First time flying budget. Sin-Mel, which budget airline?
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I fly Airasia almost every week
Overall I am satisfied wif them. Taking Tiger to Krabi tomorrow, will share wif u all next week then
As quoted by hquek, unless it is very cheap take budget airlines otherwise take full service airlines :celebrate: -
Zann:
Wat i usually do is to make sure I input my email n hp no correctly.. Jetstar will usually notify u of delays etc.. I hope AA will also.. I also have flights booked for next yr.. n BUY your own insurance early.. at least a month early.... very important...Just booked some airasia tickets for next year school holiday. Got to transit at KL leh. Really hope everything turns up allright and goes on smoothly now.
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Mrsbongz:
Mrsbongz, is it better to buy from AA insurance or ok to buy from outside, eg ntuc? Do most insurance co cover budget airline delay?
Wat i usually do is to make sure I input my email n hp no correctly.. Jetstar will usually notify u of delays etc.. I hope AA will also.. I also have flights booked for next yr.. n BUY your own insurance early.. at least a month early.... very important...Zann:
Just booked some airasia tickets for next year school holiday. Got to transit at KL leh. Really hope everything turns up allright and goes on smoothly now.
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Erm i usually buy fr outside, cos i don have high confidence in budget airline’s customer service. Every policy is different, so do check before buying. I bought thru a fren, supposed to even cover terrorist attacks
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btw, if you fly budget, make sure you go really early to check in. A friend cut it quite close and was bumped off the flight. It seems you really have to check in 2 hours before as they say; or risk missing your flight.
My sis experienced flight delay with SIA for a couple of hours (think it was 1 to 3) - and already they were given food vouchers to spend at the airport. Now that’s what I call service! -
hquek:
That makes SIA a world class airline. We had a bad experience with Cathay during our May holiday. Flight delay and we were made to move from gate to gate which is located far apart. Our kids did not have dinner until 23:00 and was given only snacks. I wrote a letter of complaint to them and they just give an apology. Very disappointing and it should be our first and last experience with them.btw, if you fly budget, make sure you go really early to check in. A friend cut it quite close and was bumped off the flight. It seems you really have to check in 2 hours before as they say; or risk missing your flight.
My sis experienced flight delay with SIA for a couple of hours (think it was 1 to 3) - and already they were given food vouchers to spend at the airport. Now that's what I call service! -
Have to agree that S is really much better.. I only take budget when the prices are super low.. otherwise I can't afford to travel
My DH who travels often, insists only on SQ for company trips.. -
bezzlay:
I agree about the snack part but the gates are handled by air traffic control so the airline doesn't have much to say to that.
That makes SIA a world class airline. We had a bad experience with Cathay during our May holiday. Flight delay and we were made to move from gate to gate which is located far apart. Our kids did not have dinner until 23:00 and was given only snacks. I wrote a letter of complaint to them and they just give an apology. Very disappointing and it should be our first and last experience with them.hquek:
btw, if you fly budget, make sure you go really early to check in. A friend cut it quite close and was bumped off the flight. It seems you really have to check in 2 hours before as they say; or risk missing your flight.
My sis experienced flight delay with SIA for a couple of hours (think it was 1 to 3) - and already they were given food vouchers to spend at the airport. Now that's what I call service! -
bezzlay:
Last June was returning home from Hokkaido on special SQ flight chartered direct to s'pore. We had lunch at about 4pm. They seemed short handed. I wanted to buy something from their duty free but the crew curtly informed me it was out of stock. Emailed them to feedback but they just sent an email to apologize.
That makes SIA a world class airline. We had a bad experience with Cathay during our May holiday. Flight delay and we were made to move from gate to gate which is located far apart. Our kids did not have dinner until 23:00 and was given only snacks. I wrote a letter of complaint to them and they just give an apology. Very disappointing and it should be our first and last experience with them.hquek:
btw, if you fly budget, make sure you go really early to check in. A friend cut it quite close and was bumped off the flight. It seems you really have to check in 2 hours before as they say; or risk missing your flight.
My sis experienced flight delay with SIA for a couple of hours (think it was 1 to 3) - and already they were given food vouchers to spend at the airport. Now that's what I call service!
Have been traveling on SQ since I was a child. Never encountered such disappointing service before. Don't know whether because the flight was chartered for Singaporeans, that's why lidat? -
my 76-yr-old father took jetstar to HK recently. on arrival home, remarked that it is not for the elderly, and that he will not take one again…
timing is bad, departs early hours, and arrives part midnight.
i would suggest that unless price is at least 30% cheaper than full service flight, skip budget…
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