The Suite: 12 cabins, each with sliding privacy doors, and window blinds, a closet, and a 23-inch-wide TV screen. What makes Singapore’s Suite unusual is that there is a seat and a separate 81-inch-long flatbed. When not in use, it folds up into the cabin wall like a Murphy Bed.
Experience the suite in detail.
U.S. Routes with the First Class Suite
New York-Frankfurt and Los Angeles-Tokyo.
Easy Connection From: Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, Washington, DC, and many other departure cities.
Flying Beyond Singapore: Destinations in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East require more miles, but depending on the region, are still highly considerable. Find Singapore’s destinations.
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Buy Singapore miles—115,000 for New York-Frankfurt; 149,000 for LA-Tokyo—from Amex Membership Rewards for 2.5¢ per mile.
How good is this Buy Miles to Fly in Style option? $2,875 to $3,725 for the First Class suite, a savings of up to $8,489 / 70%.[/aside]
Pricing…
Published Fares: Up to $12,214 round-trip to Tokyo, and $8,105 to $9,605 to Frankfurt; so, this is a great opportunity to use miles.
Round-Trip Award Ticket: Online bookings get a 15% discount, making NY-Frankfurt cost 114,750 miles—not bad, considering United charges 140,000 for a Business Class seat on Lufthansa on the same route—Los Angeles-Tokyo goes for 148,750 miles.
Best Time to Fly…
FCF’s research shows that the best month to redeem miles for free mileage awards to Tokyo is February. To Frankfurt, there is good availability in November and December, returning January through March.
In the chart below, FCF has included Business Class award availability when it is good because First Class Suite space can be tight, given that Singapore only offers the cabin on two U.S. routes non-stop—and booking the suite one-way and Business Class the other isn’t so bad as Singapore has one of the best Business Class in the sky—is something not to pass up.
Getting Singapore Miles…
Transfer Starwood Points: 100,000 (NY-Frankfurt) or 120,000 (LA-Tokyo).
Transfer Amex Reward Points: 115,000 (NY-Frankfurt) or 149,000 (LA-Tokyo).
Transfer Chase Points: 115,000 (NY-Frankfurt) or 149,000 (LA-Tokyo).
Special Strategy Pricing: Booking the Suite through a Singapore Partner
Save up to 19% with All Nippon via Amex MR Points: Brings the First Class suite award down to 100,000 miles from New York and to 120,000 miles from Los Angeles.
Save up to 20% with All Nippon via Starwood Points: Transfer 80,000 to 100,000 Starpoints (the 20% bonus gets you to the required amount).
Mileage partner award inventory through the ANA program is sometimes similar to Singapore’s own award space when booked within a few weeks of departure.
Survey of Award Availability on Singapore for One Traveler
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