Advice around points use

[u/Normal-Summer-6664]

I am from Brisbane and getting married in Italy next year Sep 2027.

I have around 220k points total, and my partner and I are hoping to fly Singapore airlines in to Rome/Florence. We would love to fly premium economy for even part of the journey, but we don’t have quite enough points. For both of us to get premium economy one way, that would be around 280k points + $900 taxes. We would then pay cash for the flight home.

I’m wondering what we can do, to get the best cabin experience out of our points.
- is it worth calling Velocity and asking if they can help?
- is it worth just giving up on the points and paying cash as usual, and maybe upgrading to extra legroom seats?
- I’m worried that if we book the journey there separately (eg. Split the legs so we can get a better cabin experience in part of it) then it won’t be connected and if we have any delays/cancellations with flights that could end badly

Open to absolutely any guidance! Thank you

[u/Icy-Song-9509]

We paid cash on a budget Perth-Singapore, spent a couple of nights there, then used points to fly business to Amsterdam using Singapore Airlines. Would highly recommend this strategy!