missing here? I see this on lots of dates that I care to check and for different origin/destinations. SQ has Business Saver availability but I'm not getting anything for same date and flight in Velocity. I read all your stories of booking SQ through Velocity, but I am a complete failure at it. What's the trick I am missing (Red status if that changes anything)
And I thought I was good at this stuff
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Ah. I was under the possibly mistaken impression if there were savers in SQ, they were all available through Velocity.
that hasnt been the case from my experience but I could be wrong. Theres also less flights to choose from on velocity vs krisflyer. For example, theres 1-2 flights out of 4 on the same route and day that show up in velocity
People say this...but I don't think it has ever been 100% the case...I honestly wouldn't expect it to be...all frequent flyer programs do this (make more space available to their own members than partner programs).
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