Redeem Singapore Miles On Virgin Atlantic

Lucky, you note -- "Singapore KrisFlyer miles can only be redeemed for roundtrip travel on Virgin Atlantic, while Virgin Atlantic Flying Club miles can be redeemed for one-way travel on their own flights"

True, but the rule is reciprocal. You cannot redeem Virgin Atlantic miles for one-way travel on Singapore either...

Im thinking about flying VA to LHR and then taking the chunnel over to Paris. What would you recommend is the best way to use UR or MR to get back from CDG to MIA?

@ David -- If flying direct is most important to you, then it might be worth booking Air France direct using FlyingBlue miles. If you're looking for the lowest coast, I'd consider booking through Aeroplan. You can book United for 45,000 miles one-way in business class, without fuel surcharges. Good luck!

Lucky, I have a lot of respect for you but India is most definitely NOT in the middle east -- and the post as it stands may lead some to guess you don't know that...

@ NB -- Whoops, wasn't suggesting it was in the Middle East, but for most airlines the award charts group together the Middle East and India. It appears that may not be the case here, and instead it's considered Central Asia. My mistake.

I'm confused about your statement that if I book a VS flight from Europe to US using Delta miles I can avoid fuel charges. I just did a test booking on Delta and even in off season, the miles needed were 60000 Delta plus $610 in taxes/fees. The same flights booked directly on VS are fewer miles (even taking into account the award sale ending today) and only $407 in taxes/fees. I'd love to see a blog about what other airlines' miles can be used to allow one to avoid fuel charges on flights of airlines that do. For example, are there any airlines' miles that one can use to book an award on BA metal transatlantic and avoid fuel charges? Thanks.

@ Pat -- Delta DOES impose fuel surcharges if originating in Europe. I was saying they don't impose fuel surcharges if originating outside of Europe. So you wouldn't be charged those if you were flying US to Europe instead of Europe to US.

Thanks for the clarification on using Delta miles. Looking forward to being able to book one way awards on Delta.

Hi Lucky, I'm wondering if there's been any changes or updates to the Krisflyer redemption on VA process. I've recently moved back to the UK from SG and want to use miles on Virgin to Bridgetown. So far Krisflyer are only offering me routes with Air Canada or New Zealand and I can't seem to find a way to extricate Virgin availability info out of them.