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[daft009]

Hi all. Any advice appreciated.

Am looking to book flights from Perth through Singapore in September. Wife is waiting on an Aus passport (8 week wait) and sons passports is expired (8 week wait for new one). Trying to book flights and need to input passport details.

Anyone found a way around this? Can I give old passport details with a made up expiry and then amend them when the new ones arrive?

Any advice or similar experiences much appreciated!

Thanks

yes. put old one for now. needs to be correct at time of online check-in though

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what are the ramifications if I delete a redemption nominee today who I have an upcoming redemption for in 4 months time?
what if we end up not flying in 4 months time?

any issues with refund of miles etc if they are no longer my nominee?

 

[daft009]

what are the ramifications if I delete a redemption nominee today who I have an upcoming redemption for in 4 months time?
what if we end up not flying in 4 months time? or what if we do fly?

any issues with refund of miles etc if they are no longer my nominee?

anyone have any experience with this situation please?
(sorry to thread bump)

 

[MathNerd]

anyone have any experience with this situation please?
(sorry to thread bump)

I'd imagine that you'd get the miles refunded as normal (pending the original expiry etc, which is a whole other issue as you're aware).
The source of the miles is your own KF account, so that's where it'll jump back into. It doesn't matter that the ticket is booked in a redemption nominee's name.
In terms if you do fly, it'll all be good - the nominee only needs to have their current status at the time of ticketing - after which point it's irrelevant (thankfully)!

 

[daft009]

I'd imagine that you'd get the miles refunded as normal (pending the original expiry etc, which is a whole other issue as you're aware).
The source of the miles is your own KF account, so that's where it'll jump back into. It doesn't matter that the ticket is booked in a redemption nominee's name.
In terms if you do fly, it'll all be good - the nominee only needs to have their current status at the time of ticketing - after which point it's irrelevant (thankfully)!

Thanks mate.
Some googling suggested that pax must be a nominee at time of flight but they were really old posts, didn't make sense

 

[MathNerd]

Thanks mate.
Some googling suggested that pax must be a nominee at time of flight but they were really old posts, didn't make sense

Yeah, I didn't think it would make any issue whatsoever!
At the time of booking, you + redemption nominee were both listed in your KF account and you had your miles in your account, which were deducted for the booking.
At that stage, the e-ticket was issued, and it had a certain validity etc, and the other usual T&Cs that happen with these bookings.
For all intents and purposes, as long as that ticket is untouched, there'd be no need for SQ/KF to go digging in your account to see if the nominee is still a nominee at time of flight.

I'd double check though in the case of a refund of miles, as I know in the past that the redemption nominee's name is spelled out in capital letters as part of the comment on the miles refund in the miles statement!

 

[SOPOOR]

hey folks, just a generic Q,
ive only redeemed a few times before, and that was pre covid

just this week ive booked melb to japan one way in J for May and one way in J for japan back to melb,

for the may trip, i randomly looked last week, saw quite a few, booked, 24 hours later, theyre all gone

for the july trip one in every 3 days was available,

is this normal to have aviaiblity 2-4 months before the flight date???? i thought most flights sold out the days of release while you can only hope for waitlist clearning

 

[daft009]

is this normal to have aviaiblity 2-4 months before the flight date???? i thought most flights sold out the days of release while you can only hope for waitlist clearning

sssshhhh, don't tell everyone
but yes SQ is awesome like that, if you're a little flexible you can get redemptions even a couple of months or 3-4wks out as well

 

[MathNerd]

hey folks, just a generic Q,
ive only redeemed a few times before, and that was pre covid

just this week ive booked melb to japan one way in J for May and one way in J for japan back to melb,

for the may trip, i randomly looked last week, saw quite a few, booked, 24 hours later, theyre all gone

for the july trip one in every 3 days was available,

is this normal to have aviaiblity 2-4 months before the flight date???? i thought most flights sold out the days of release while you can only hope for waitlist clearning

It all depends on the route and demand and a whole bunch of other factors (even the origin, destination and dates).

MEL to NRT/HND would be a popular route I'd think, but SQ inventory control could have looked at loads in May and decided that the seats would probably be flown empty so they released some availability.

