SQ Tips, Trips and Tales

[Kangol]

Off Swiss now and in the TPR. Just shows you how observant I am. Flew suites MEL LHR last week and didn’t realise the cans on my head were B and O and not Bose.
The ski trip is a yearly NOWAK ( no wives and kids ) with mates from uni who own an apartment in Les Arcs so we always hire a car at GVA. Also did a day trip to Val Thorens in 3 valleys as well. I have also used a number of private transfer services in the past. Standard merc mini van cost around the 250 euro mark one way. ( I assume this is what you meant by GVA transfer )

Ah, yes I do remember reading a NOWAK trip report here, didn't realise it was you!
That's a fair bit for a mini van, but it is a ski service I guess.
Just looked at the trail map for Les Arcs - looks like a big resort! Is the accommodation in Bourg Saint Maurice? That might be a better option than Val D'Isere which is the other option I was thinking.

Also guessing LX managed to retag and change your luggage (if you had any).

 

[get me outta here]

Does SQ F still do the pjs that are more like track suits, blue with a short top zip and cuffed pants? I find them too hot to wear and too heavy to carry in carryon.

 

[Comoman]

Does SQ F still do the pjs that are more like track suits, blue with a short top zip and cuffed pants? I find them too hot to wear and too heavy to carry in carryon.

No they’re black Lalique ones now. Much lighter and cooler.

 

[mel-world]

Really enjoying the comments, especially the quick LX F flight report. Thanks all.

 

[MathNerd]

No they’re black Lalique ones now. Much lighter and cooler.

I can attest to this, got presented the Lalique PJ set on our SQ218 Suites flight MEL-SIN.

 

[ninja-tim]

Good news!

That's full revenue F then? Not bad.

Can you explain the bit in the quote? What do you mean by 'full OW fare' for the trip back?

Oh, what I mean is, I don't want to pay for the fare that the insurance company paid for, which is the SIN-MEL leg of my journey. By pay, I mean not to try and claim my points back by paying the no show fee and then somehow the insurance company finding out and making me pay for the flights.

I am receiving the below message when trying to waitlist an SQ reward.

The message comes up after completing the booking information

View attachment 153084

I have also rung the local SQ office and was told there was no waitlist available for that flight, even though it is showing as available online.

Anyone had this happen before

Yeah this happened to me aswell when trying to waitlist a flight. Same reason from call centre. I was trying to waitlist 2 pax and came with error. Tried it with 1 pax and it went through fine. Just a glitch I imagine.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Oh, what I mean is, I don't want to pay for the fare that the insurance company paid for, which is the SIN-MEL leg of my journey. By pay, I mean not to try and claim my points back by paying the no show fee and then somehow the insurance company finding out and making me pay for the flights.

I’m not actually sure this is an issue. The purpose of the insurance is to put you back in the position you would otherwise have been subject to the incident.

In this case, you could not use your points for travel to get home, so the insurance paid $$ for a revenue fare. This is not a case where you could have swapped your points to another flight (there was no availability).

So this isn’t a case of double dipping. If you think of this another way... if you weren’t insured, you’d have had to pay out of your pocket for new flights home, AND kept the points. Here, the insurance is just stepping in to cover the flight home you would have had to pay.

But if you are unsure, i’d give the insurance company a call, or email them and ask them what your options are. The insurance company can’t have, or use the points. And it wasn’t your fault you couldn’t use them. So they might just tell you to pay the redeposit fee and you can have them.

(If they have compensated you with actual $ for the lost points that would change the scenario because that would be double dipping. But I can’t see that being the case here as it would normally only apply if you couldn’t get the points back.)

 

[NoName]

Looking for the brains trust to help with this one. Basically wanting to know if I am able to have ticketed a child (will be 7yrs old) travelling 2 sectors accompanied by different adults? This would be an award booking FWIW.


Proposal would be:


Me – SYD-SIN-JFK in F/R

Mrs NoName – SYD-SIN in J (with NoName Jnr), SIN-JFK in R (with me)

Mrs NoName’s mother – SIN-JFK in J (with NoName Jnr)

NoName Jnr – SYD-SIN-JFK in J

All on the same flight.



Ignoring issues around actually finding availability for this, will I be able to book this without breaking it up into multiple award bookings? Obviously I want to keep SYD-SIN-JFK on the one booking as it will be less KF miles. Assume if it’s possible I will need to ring the call centre?

 

[Kangol]

Do you have to specify the accompanying adult? If so, just put your wife and mother in law.
Or does the minor have to be in the same PNR as the adult?
Think about it, what normally happens when you book an unaccompanied minor...?

 

[NoName]

No idea what happens as I’ve never done it. Hence my question.

If I can just book him as unaccompanied then that’s then great. Is that the case?

 

[Kangol]

I guess what I was getting at was that you do not have an adult to specify. ie. your question may be a moot point.
If there was some rule about being on the same PNR, it wouldn't work anyway because no one else shares the same itinerary as your child with respect to class of service.
Just book!

