CCB, SIA give FT big discount

[makapaaa]

<TABLE id=msgUN border=0 cellSpacing=3 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD id=msgUNsubj vAlign=top>Coffeeshop Chit Chat - CCB, SIA give FT big discount</TD><TD id=msgunetc noWrap align=right>

Subscribe </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=msgtable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="96%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=msg vAlign=top><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgbfr1 width="1%"> </TD><TD><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgF width="1%" noWrap align=right>From: </TD><TD class=msgFname width="68%" noWrap>jockeytips <NOBR></NOBR> </TD><TD class=msgDate width="30%" noWrap align=right>7:16 am </TD></TR><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgT height=20 width="1%" noWrap align=right>To: </TD><TD class=msgTname width="68%" noWrap>ALL <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgNum noWrap align=right> (1 of 4) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgleft rowSpan=4 width="1%"> </TD><TD class=wintiny noWrap align=right>15516.1 </TD></TR><TR><TD height=8></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgtxt>
London-Singapore-London pay $1300.
Singapore-London-Singapore pay $2500.
Sinkie are suckers, the FT had spoken
See below, taken from ST comment
dandelionbreak
Today, 08:56 PM
I am currently based in the UK as a postgrad student and have bought SQ tickets for LONDON-SINGAPORE-LONDON from the SQ website here. The lowest fare I pay is about £600 (about S$1300) or slightly less, compared to sometimes S$2500 I pay when I travel by SQ on the SINGAPORE-LONDON-SINGAPORE flight. It's tempting to infer that Singaporeans are often subsiding the airfare of other customers overseas!
Having said that, I think SQ does provide very good inflight service, but to have to pay a few hundred dollars more to enjoy that, maybe I'll pick a more economical airline over SQ when I travel from Singapore to the UK. Also, while other airlines are slightly more lenient with baggage allowance (I'm allowed up to 35 kg if i specify I'm a student who has to carry back books to SG) as I get an approval quite readily from other airlines, provided I show my student ID and the email correspondence, in SG, when I exceed by 2 kgs because of the heavy books in my luggage, I'm told I have to pay excess baggage charges.

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[makapaaa]

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Sin-shanghai-Sin 2pax = $1568
Shanghai-Sin-shanghai 2pax = $800
KNN, Phui...
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[makapaaa]

<TABLE class=msgtable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="96%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=msg vAlign=top><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgbfr1 width="1%"></TD><TD><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgF width="1%" noWrap align=right>From: </TD><TD class=msgFname width="68%" noWrap>fishball22 <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgDate width="30%" noWrap align=right>11:09 am </TD></TR><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgT height=20 width="1%" noWrap align=right>To: </TD><TD class=msgTname width="68%" noWrap>jockeytips <NOBR></NOBR>unread</TD><TD class=msgNum noWrap align=right>(3 of 4) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgleft rowSpan=4 width="1%"></TD><TD class=wintiny noWrap align=right>15516.3 in reply to 15516.2 </TD></TR><TR><TD height=8></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgtxt>Sinkies need to stop being stupid. Stop flying on SIA. Stop buying Straits Times. Let them all go out of business. There are plenty of airlines with better service: Eva Air, Thai, JAL etc. European airlines are lousy. UAL, quite lousy, but if you fly a lot, you can get upgraded after 30K miles, no hassle. Good luck trying to get upgraded with your miles on SIA.</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=msgleft width="1%"></TD><TD class=msgopt width="24%" noWrap> Options</TD><TD class=msgrde width="50%" noWrap align=middle> Reply</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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[makapaaa]

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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->AFTER reading Dr Jimmy Beng's letter yesterday ('Tale of two services: Singapore Airlines and PUB'), commenting on his experience with SIA, I felt compelled to contribute my own story.
Recently, SIA rolled out its promotional airfares to various destinations. As my husband was stationed in Australia for work, I decided to take our four young children to join him for a short break during the June holidays.
Although I tried to book the tickets on SIA's website as soon as the advertisement was published, I was unable to secure the promotional rates. I inquired with travel agents and got the same reply that the flights were all fully booked within one week of my travel dates. Moreover, I was told that I could not book child fares for all my children under the promotion. One single adult is entitled to book child fares for only two children. This means I have to pay adult fares for two of my children. I was shocked at this discovery.
Subsequently, I tried to verify with SIA by calling its office. Of course, the process of contacting SIA and finally getting to talk to a customer service officer was tedious and time-consuming. There are also so many different kinds of fares within the same flight, and this makes it confusing if you try to book online. Finally, I was told the flight I wanted was still available, if I paid a higher fare. Subsequently, I was told it was true I had to pay adult fares for two of my children.
Like most Singaporeans, I would like to support our national carrier by flying with SIA. Unfortunately, in this case, SIA does not make it easy for me to do so. After all the hassle, I have decided to stay in Singapore and have since spread the news of SIA's policy to all my friends with more than two children.
On an ironic note, perhaps I should thank SIA that I did not fly to Australia after all, since it is now one of the high-risk countries for Influenza A (H1N1). Florence Lum (Mrs)

 

[shelltox]

Basically, old man already mentioned he would rather maintained sinagpore as a airhub and let go of SIA if the pilots get out of hand.

 

[red amoeba]

ms florence,

don't be a hypocrite lah...u only fly SIA when its cheap - otherwise you will have flown on the kangaroo...haha.

and the UK postgrad - please go do some research before writing to tell the world that there is nothing but water in your brains. Its common sense knowledge that airlines charge more for flights out of their home bases. do the same experiment, you will find that it cost more to fly London-Singapore-London on British Airways than Singapore-London-Singapore. Its exactly the same case for SIA. The home-based airline has more "power" at her home base vis-a-vis when its competing with the incumbent in another city.

 

[scroobal]

It just shocks me that despite Singapore being a capitalist nation and economics being a major ideology of this country, people are ignorant of free market practices of differential pricing, features of monopolistic entities etc.

All the airlines charge higher price in their home country because its a captive market.

They should read up and get cheaper deals with foreign airlines when leaving singapore.