Sweating over Suites...

Thanks for this post, Lucky. I was hoping I wasn't the only one sweating this one out. I am just happy to be in first but would be so excited to see the confirmation for suites. Trying not to get my hopes up, but.....

I've also been checking at least once a day and still see the 777-300ER listed. Maybe they are having more issues with their new computer system that enabled all of this in the first place.

Ben -

You sure know how to enjoy a relaxing vacation on Bali! 🙂

Lark

@ Lark -- I've gotta do something from the pool!

Thanks Ben!! Just booked me a F SIN-SFO hoping it will get swapped to a A380

I think this is just their systems screwing up. Their FRA flight is still showing A380.

Shallow end or deep end? Been keeping an eye on this too and wondered what was going on... Builds the anticipation I guess!

Ben---and what about the fuel surcharges? Is it still insane?

@ Ozaer -- It's under $350 roundtrip between San Francisco and Hong Kong, which I don't think is that bad.

I too have been checking 2x a day..

SQ has announced the swap on its webpage. It is indeed very funny that they announce before they close saver awards but there seem to be only limited bookings otherwise SQ would react faster and close at least saver awards...

Do you have to have the points in you KrisFlyer account to even search for availability? I am trying to find a flight from SFO-SIN and I get an error: "Sorry, we are unable to process your request, please try again later or contact your local Singapore Airlines office."

@ Bryan -- You don't need the points in the account, you just need a KrisFlyer account.

Thank you, Lucky. I got it figured out, finally. Apparently, my KrisFlyer account had expired, but it was giving me that aforementioned error.

Lucky, how'd you get SFO-HKG for 140,250 miles? When I search, no matter how many different dates I select, it's 165,000 miles. Do you have status on SQ or something?

@ Bryan -- There's a 15% discount for booking online, so once you price out an itinerary that's 165,000 miles, you'll see the lower, updated price on the next page.

I am going out on a limb here, though I wonder if the decision to move this to the A380 was due in part to messed up loads resulting from the UA 4 mile error to HKG. I know around the holidays there were flights that had been completely zeroed out in F. Could it have triggered some sort of algorithm SQ had set up to manage inventory/fleet utilization, and now they are going back to analyze their decision only to realize it was a false positive, thus the delay?

Lucky said, "KrisFlyer is transfer partners with American Express Membership Rewards"

Except, of course, in Canada 🙁

Finally!
"One or more flights in your itinerary have been re-scheduled. We will be contacting you to assist with the flight changes and rebooking for mis-connections of onward journey, if any. If you require urgent assistance, kindly contact your local Singapore Airlines office."

I can't access my reservation but hope it is going to be rebooked into 388 F. The time of the flight changed too...

Looks like the schedules are being updated...I see the 388 from 12/28 to 3/9 on KVS

HKG-SFO is now A380 but the return still shows 77W. They must be in the middle of changing it as we speak. Frustrating that we can't access our reservations to make sure we're in Suites though!

I can see suites on mine after I "accepted" the scheduled change on United.com (not sure if that made a difference) which says Business(R)

SQ1 has updated to show Airbus 380. Schedule change is saying (R) on United. On Singapore mobile it is showing the plane change and that I am in suites. I am fearful of accepting the schedule change with United and getting bumped out of suites. Thoughts?

All is good. SQ1 and SQ2 now showing Airbus 380 in Suites on Singapore Air mobile site for flights in mid-February.

Didn't realize that even though United's site says "business" it lists the class as (R), which is suites. This is going to be awesome!

Me too on SQ 2. Looking forward to it. Thanks Lucky!