An experienced points hacker, Erin is Alex’s partner-in-crime and contributes to Upgraded Points with in-depth guides and relationship management. Erin’s work has been cited in multiple major publicat...
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18 comments
deanna
February 02, 2018
Wow, what an adventure. I love reading your posts. It is so nice that you are both still so enthusiastic about the experience. The way you post and the examples you give, make it believable that some of us normal people could do this to. Thanks for sharing your trip with us.
Alex Miller
February 02, 2018
@Deanna – thank you so much! If you haven’t seen our “Real Redemptions” series, you’ll see lots of others going on trips just like this! /travel/real-redemptions/
Cody Fielding
February 16, 2018
Great Review! We are flying the suites in May JFK-FRA on points. What time does the Singapore desk open for SQ25? We arrive around 3pm on a positioning flight from DFW. Also what are the prices like in the Spa, too bad no free service for SQ passengers. Thanks!
Alex Miller
February 16, 2018
You’ll have a blast! The Singapore desk opens up 3hrs before from memory, we ended up waiting quite a bit before as we were pretty early. The prices for the SPA are very reasonable, especially for NYC. You won’t feel ripped off. And yes, I agree they should be included for SIN F passengers!
Glenn Closson
August 19, 2018
I’m just curious, did both sets of middle seats convert into the double bed? If the other 2 weren’t open, would they have been able to convert the seats you had into the same double bed?
Erin Miller
August 20, 2018
Hi Glenn – yes, all of the middle sets of seats convert into a double bed! If the cabin was full, they would have converted our seats into the double bed for us. 🙂
joseph
January 31, 2019
loved reading your trip experience, my fiance and i are getting married in march and flying 2 days later this route and we were able to get 2 suites on points on SQ25 jfk-fra-sin however they dont show the middle double suites available, do you have any experience on this? are those just blocked out or are we out of luck ? thanks
Alex Miller
February 04, 2019
Hey Joseph, thank you for the kind words! I’d keep checking for those middle seats in the lead up to the flight, especially within a few days as they could become available. You can also check on ExpertFlyer to see if those seats have just been booked or not. Or, just give Singapore a ring and ask them what the deal is with those middle seats on your flight 🙂
Bill
May 20, 2019
I am thinking of booking this flight and was wondering how the two legs worked in terms of boarding passes. It sounds like you needed to get off the plane so you presumably had a separate boarding pass for the leg out of Frankfurt. Is that correct? I wouldn’t be flying first class but I could visit a Priority Pass lounge during the layover, assuming that I had a boarding pass for a flight out of FRA.
Erin Miller
May 21, 2019
Hi Bill, yes – you get a different boarding pass for each leg of the flight! If you’re flying Suites though, there’s likely a better lounge option than Priority Pass – especially if you’re talking about your stop in FRA!!! 🙂
Brendan Lim
June 28, 2019
Great post! We will be flying the same route from JFK to SIN (Suites for JFK-FRA and Business on FRA-SIN) with a longer layover so that we can do some shopping in FRA!
What time do they open the check-in counter in JFK? We will be flying in from DEN to LGA and we were wondering if we have time to stop by for Peter Luger before heading to JFK.
Erin Miller
July 02, 2019
Hey Brendan, a branch of Singapore’s website shows that “Early Check-in” at JFK is from 6 hrs prior to departure, while All (standard) check-in is from 4 hours prior to departure. Hope this helps! 🙂
Elisa
July 10, 2019
We are thinking of doing this and are just wondering how the layover portion in FRA works. Do you need to go through customs even though it’s the same plane that you’re getting back on?
Alex Miller
July 13, 2019
Hi Elisa – what happens is that when you disembark from the plane in FRA, you are taken to the LH business class lounge directly (it’s about a 45 second walk, if that!). You hang out there and then walk back when the flight is ready to board! No customs or anything; super easy.
Damon
July 19, 2019
Hi everyone, I booked the Flight:
SYD -> SIN -> FRA -> JFK
as Suites Saver Award.
I called a week ago SingaporeAirlines to add for $100 a stopover in Frankfurt as I want to stay there for 3 weeks and then continue my flight to JFK. The Agent wanted to go ahead but wasn’t able to find an award space. So I called back today as an award space became available just to hear from another agent that stopovers are only possible in Singapore. The agent told me he wouldn’t be able to seperate the flights SIN via Frankfurt to JFK as it’s one flight code (SQ 26). He told me the only way to spend some time in Frankfurt is to cancel the last leg (FRA – JFK) however I wouldn’t get any miles back if I do so. On top I would have to spend an additional 86K Miles to book the FRA – JFK flight seperate.
Somewhere (unfortunately I can’t remember where) I read that it’s possible to add for $100 a stopover even in Frankfurt.
Does anyone have experience with that issue and do you think I just had bad luck with the second agent and another one would be able to fulfill my request?
Thanks so much in advance!!!
Stephen Au
July 21, 2019
Hi Damon,
Yes it’s true that you can book a stopover for $100 extra, as long as there is valid award availability. The best advice we’d have for you is to keep searching for award space and call them as soon as you find it to add your stopover. Thanks for reading!
Priscilla
February 23, 2020
How close was this to one of your actual birthdays? And did the crew do this spontaneously or did you somehow ask ahead of time? I will be flying SQ suites the week before my birthday and would love treats like you experienced!
Erin Miller
March 03, 2020
Hi Priscilla, we flew on Alex’s actual birthday but I’m sure if you told the crew you were celebrating something special they’d be able to treat you! Especially if you’re in suites! 😉
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