Suddenly, this week, I am getting a mix
of award pricing for the same one route on the same partner airlines.
By default, when you search for an award flight, you get a
matrix of award prices for the three days immediately before and after the departure and return dates you input.
While
many of the award prices have gone up in recent years, a few have gone down, seemingly so that the airline can paint the changes as positive in some small way.
However, when the former 15 % saving for booking online is included in the calculation, the cost
difference of award prices are actually increasing by nearly 20 - 30 % on several routes!
-- To see the complete
list of award pricing, here is the Singapore Airlines / Silk Air only award chart and here is the Partner Award chart (including Star Alliance).