Article: Australia to Singapore from $953 Return in ScootPlus

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Australia to Singapore from $953 Return in ScootPlus

If you're looking for a cheap ticket from Australia to Singapore, and don't want to fly Economy, ScootPlus could be a great compromise.

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[OZDUCK]

We have flown SccootPlus, it was called ScootBiz, on our first trip, several times. For us it is a very useful way to get to Singapore and pick up J flights much, much cheaper than out of Perth. As long as you just treat it as a way to avoid paying the Australia tax and accept that all you will get is a biggish seat and a basic meal you will be fine.

The advantages I have seen are -:

- near enough a Premium Economy seat and legroom. For us this makes the flight much more comfortable than a Y seat on 'full service' airlines. And for about the same price as that Y seat.

- the 15 kg Cabin Baggage and 30 kg checked baggage allowance is more than we have ever needed.

- Priority boarding is fiercely enforced. Any trespassers are quickly sent off to the normal queue.

- Relationship with SQ. On one trip their B787's had been grounded with the well known Rolls Royce engine problems. We were transferred to an old SQ B777 fitted with the Regional J seats. The IFE was available and we got full Y meals plus all the Tea, Coffee and non-alcoholic drinks we wanted.

- The cabin crew have been fine. Not that they have a lot of service runs to do or items to handout but they have all been pleasant.

Disadvantages -:

Food is at just about a $5 hawker level. But as it is only a 5 hour flight Per -Sin this has not been a concern.

No IFE - as Matt said the 30MB allowance is laughable. On our first trip they had free streaming of some movies and TV shows but in line with
their ethos to offer nothing for free this has long been canned. I just load up my tablet or PC and watch them. There is a free power outlet for the ScootPlus seats. In Y you have to pay for power.

You only get a couple of small plastic cups of water apart from the can of drink with the meal. Theoretically you are not supposed to bring 'outside' drinks or food on board. On one flight the cabin crew bought around more water.

Scoot also fly their a320 to Perth and if you are half-witted like my son you can accidentally book yourself in Y on one of those flights. He tells me that even in Y there was a world of difference between the Scoot B787 and the A320..

A photo of the meal I got in 2019 is below. For comparison below that is a 2018 meal. You can see that cost cutting to save even a few cents is still king.



2018 Meal

 

[moa999]

Nice article.

As stated at a similar price JQ Business (or StarClass as they should have kept it) offers better food and bev.

And AirAsia Premium tops the hard product with an angled lie flat seat.

Also on Scoot is Scoot-in-silence, which is good value as long as not travelling with kids.
34"+ legroom in the mini-cabin behind ScootPlus.

 

[clifford]

Yes, very interesting article. Made me think about my upcoming United award booking (CBR-MEL-BKK-SIN in J) which cost 50,0000 miles and $110. This was to connect with another booking in SQ J to LHR.

So I checked the availability of ScootPlus SYD-SIN and found a daylight flight on a suitable date next month for $550. So I decided to cancel the award booking for a full refund (thanks United, immediate online confirmation and no fees) and book ScootPlus and was able to select seat 1A (I like the bulkhead).

I've flown ScootBiz in the past and have been quite happy with it for the price, even though you only get one free alcoholic drink. My budget can probably stretch to buying a couple more on board if needed, but I plan to spend a couple of hours in the Amex Centurion lounge and/or The House before the flight.

 

[AIRwin]

I've flown ScootBiz in the past and have been quite happy with it for the price, even though you only get one free alcoholic drink.

And you can earn KrisFlyer miles?

 

[clifford]

And you can earn KrisFlyer miles?

Yes indeed, as I am...

 

[burmans]

My daughter is going to Europe in July (unfortunately forced on here due to work constraints), with the marked differences in cost of flights ex Sydney and ex Asia a positioning flight was in order and Scoot is a very good option in my view. If you accept it for what it is and make it a day time flight its fine.

 

[RooFlyer]

And you can earn KrisFlyer miles?

Indeed, as I discovered today when I passed 5000 KF Elite miles earned this year, if I next fly Scoot I get an extra 1000 KF miles on top of my regular earn. Also 20% off my next Scoot booking.