Singapore airlines $1488 fare to London
Apr 2nd 2009, 11:52 pm
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Re: Singapore airlines $1488 fare to London
NOOOOOOO!!!! if you stay 'air-side' you cannot leave the airport - your luggage and you must stay 'together' at all times. If you choose to leave the airport, you HAVE to collect any luggage and you MUST clear customs and immigration before leaving the terminal. A transit lounge is available at most airports, but these do not give you the right to leave the terminals. The hotel you mention at Changi is 'air-side' and so you would not be allowed to go into the city....
Dont suppose you know where you can get xmas tickets at these prices!!!!
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Apr 3rd 2009, 12:14 am
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Re: Singapore airlines $1488 fare to London
Apr 3rd 2009, 12:15 am
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Re: Singapore airlines $1488 fare to London
No, with all of the security measures in place now, the airlines will not allow this.... and I'm afraid Santa has not been given permission to sell these flights over Xmas! - Xmas is traditionally one of the busiest times of the year to fly - doesn't matter where you are in the world - the airlines will not put specials like this out, as they know they will make money and put bums on seats whatever the costs are...
Apr 3rd 2009, 12:17 am
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Re: Singapore airlines $1488 fare to London
NOOOOOOO!!!! if you stay 'air-side' you cannot leave the airport - your luggage and you must stay 'together' at all times. If you choose to leave the airport, you HAVE to collect any luggage and you MUST clear customs and immigration before leaving the terminal. A transit lounge is available at most airports, but these do not give you the right to leave the terminals. The hotel you mention at Changi is 'air-side' and so you would not be allowed to go into the city....
Apr 3rd 2009, 12:22 am
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Re: Singapore airlines $1488 fare to London
NOOOOOOO!!!! if you stay 'air-side' you cannot leave the airport - your luggage and you must stay 'together' at all times. If you choose to leave the airport, you HAVE to collect any luggage and you MUST clear customs and immigration before leaving the terminal. A transit lounge is available at most airports, but these do not give you the right to leave the terminals. The hotel you mention at Changi is 'air-side' and so you would not be allowed to go into the city....
No, with all of the security measures in place now, the airlines will not allow this.... and I'm afraid Santa has not been given permission to sell these flights over Xmas! - Xmas is traditionally one of the busiest times of the year to fly - doesn't matter where you are in the world - the airlines will not put specials like this out, as they know they will make money and put bums on seats whatever the costs are...
Apr 3rd 2009, 12:24 am
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Re: Singapore airlines $1488 fare to London
NOOOOOOO!!!! if you stay 'air-side' you cannot leave the airport - your luggage and you must stay 'together' at all times. If you choose to leave the airport, you HAVE to collect any luggage and you MUST clear customs and immigration before leaving the terminal. A transit lounge is available at most airports, but these do not give you the right to leave the terminals. The hotel you mention at Changi is 'air-side' and so you would not be allowed to go into the city....
http://www.changiairport.com/changi/...ml?__locale=en
Apr 3rd 2009, 12:43 am
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Re: Singapore airlines $1488 fare to London
NOOOOOOO!!!! if you stay 'air-side' you cannot leave the airport - your luggage and you must stay 'together' at all times. If you choose to leave the airport, you HAVE to collect any luggage and you MUST clear customs and immigration before leaving the terminal. A transit lounge is available at most airports, but these do not give you the right to leave the terminals. The hotel you mention at Changi is 'air-side' and so you would not be allowed to go into the city....
Apr 3rd 2009, 2:21 am
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Re: Singapore airlines $1488 fare to London
I managed to book for September. Direct on the way to London and with a stopover on the way back to Perth for $ 1473.68 
How glad am I that I didn't book with Emirates yesterday as I had wanted.
Meant to say - booked a LHR - PER return for my Mum as well to bring her back out with me and that was £757. So very little in the prices for once. About time!
How glad am I that I didn't book with Emirates yesterday as I had wanted.
Meant to say - booked a LHR - PER return for my Mum as well to bring her back out with me and that was £757. So very little in the prices for once. About time!
Last edited by julesandco; Apr 3rd 2009 at 2:25 am.
Apr 3rd 2009, 2:46 am
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Re: Singapore airlines $1488 fare to London
Well done jules =good to see someone actually got the deal! I been trying for months to get a good price to go back for my sons graduation and still cant get it with this promotion - three weeks ago i was told the seats were all booked up so dont know why i thought this would be diffeent 
Apr 3rd 2009, 3:48 am
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Re: Singapore airlines $1488 fare to London
About $50 cheaper than the flights we booked with qantas during their 'kids fly free' promotion for the same dates
Apr 3rd 2009, 7:33 am
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Shame i cant buy you a beer! Thanks again!
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Apr 3rd 2009, 9:28 am
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Re: Singapore airlines $1488 fare to London
Yoi are totally wrong. If you are connecting at Changi, your luggage is booked through to your destination, you have no access to your bags. You can clear immigration/customs and leave the airport at will. I did this on stopovers there last July and December with no problems whatsoever.
If your bags are checked through they will be stored somewhere in the baggage handling system.
All you will need to clear immigration & re-enter airside is your onward boarding pass - you will either already have this from the point of origin or can pick one up at the transit desk in Singapore when you arrive & before clearing immigration.
If you don't show for the onward flight your bags will be offloaded, same as they would be if you were never left the airport and no-showed.
The airline is surely blissfully unaware that you have left the airport anyway??
Last edited by bcworld; Apr 3rd 2009 at 9:31 am.
Apr 3rd 2009, 9:49 am
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Re: Singapore airlines $1488 fare to London
If anyone missed out on dates, I got an email from Harvey world travel saying Qantas will do similar fare/dates. But there is a booking fee for using HWT. Dont know if qantas is advertising it direct.
Apr 3rd 2009, 9:54 am
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Re: Singapore airlines $1488 fare to London
Happy days!
Apr 3rd 2009, 10:20 am
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Re: Singapore airlines $1488 fare to London
Oh heck!
I bought from Malaysia Airlines a few weeks back- 2adults, 2 kids for $7323, but I've just checked and they are non-refundable. Damn- seemed like a good deal at the time
I bought from Malaysia Airlines a few weeks back- 2adults, 2 kids for $7323, but I've just checked and they are non-refundable. Damn- seemed like a good deal at the time
