Chitchat Mabel Yeo And 81 Other Cheapskates Got Their Luggage Deliberately And Secretly Left Behind In Zikapore By Scoot!

[JohnTan]

SINGAPORE - Some passengers on a Scoot flight from Singapore to Australia's Gold Coast found themselves stranded without their luggage after they landed on Wednesday (July 4).

A total of 82 pieces of baggage were removed from the flight due to bad weather, which required the plane to carry more fuel reserves, said Scoot.

"Due to unfavourable weather conditions in Gold Coast, flight TR6 departing for Gold Coast... had to carry additional fuel reserves as per regulatory requirements, resulting in a decrease in carrying capacity and hence we had to offload 82 pieces of baggage to meet the weight restriction," said Scoot, in response to a query from The Straits Times. The airline was unable to say how many people were affected by the baggage delay.


The flight left Singapore at 10.20pm on Tuesday and landed in Gold Coast at around 8am local time on Wednesday.

The delayed baggage will be put on the carrier's next available flight to Gold Coast on Thursday night and delivered to passengers who have made a delayed baggage report. Scoot runs a daily flight to Gold Coast on most days in July, except on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Passengers can submit claims for the delayed baggage to Scoot, and these claims will be assessed on a case-by-case basis, Scoot added.

According to Scoot's webpage, passengers flying to Gold Coast have to pay $44 in order to check in up to 20kg worth of baggage.

The delay has drawn the ire of passengers, with some taking to social media to express their frustrations.

One such passenger, Ms Mabel Yeo, wrote on Scoot's Facebook page that she had taken the flight together with four other friends.

Only one out of their five pieces of luggage arrived in Gold Coast, and they found out about the issue only after they reached the baggage belt.

"As much as we are trying to make the best of the situation of what we have, we cannot help but wonder at the justification of paying for baggage and not getting them when it's supposed to travel with us," posted Ms Yeo.

Another passenger, Ms Nerissa Lee, posted a series of Instagram stories detailing the incident, under the title "Why Scoot??".

She posted: "They told us they have unloaded everything, if we don't see ours it means it's still in Singapore."

In another post on Wednesday, Ms Lee said that she only found out about when the baggage would arrive after her mother, who was at home, called to check with Scoot.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...-from-scoots-flight-to-gold-coast-bad-weather

 

[bushtucker]

want to be cheapskate then dont be surprised to be farked by the cheapskate airline.

 

[syed putra]

What kind of plane did they use to brisbane? A turbo-prop?

 

[Annunaki]

Some passengers on a Scoot flight from Singapore to Australia's Gold Coast found themselves stranded without their luggage after they landed on Wednesday (July 4)

 

[Hypocrite-The]

But won't all airlines do such a thing to get more fuel? This is the limitation of the plane n nothing to do with scoot or sq wat

 

[winnipegjets]

But won't all airlines do such a thing to get more fuel? This is the limitation of the plane n nothing to do with scoot or sq wat

The airline has a business decision to make - minimize expense or delight the customer. Instead of unloading some paxs, they choose to do luggage because it is cheaper to pay ...and it may not pay as they evaluate 'case by case'.
There is no need for a case-by-case evaluation for compensation of delayed luggage - it was a deliberate move and compensation should be automatic.

This airline should have closed shop years ago. But stupid sinkees continue to use it to save a few cents.

 

[streetsmart73]

Wanna cheap why cpcb

 

[Wunderfool]

Shit happens.

 

[bobby]

They should have flown the baggage and left the passengers behind....

 

[eatshitndie]

moral of the story: always carry extra underwear with you in carry-on. otherwise your panties becum like this.

 

[halsey02]

What kind of plane did they use to brisbane? A turbo-prop?

They soot airline used a seaplane...ha ha ha ha

 

[Leongsam]

Budget airlines are able to charge low fares because they dispense with all the buffers that other airlines put in place to ensure reliability.

For example Air NZ will not cancel a flight if a member of the crew falls ill because they have backup crew that are on duty at the airport and these crew are being paid full wages just to hang around in case they are needed. All these additional overheads have to be factored into the ticket price.

However Jetstar flights are often cancelled if a member of the flight crew fails to show because they are not allowed to take off without the full complement and there are no standby crew available at each departure point. The result is cheaper tickets but there is an obvious price to pay in the form of passenger inconvenience should things not go to plan.

Same goes with loading. Regular airlines have spare capacity. Budget airlines have none.

The bottom line is do not expect Kobe beef if you're paying the price of a hamburger.

 

[no_faith]

Such thing happens sometimes.
But since its budget, every service is budgetized meaning if you want better or more service, fuck you
If you pay 1st class ticket, airline will deliver to your doorstep.
Halo JT, scoot part of SQ, why is this happening? They are also part of 70%.