SQ Tips, Trips and Tales

[Deleted member 29185]

This isn't a complaint or similar (I have my confirmed flights the following day), just pointing out a situation that I hadn't anticipated - that having one leg of a multi-leg waitlist clear 'early' will result in the whole waitlist being deleted possibly well before the flight if the other leg doesn't also clear within the 3 day window.

This whole waitlist thing confuses me a bit. Are you saying you have a whY or J confirmed but you have waitlisted a J or F the day before? If so, was the waitlist the day before due to date preference or due to aircraft config (eg suite availability)? I must admit, I was only considering a waitlist would predominantly be on the same flight as the confirmed tix to (hopefully) score a cabin upgrade, however I can see a preferred date may be a good reason for many ... except it throws in all kinds of complications with hotel bookings, meeting dates, onward travel etc (not to mention multi-sector itineraries).

What is general consensus (if there can be such a thing) on most popular waitlist reason?

 

[RooFlyer]

Sorry ...

I have HKG-SIN and SIN-SYD, both in suites, under one booking, waitlisted for next Sunday (my preference, due to SIN-SYD being A380 suite Vs B777 to MEL). I also have HKG-SIN and SIN-MEL, first leg in suites, second leg in First, again under one booking, confirmed for Monday.

If the SYD booking came through I'd cancel the MEL one of the next day; if not, First isn't bad ....

I thought I'd have until maybe the day before to know which day I'd be flying, and thinking that with last minute cancellations, there was a decent chance that the HKG-SIN-SYD would clear late.

However, now that the SIN-SYD leg has cleared, that starts the timer on confirming the cleared sector - which I have to do by Friday. Obviously I can't do this until the other sector clears. Its unlikely to, so the whole booking will cancel out a couple of days before it otherwise might have and I don't get exposed to 'last minute' cancellations by others.

I'm not too fussed, but just highlighting one of the issues that may arise with multi-sector waitlists.

 

[RooFlyer]

Update: Per advice from our SQ concierge (or is it consigliere ?) Cruiser Elite, I called SIA and requested an extension on the deadline to confirm the confirmed sector, to see if the sector still waitlisted will come thought. No probs at all - they gave me until 11am on the day before departure.

ps SIA call centre in Delhi is awesome - 3 calls, all answered within seconds.

 

[albatross710]

Hi, Having some issues waitlisting. I'm looking at 4 seats in J Japan to oz in july next year, flexible with departure locations. I have secured the oz-japan leg ok. But I punch in the dates and number of travellers, am presented with the options and it says you can waitlist on a few of them. So I go through the whole procedure of selecting all the passengers and at the last hurdle it I get the red x symbol saying unable to do this try again or call singapore air. I called them for one of the flights and they said there werent enough seats, yet it says there is on the waitlist???? Am I missing something? any pointers here? Thanks

I was doing a similar 4 pax waitlisting a few years ago. I could waitlist three of us separately but the fourth would never work.

I had the miles, there were options etc etc, i tried them in different orders and sectors.

In the end, I think I discovered that it had to do with the combinations I was using and I had an unaccompanied minor on one of the bookings which required a form to be lodged somewhere. Maybe it was even that the parents were in J and the kids in Y. The waitlist would just fail without giving me a hint of the problem. In the end, the waitlists all came through on the same flights and we, the parents enjoyed a Christmas swanning around Asia in J while the kids lived it up outside Krisflyer Lounges, sitting in Y and still having a great Christmas.

 

[diningdecadence]

TIFU by not pre-booking a transit hotel and clearing immigration before checking availability. Gonna be a long night in the lounges!

Had deliberately booked the morning flight instead of the midnight flight to enjoy F but suspect I'll now sleep most of the way home regardless!

 

[diningdecadence]

But wait - don't buy now - there is more!

Where is my cobber blackcat20? Look at this bc - I headed out of TPR to F Lounge and my bestest buddy Mohamed provides me with this:

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Yep basically as CH appeared in TPR PH Rare was consigned to F Lounge - check Mohamed - grinning like the proverbial:

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OMG I love CH Rare:

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showed old mate these photos this evening - we had a giggle. youve still got it CE!

 

[TomVexille]

Update: Per advice from our SQ concierge (or is it consigliere ?) Cruiser Elite, I called SIA and requested an extension on the deadline to confirm the confirmed sector, to see if the sector still waitlisted will come thought. No probs at all - they gave me until 11am on the day before departure.

ps SIA call centre in Delhi is awesome - 3 calls, all answered within seconds.

No different when calling the SYD number with no status as well IME. Unlike calling QF as a SG where you wait at least 30 mins.

 

[JohnK]

I would say provided it is pre flt and not arr access you are after it would be fine - never tried such so cannot say definitely - but I would be confident.

I was guested into F lounge recently before a SilkAir flight. From what I understand they were doing the person guesting me a favour so I should not have been guested.

 

[Willsmere]

I was doing a similar 4 pax waitlisting a few years ago. I could waitlist three of us separately but the fourth would never work.

