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Will My Singapore Airlines Waitlisted Award Clear?
Question on Singapore Airlines waitlist clearance chances.
Looking to book SQ business from Bali to SFO and I see it showing waitlisted for all award fares on all flights.
Travel is still 5-6 months out.
Should I transfer points to SQ and get on the waitlist or is it likely that SQ waitlists generally don’t clear easily?
Booking is for 2 pax and the cost is 107k points per person.
Does that seem reasonable for that flight?
I haven’t done a SQ redemption before but based on reading online that seems about a good price.
But the aircraft is still the A350 and not the new business class.
Any insights would be appreciated.
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4 Replies
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For a business seat with a saver award, you must book a year out, otherwise book with Advantage.
The waitlist clears only two weeks before the departure date, so most don’t get it.
This means you must have a backup plan.
I was cleared for the first-class waitlist after 3 months.
I was waitlisted 11 months out (Dec 2020 for November 2021 travel date), and it cleared 8 months before the departure date.
But that was during covid.
I had to cancel it because Covid flared up again in Asia at that time.
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Waitlist is very unlikely to clear from my experience.
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I wouldn’t bother with waitlisted rewards.
Only book if is it shows real availability that you can book.
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It is a very stupid system.
I wouldn’t risk it since you can’t transfer miles out once they are in your Singapore account and miles expire after 3 years and no way to extend them.
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