This wouldn't be the case for example, for a high-stakes route such as JFK-FRA-SIN in R followed by SIN-MLE in J (which seems to be the redemption of a lifetime for all the yanks that have KF lying around).

Swings and roundabouts.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

So word from SQ IFM is that a 4th flight is being added to MEL route in May I think - not 100% sure - but would be much better if they booted 350 with regional fitout and dropped more 777s back to MEL.

I need to talk to SQ MEL office in the morning I will check to see what they know

 

[mel-world]

So word from SQ IFM is that a 5th flight is being added to MEL route in May I think - not 100% sure - but would be much better if they booted 350 with regional fitout and dropped more 777s back to MEL.

Or even a 380, perhaps, but not overnight. Definitely get rid of the regional 350s

 

[Cruiser Elite]

I think they are down to 9 380s now so we are not likely to get 1 back to MEL I don’t think

 

[lovestotravel]

So word from SQ IFM is that a 4th flight is being added to MEL route in May I think - not 100% sure - but would be much better if they booted 350 with regional fitout and dropped more 777s back to MEL.

I need to talk to SQ MEL office in the morning I will check to see what they know

As I said in another thread we get 4 x 77W's shortly so bye bye regional A350

4 x daily flights to MEL from around 4th June, 3 x A350s and 1 x 77W

4 x daily 77W's from 1st November from memory

A380's will never come back to MEL sadly

 

[Cruiser Elite]

I had a chat with the MEL Station Manager this morn and this is what he informs me:

1. From June 1 207/208 will recommence - check online for timings and ATPIT it will be another 350
2. The Business Plan he can see in front of him still displays 1 x 777 + 3 x 350s right through to end of year
3. Current loadings are in his words 'manic' so they are expecting metal changes as demand grows - they are already experiencing oversold flights
4. SQ make no apology for using 350s wherever they could during Covid as they are the most economical to fly and cost cutting was paramount
5. SQ MEL Station are well aware of discontent of pax for lack of F out of MEL and yes they know it results in pax heading to SYD to depart - they truly want to stop that trend
6. Indeed the bounce back since border opening has kinda taken everybody by surprise so hopefully a return to previous p[osition re metal will be ASAP but he is not in a position ATPIT to give any definitive dates
7. They are not expecting return of 380 to MEL at anytime in future - 'but who knows' were his words

I know that above still not very definitive but I hope helps a bit

 

[MattA]

From June 1 207/208 will recommence - check online for timings and ATPIT it will be another 350

I'm booked to travel on 208 on the 2nd June so good to hear that they are still planning to recommence! 18:25 departure out of MEL and it's currently the regional 350 J product according to the seat map linked to my booking.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

One thing I forgot to mention earlier was that when I sat and talked to MEL Lounge Manager prior to dep on Mar 31 I commented that ALL lounge staff were new and not a familiar face to be seen - he responded that all former staff moved on because lounge was closed for 18mths.

They opened up again and had a huge prob sourcing staff but finally got there. They needed a new staff member for lounge recently so advertised the position for 4 weeks during March resulting with NOT 1 application - NOT 1 - pre-covid if thjey advertised a position they would get 100 to 150 applications!

We now live in a different world do we not?

 

[I love to travel]

I had a chat with the MEL Station Manager this morn and this is what he informs me:

1. From June 1 207/208 will recommence - check online for timings and ATPIT it will be another 350
2. The Business Plan he can see in front of him still displays 1 x 777 + 3 x 350s right through to end of year
3. Current loadings are in his words 'manic' so they are expecting metal changes as demand grows - they are already experiencing oversold flights
4. SQ make no apology for using 350s wherever they could during Covid as they are the most economical to fly and cost cutting was paramount
5. SQ MEL Station are well aware of discontent of pax for lack of F out of MEL and yes they know it results in pax heading to SYD to depart - they truly want to stop that trend
6. Indeed the bounce back since border opening has kinda taken everybody by surprise so hopefully a return to previous p[osition re metal will be ASAP but he is not in a position ATPIT to give any definitive dates
7. They are not expecting return of 380 to MEL at anytime in future - 'but who knows' were his words

I know that above still not very definitive but I hope helps a bit

At least though there is 1 F flight a day out of Mel. So if you're prepared to pay or be super organised with points you don't have to travel to Syd

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Now re 350s - I posted some info re seats in the MEL-SIN-FRA TR I just completed and I see there is a number of queries regarding my posts.

