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Starting March 28th, the new First Class Suite featured on Singapore Airlines A380 will be in operation on the 5th freedom route between New York City ( JFK ) and Frankfurt, Germany. Historically, this has been one of the coolest ways to experience Singapore’s renowned suite without having to fly to Asia, and it only costs 86k miles one way!
I flew the old suites on my mom’s around the world trip, but I really want to try out the new ones with my wife.
Traditionally, award space has been quite difficult to find and normally just single seats peel off and additional passengers need to be waitlisted. You can read the strategy of how I did it with my whole family here.
Several weeks ago, a lot of space appeared on the route ( found by Spencer Howard on his award alert newsletter), then it disappeared, and then the A380 was announced on the route ( it’s serviced by a 777 until then ), and finally we heard the new suites would be featured! I’ve been on the lookout ever since, I mean look at this thing!
This is what a single seat looks like!
It can be combined into two seats that looks like this?!
Additionally, Singapore miles are one of the easiest award currencies to earn since they are partners of
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I just found loads of dates with Two seats bookable on the Frankfurt to New York leg – 86k per person
The space starts a couple of days after the A380 is introduced to the route and goes on for ages. You’ll see a mix of 86k and 140k but there is LOADS of dates and I stopped looking after a couple months of consistent space.
The space isn’t the same however on the reverse – many dates with 140k
You’ll see that there is availability but it’s at the standard rate.
Who knows how long this space will last, so get to booking if you’re interested!
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
- 3x on dining, including eligible delivery services for takeout & dining out
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- $50 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 2x on all other travel
- 10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
- Chase Sapphire Preferred continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel℠ and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver ( primary ), purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in Chase Travel℠ for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Get complimentary access to DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees and lower service fees for a minimum of one year when you activate by December 31, 2027.
- $95 Annual Fee
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex® and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
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