Scootoff SYD-BKK $500 odd return

[ethernet]

People who rely on advertised specials are letting the game play them rather than playing the game, the fact is no one airline is always a good choice and for my circumstances, LCCs rarely add up to be good value anytime, as I don't have people I lean on to cover extra costs such as 23 hr transits!

markis10 is a supreme airfare shopper 1 in 10000+ or more, of driving the hardest bargain, canny, clueful and persistent, which is what AFF is about: Information is power, and unravel airline tactics. Immune for bait switch and profit deals. Airlines should flag him has a hopeless case , and offer him a flat rate per KM, or make a reasonable offer avenue. A level we should all aspire to.

I am more the gutter shopper, pouncing on cheap, but not valuing my time at less than minimum wage. I know some do better, but not many do it smarter. I note I am ahead of webjet by a country mile. All thats missing from expedia is a probability of a sale price in my date range to really destroy advertising and margin engine logic. The flaw in M10's logic is he seems to know
when sales pop up, and catches them via Europe. Lucky for the airlines. I can't be bothered checking everyday, but OTOH rack pricing scares me away for decades (just ask Telstra- wrong me once, and I hold a grudge for a decade+).

Looking at expedia, I see China Stn Cheapest, then Emirates. Just my gut feeling that QF is missing lunch against the people who are immune to mainstream advertising . If M10 wants a challenge, explain why BKK-LAX costs so much, when SYD-LAX seems more reasonable.

 

[SYDNEYAIRPORTRIPOFF]

Not sure if I would use them for connecting flights, but I too couldn't recommend Scoot highly enough after a $99 flight to Singapore and return last year.

If I was flying to Europe and paying, I would seriously look at flying to Singapore on Scoot, then catching a full service airline the rest of the way. Would often save you $600-$700. You would probably want an overnight in Singapore to cover each way, but that is not a bad thing.

Thank you so much Fersea for this information as my wife and I are doing a similar run to LHR using Scoot to Singapore in june , then a full service airline to LHR , and we are saving over $1000 on normal Australian airline prices.
Never having flown scoot before I was worried about flight delays and have booked a night in a decent Singapore hotel which cost $150, but hey it's part of the holiday experience and i am not in any great hurry

 

[clifford]

markis10 is a supreme airfare shopper 1 in 10000+ or more

Well I guess that's a kick in the teeth for the rest of us. And I don't value the cost of my time at all. But I do use it as I see fit, and no one can influence that.

I do feel that I am a reasonably savvy traveller (lifetime star gold with 500K FF miles in the bank), but good luck to the "great god" markis10. Why the sycophantism anyway?

 

[repete]

Thank you so much Fersea for this information as my wife and I are doing a similar run to LHR using Scoot to Singapore in june , then a full service airline to LHR , and we are saving over $1000 on normal Australian airline prices.
Never having flown scoot before I was worried about flight delays and have booked a night in a decent Singapore hotel which cost $150, but hey it's part of the holiday experience and i am not in any great hurry

Hmm... will be interesting to see how we go! I was doing my best to save quite a bit... for a family of 5, plus relatives adding up to a travelling party of 10 going to a wedding in Germany! I've only just graduated as a student, so every $ counts We have booked a Scoot flight to Singapore from SYD, supposedly arriving at 7pm, with an 11-something pm departure on Finnair to Germany. No stopover booked so hopefully we make the connection! Stay tuned perhaps...

 

[burmans]

Scoot fares back to $99 to Singapore (temporarily) yesterday!

 

[Temporiser]

Scoot fares back to $99 to Singapore (temporarily) yesterday!

What dates and routes

 

[munitalP]

I got 2 for Wed 24 April - $99 each + seat selection - lol, LCC, don't care for that price, will fly back in J

 

[munitalP]

I got 2 for Wed 24 April - $99 each + seat selection - lol, LCC, don't care for that price, will fly back in J

Oh, and 2 nights at the Conrad 80K points - winner

 

[eastwest101]

I got 2 for Wed 24 April - $99 each + seat selection - lol, LCC, don't care for that price, will fly back in J

This is a good example of why we shouldn't all be too down on LCC's. I mean - sure - they are sometimes not the nicest way to fly, their websites can suck and there are more "gottcha" !@#$%^&* Terms and conditions than you can point a stick at, but by simply existing - then airlines such as Scoot can allow say a student to look at flying a bunch of people to Germany or a canny/experienced AFFer to position to Singapore and then pick up some cheap J seats to elsewhere or even return to Australia!

So its horses for courses and the market does work over the long term. I think what a lot of people object to is LCC's replacing full service carriers without the commensurate drop in prices or any choice, that is why I try not to encourage them too much with my business if I have a full service option at a sensible/reasonable price.