How I turned Membership Rewards points into a first-class ticket with Singapore Airlines
The purpose of our site is to tell about the world of reward travel, that is, how to turn points that you [...]
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The purpose of our site is to tell the the world of reward travel, or how to transform points that you earn daily through daily activities In experiences around the world.
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As we have repeatedly explained, the first principle of this game is that participating is free e the second is that each participant is able to choose his or her own prizes: unlike point collections where prizes must be chosen from a catalog, here you can draw from endless possibilities.
Not everyone has the opportunity to accumulate millions of points, although it is easier than you might think, but more importantly, needs change from person to person. If you are young and single, you might aim to a round-the-world trip with a sleeping bag, perhaps, however, moving in business class. Or if you have a few points, you can turn them into tickets to fly to London with British Airways for a concert.
Or again to pay for the hotel in Milan And don't take out a single euro to sleep in a Hilton. It doesn't matter if you are a young college student or you are a spa owner, the points you accumulate you can choose how to store them and not waste them.
Today I want to talk about One of my favorite activities, which is to mooch around the world, paying a few tens of euros for tickets that normally cost thousands and thousands.
The offer introduces a friend
Every year all Amex holders have the opportunity to accumulate up to a maximum of 175k MR points Introducing friends. This means that if a friend requests a card through the invitation, you will be rewarded with a number of points that varies depending on the card held, the card requested and any promotions. We explained everything in this article.
I decided to invest some of these points to give myself a real experience aboard one of the best cabins in the world.
Singapore Airlines' first-class suite
In recent weeks we had reported how a series of promotions could give an incredible opportunity to all Membership Rewards serial point accumulators., which is to book one of the world's most exclusive cabins easily and with very few points.
Normally these tickets are "unobtainable" and never discounted, but the pandemic has changed many things for the travel world. Companies are looking for every way to fly their customers, one of which is Have the points accumulated in the 20 months of closed borders spent.
On these pages. I had a chance to review Singapore Airlines a couple of times, but the first-class cabin, which also becomes a double bed if you are traveling as a couple, was one of those things on my wish list that I thought I would never be able to achieve Because the A380s were Covid victims.
Unfortunately, not many routes are operated from Singapore with A380s, and none of them are to Italy, so my choice was for a ticket from Frankfurt to the United States.
Point transfer from Amex to Krisflyer
Of course, you must have a profile in the Singapore Airlines loyalty program. If you are an Amex Platinum holder, you also have the opportunity to take advantage of a strategy that gives you Gold status, as I did.
The procedure is simple and in less than 6 hours the points had been credited to my profile. Thanks to the active promo also I got an additional bonus of 20% of the transferred points. The summary email from Amex talks about 20 days, in reality it only takes a couple of hours.
As you can see the 75k MR points became 50k KrisFlyer points, the conversion rate is 3:2. However, thanks to the promo active at that time, I got a bonus of 15% from Singapore.
How much does a ticket cost
For value the points one must first know the cost of the premium we are going to collect. Here, then, it is necessary to know how much the ticket would cost in cash We are going to detach.
And of course also what is his cost In terms of points.
Singapore does not have a fixed table indicating the cost of award tickets, but a variable price and various types of list prices. As you can see the price of this ticket ranges from 86k points to 140k.
Frequent flyers from halfway around the world have literally jumped on this route for two simple reasons: it is the first time this Suite will come to the U.S. and the Frankfurt/New York route Is the cheapest of those available.
My reservation is for next October, but the vacancies have been there since June when they will start flying the route that is now instead operated with the old first cabin. Let's say I gave myself for my next birthday this "little dream in the drawer." As you can see, the ticket cost me 86k points: 57,500 the result of converting from MR points, the rest I had in my account and accumulated by making other flights with the company.
To the 86 thousand points I had to add 118.01 € in taxes. Taxes that I paid with my American Express Platinum in order to have access to all protections and insurance included in this credit card.
As you can see, the value I was able to give to MR points is much higher than turning 1,000 points into 4€, using them to discount your bank statement, for example.
Now I just have to wait for the arrival of October 2022 in order to check in and fly in this cabin from a thousand and one nights.
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