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Unless you have an accompanying adult, you’ll have to list them as an unaccompanied minor, and pay the handling fee (not sure how much that is, but the website just refers to there being a fee)

To get around this you’d have the adult and child on the one PNR. But this could be split up for the outbound and return.

If in doubt, you could approach SQ and ask their advice. But I think you may end up with difficulties trying to book a stand alone child ticket once you enter in the age.

 

[ninja-tim]

I’m not actually sure this is an issue. The purpose of the insurance is to put you back in the position you would otherwise have been subject to the incident.

In this case, you could not use your points for travel to get home, so the insurance paid $$ for a revenue fare. This is not a case where you could have swapped your points to another flight (there was no availability).

So this isn’t a case of double dipping. If you think of this another way... if you weren’t insured, you’d have had to pay out of your pocket for new flights home, AND kept the points. Here, the insurance is just stepping in to cover the flight home you would have had to pay.

But if you are unsure, i’d give the insurance company a call, or email them and ask them what your options are. The insurance company can’t have, or use the points. And it wasn’t your fault you couldn’t use them. So they might just tell you to pay the redeposit fee and you can have them.

(If they have compensated you with actual $ for the lost points that would change the scenario because that would be double dipping. But I can’t see that being the case here as it would normally only apply if you couldn’t get the points back.)

...hmm now that you put it that way. I will give them a call and see what the options are. Thanks for the alternate view on their wording.

Also, is there a time limit to pay the no show fee to get points redeposited? It's been about 2 weeks since no show.

 

[Jacques Vert]

Oh, what I mean is, I don't want to pay for the fare that the insurance company paid for, which is the SIN-MEL leg of my journey. By pay, I mean not to try and claim my points back by paying the no show fee and then somehow the insurance company finding out and making me pay for the flights.

...hmm now that you put it that way. I will give them a call and see what the options are. Thanks for the alternate view on their wording.

Also, is there a time limit to pay the no show fee to get points redeposited? It's been about 2 weeks since no show.

While I don't know who your insurer is, I've been in a similar situation.

In our case, we were flying Latam back from Sth America on QF points and we were medically evacuated by QBE. QBE paid for the flights LIM-SCL-AKL-SYD-CFS for the two of us. Once home, we had to get an insurance letter from QF which stated that the taxes had been refunded but the points were not (including the number of points paid for the full itinerary on the original ticket). QBE then refunded the unused number of points on a pro-rata basis.

Hope that helps.

JV

 

[daft009]

anyone tried the SYD>CBR>SIN route?

need to get off the plane at CBR?
any lounge?
thinking you would be pretty sleepy and then have to get off at CBR, kill an hour or so and hope back on like a zombie?
in J

 

[get me outta here]

I'm doing CBR-SIN and it looks like not much to eat in CBR.

Singapore Airlines business class, SQ288 Sydney-Canberra-Singapore

"Once the flight lands in Canberra, everybody gets off, and passengers bound for Singapore show their boarding pass before heading upstairs via escalator to the departures area.

This is where everybody spends the next hour or so.

There’s no dedicated lounge for business class travellers or frequent flyers, although Canberra Airport has done a good job of creating space with plenty of seating for solo travellers, couples, larger groups and those who need to plug in their laptop or tablet and get some work done"
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anyone tried the SYD>CBR>SIN route?

need to get off the plane at CBR?
any lounge?
thinking you would be pretty sleepy and then have to get off at CBR, kill an hour or so and hope back on like a zombie?
in J

 

[mrfreeze]

anyone tried the SYD>CBR>SIN route?

need to get off the plane at CBR?
any lounge?
thinking you would be pretty sleepy and then have to get off at CBR, kill an hour or so and hope back on like a zombie?
in J

I'm flying SQ288 in April and have read the following; Yes you need to get off at Canberra for a short period and no lounge access.

 

[daft009]

thanks guys.
okay worth considering if no direct SYD to SIN redemption available

 

[jch]

Picked up a ticket for A$2.7k from SYD to PEK going PE there and J on the way back.

Seems to be a bit of a sweet spot since SYD-SIN is A$1.9k/2.5k in PE/J on its own and return SYD-PEK in J is A$3.5k for same dates (which surprised me).

When I lived in PEK I couldn't remember our execs ever getting tickets much below A$5k from the east coast, but maybe that was a flexi-fare not the business lite.

Anyway could be a good status points booster as its around 5-6 miles per dollar which is around double that of some other trips I've got booked in premium cabins to earn status.

 

[diningdecadence]

managed to waitlist a speculative JFK-SIN-SYD booking with SIN-SYD WL'd but JFK-SIN clear for 2 pax. Surprisingly they've given 6 weeks to ticket it/ change the WL to confirmed legs and ticket.

Wonder how many other seats are held this way.

anyone done an infant one way? LHR-SYD was $1,000 so expecting a similar pain to the wallet