Please let me be 100% clear - I am no expert on 350s as I have only ever done 2 or 3 sectors and each time it has been on the version with the staggered 'REGIONAL' J fitout - onboard Crew refer to this version as 'MID HAUL' rather than 'REGIONAL' - the 350s with more traditional fitout Crew refer to as 'DIAMOND SEATS' - I have never seen or experienced this version.

If you check Seatguru you will see 3 different versions of SQ 350 - that is about the extent of my knowledge of this fleet - so please check ALL 3 carefully

Now IMHO - the 350 I was yesterday with staggered 'REGIONAL' J fitout the only 2 seats I WOULD EVER PRE-BOOK MYSELF are 19A and 19K - IMHO 11A and 11K are equal to WORST seats on the version I was on yesterday. But I am in no way RECOMMENDING which seat you should select as we all see things differently - boomy loves Comtes - you couldn't give me Comtes - Prelude slaughters it every day of the week IMHO.

Good luck with your seat choices and happy safe flying to all.

 

[Peasant]

I had a chat with the MEL Station Manager this morn and this is what he informs me:

1. From June 1 207/208 will recommence - check online for timings and ATPIT it will be another 350
2. The Business Plan he can see in front of him still displays 1 x 777 + 3 x 350s right through to end of year
3. Current loadings are in his words 'manic' so they are expecting metal changes as demand grows - they are already experiencing oversold flights
4. SQ make no apology for using 350s wherever they could during Covid as they are the most economical to fly and cost cutting was paramount
5. SQ MEL Station are well aware of discontent of pax for lack of F out of MEL and yes they know it results in pax heading to SYD to depart - they truly want to stop that trend
6. Indeed the bounce back since border opening has kinda taken everybody by surprise so hopefully a return to previous p[osition re metal will be ASAP but he is not in a position ATPIT to give any definitive dates
7. They are not expecting return of 380 to MEL at anytime in future - 'but who knows' were his words

I know that above still not very definitive but I hope helps a bit

Thanks for the very comprehensive updates, @Cruiser Elite. Sad to hear most of the familiar faces have left but I'm not surprised by their lack of applications as they're not known as a generous paymaster for ground staff.

My information is that they wanted to deploy the 380 into MEL late last year, and studied it, but subsequently decided not to. They've kept 12 of the 19, so maybe we will see it again if China remains closed for the foreseeable future and they choose not to redeploy it into CDG and ZRH as they did pre-pandemic. I think many of us were surprised to see it return to JFK as that takes three airframes to operate.

While it's good to have the 77W on 237/228, and F, it's pretty difficult to make connections work on the return flight, so it messes up pricing and really makes very little sense. 237 has always been on my avoid list anyway.

I've got no issue with the 350s, but I have a big issue with the Medium Haul version being deployed here and I'm trying to avoid it where I can. It means I'm not always flying SQ as I much prefer QF's Business Suite.

I also have to ask what you don't like about 11A/K. in my experience 11 and 19 are exactly the same on the MH version, with the longer but incredibly narrow coffin-like footwell. In 19 you're located right next to the aft toilets, and I've generally found the service much, much slower and less attentive as there is no mid galley.

And on the subject of the Diamond seats...this was the internal name given to the original 2006 J that was on the 380s and 77Ws. Maybe they've carried that nomenclature over to the refreshed version.

 

[boomy]

I had a chat with the MEL Station Manager this morn and this is what he informs me:

1. From June 1 207/208 will recommence - check online for timings and ATPIT it will be another 350
2. The Business Plan he can see in front of him still displays 1 x 777 + 3 x 350s right through to end of year

According to KF website there will be 4x777 on the MEL/SIN route from Oct 30. Time to update the business plan

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Yep yep and yep - I posted pics yesterday about the bit of extra storage space next to windows in 19A / 19 K compared to none in 11A / 11K - and as I posted above we all see things differently - I would never book 11A or 11K