I had the miles, there were options etc etc, i tried them in different orders and sectors.

In the end, I think I discovered that it had to do with the combinations I was using and I had an unaccompanied minor on one of the bookings which required a form to be lodged somewhere. Maybe it was even that the parents were in J and the kids in Y. The waitlist would just fail without giving me a hint of the problem. In the end, the waitlists all came through on the same flights and we, the parents enjoyed a Christmas swanning around Asia in J while the kids lived it up outside Krisflyer Lounges, sitting in Y and still having a great Christmas.

Thanks Albatross. I think I was lucky to get four J seat redemptions on the way out altogether to be honest. So I thought a little out of the box for the return and searched for 2 redemption seats only on some good J flights back and could find availability one day apart. So grabbed them both. So 2 of us fly one day, the other 2 get an extra day but everyone happy. Then I'll keep an eye on availability leading up and if 2 seats become available that we could all fly together I'll cancel one redemption for $60 and put us altogether. At least all our flights are locked in now.

 

[GarrettM]

Got an email to say SQ632 SIN-HND on April 24 has been rescheduled. Gone from 0805 dep to 0800 dep.

Nice of them to let me know. I'll set my alarm five minutes earlier.

 

[mmchow]

Yep in TPR now - blue shirt.

Sorry CE. +1 dragged me out of the lounge and when I'm back your gone

 

[cove]

Many notifications for 5 minute flight schedule changes now come by email. Much better than a phone call is what I am thinking.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

FWIW I will be in TPR 20:00-23:00 tomorrow nt Mon 12th if anybody is going to be about.

 

[dec540]

How did you go asking about TPR access on mixed class redemptions, CE?

 

[Cruiser Elite]

How did you go asking about TPR access on mixed class redemptions, CE?

Manager had not started work before I left to head to PVG - I will try to check tonight.

But I am still not 100% clear on your booking - MI have 2 x daily flts SIN-LGK do they not? How did you end up with 36hr connection in SIN if you didn't book a stopover. Did the booking engine just throw up that combo when you searched for a rdpt?

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Just checked in for 831 PVG-SIN - cleared immig and turned right foe the trek to security channel 26 - I love channel 26 - again not another soul in sight so waltz straight thru whilst other channels 20 deep.

Head up to CA F Lounge and I am sole occupant again - so now this is 3rd sector this journey for 3rd lounge entry and 3rd time I am sole occupant as I enter each lounge - MEL F / SIN F & TPR / PVG CA F - me thinks I might need to change deodorants.

Edit: My solitude destroyed - 5 more pax just entered - 5 mins of loneliness never killed anybody I guess.

 

[dec540]

Manager had not started work before I left to head to PVG - I will try to check tonight.

But I am still not 100% clear on your booking - MI have 2 x daily flts SIN-LGK do they not? How did you end up with 36hr connection in SIN if you didn't book a stopover. Did the booking engine just throw up that combo when you searched for a rdpt?

I'm not sure they have 2 daily flights. I've just checked their website and they seem to only fly in/out 3 days a week - see attached a dummy booking. I just booked what the search engine spat out, as I was too excited about the suite availability and an opportunity to stay at MBS. I definitely didn't request the stopover though.

Probably the only thing to add, which shouldn't make a difference is that it was originally booked suites SYD-SIN return, then changed to a mixed class redemption, F the whole way to LGK, with only J availability on the LGK legs. That was thanks to your advice!

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Yep your right - I misread MI schedules this morn - will chase it up when I get to SIN and after I get rid of RooFlyer

 

[RooFlyer]

Just checked in for 831 PVG-SIN - cleared immig and turned right foe the trek to security channel 26 - I love channel 26 - again not another soul in sight so waltz straight thru whilst other channels 20 deep.

Head up to CA F Lounge and I am sole occupant again - so now this is 3rd sector this journey for 3rd lounge entry and 3rd time I am sole occupant as I enter each lounge - MEL F / SIN F & TPR / PVG CA F - me thinks I might need to change deodorants.

Edit: My solitude destroyed - 5 more pax just entered - 5 mins of loneliness never killed anybody I guess.

Half your luck.

Here in the HKG, F check in guy occupied with something on the phone, so I shifted across to the J queue. Exit immigration a zoo. In the SQ F lounge we have a 2 families with 6 kids under 10 running, if not riot, then boisterous. (Sure, as kids can, and often should ... its the parents that I have daggers for). And some weapon-head playing something loud on his phone. Just like the QF Singapore lounge with a Jetstar flight to Bali coming up.

Told we'd be boarding in 15 mins ... until I pointed out that the plane had only pulled up to the gate 5 mins ago

Ah. The Brady bunch is leaving. The Veuve is tasting better already.

 

[diningdecadence]

Any suggestions for the best lounge for SQ11 F (departs at 9am). I think maybe united GF may be closed?

And also best lounge at NRT?

Wife is flying tomorrow. Calling cove!