SQ MI multicity booking

[Gremlin]

I'm looking at a multicity itinerary that is primarily SQ but will have 2 legs that are MI. I can book just the multicity SQ component online and it books into W booking class (Economy Flexi Saver) for ~$1,500pp. I could separately book the MI legs online into W booking class (Economy Flexi Saver) for ~$280pp.

However, if I try to book the lot online it only quotes me Y (Full Fare Economy) for the entire journey at close to $5k per person.

One of the legs would ideally be PVG-xSIN-USM with PVG-SIN on SQ and SIN-USM on MI (which is a legitimate connection). All individual legs can be booked into W but not the journey in total.

Would a travel agent or SQ rep be able to make this itinerary work in W or am I destined to have to book the MI legs separately and just hope that we don't miss the crucial connection (or alternatively build in an unwanted stopover in SIN to accommodate)?

 

[dajop]

Are you using the multi city booking engine or just wanting to do it as a simple return without stopover (by typing in PVG as origin and USM as desitnation)? I tried the later, and you are right the flexi was ridiculous amount (by contrast the business class fare was only about $2200 AUD return, if you are looking at paying $1800 in separated economy bookings .... well I'd seriously think about business .... ).

 

[Gremlin]

The full itinerary is BNE-xSIN-PEK // PVG-xSIN-USM-SIN-BNE.

I can book it as two itinenaries (both booking into what appears to be the same fare class), BNE-xSIN-PEK // PVG-SIN-BNE and SIN-USM-SIN and it's $1,800 in total. The PVG-SIN flight connects to the SIN-USM flight but obviously if I book as two separate itineraries I'm at the mercy of forfeiting the SIN-USM-SIN fare if we miss the connection. It's a 2hr 10min connection.

One option is that we instead do BNE-xSIN-PEK // PVG-SIN-USM-xSIN-BNE, again booked as BNE-xSIN-PEK // PVG-SIN-BNE and SIN-USM-SIN because the "connection" to the final Brisbane leg is about eight hours. But it makes for a tough day at the end of the holiday with the two little Gremlins in tow.