Author: Shane

Singapore LCCs operating to five cities in April, May

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Scoot to operate only two routes in Apr & May; Jetstar Asia offers three routes since 21 Apr While Singapore Airlines maintain a minimum link to key cities around the world, Singapore-based low cost carriers – Scoot & Jetstar Asia – has also quietly recommenced some services this month. Scoot Scoot began suspending flights since February, and subsequently suspended all services since late March. The airline will operate to two cities, Hong Kong and Perth, three times a week in both April and May. The full schedule as follow: Sector Flight no. Days of ops Dep Arr Flight time Aircraft Singapore – Hong Kong TR980 Tue, Fri, Sun 1415 1820 4h 5m B787-9 Hong Kong – Singapore TR981 Tue, Fri, Sun 1920 2315 3h 55m B787-9 Singapore – Perth TR8 Tue 1200 1710 5h 10m B787-9 TR16 Fri 1530 2035 5h 5m B787-9 TR8 Sun 1200 1700 5h B787-9 Perth – Singapore TR9 Tue 1810 2345 5h 35m B787-9 TR17 Fri 2150 0315(+1) 5h 25m B787-9 TR9 Sun 1800 2320 5h 20m B787-9 The airline …

Singapore Airlines full schedule for May 2020

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Only 3% of its usual schedule in operation for the month. Singapore Airlines has announced their schedule for the month of May. In this month, Singapore Airlines will only take off about 324 times – and that includes a single weekly return Silkair service to Chongqing. In May, SIA will continue operating to the 15 cities in 13 countries, no change from the cities it operated to in April. These include Los Angeles, Shanghai, Sydney, London, Zurich, Frankfurt and a handful of Southeast Asia capitals. This is the second month that SIA is operating a skeletal schedule. While SIA’s booking engine and GDS do show a ‘regular’ pre Covid-19 schedule in June, we would expect that this be pared down significantly, given that international travel restrictions are not showing any signs of easing up right now. Stay tuned for more updates. Full schedule below: Southeast Asia North Asia Australia Europe USA Southeast Asia – 129 flights Sector Flight no. Days operating Dep Arr Duration Aircraft Singapore – Kuala Lumpur SQ104 Mon, Wed, Fri 0830 0930 …

No more 10X on PayWave payments using UOB Preferred Platinum Visa physical card

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UOB has made a small change to their terms and conditions for the UOB Preferred Platinum Visa card. From 2 May, only mobile contactless payments and selected online transactions will earn 10x UNI$ (or 4 mpd). Mobile payment includes Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, Google Pay and UOB Mighty. The cap of S$1,000 per calendar month remains to earn the elevated number of UNI$, after which the earn rate reverts to the usual 0.4 mpd. What this means is that using the physical credit card on the PayWave terminals will only earn you a measly 0.4 mpd, so you are better off loading that card on your mobile phone and leaving the card at home. Note that this does not include transactions made by Samsung’s Magnetic Secure Transmission (MST) technology. NFC payments using Samsung Pay are somewhat in the grey zone, so your mileage may vary. Also, public transport payments via SimplyGo are excluded, so you will earn 0.4 mpd for those. Current practice Currently, cardholders will earn 10 UNI$ (or 4 mpd) for all contactless payments, as …

Alaska Mileage Plan offers highest ever 60% bonus on miles purchases

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Targeted bonus available to some members only. In the midst of a world pandemic, airlines are desperately trying to conserve cash burn as they receive practically near-zero revenue given the halting of international travel. Alaska Air has turned to its usual tactic to raise some money, by ‘selling’ future travel in the form of miles. This time, Alaska Air is offering up to 60% bonus miles, a never-seen-before offer. Note that Alaska Air is currently selling these miles tax-free, so this brings the per-mile cost down to 1.72 US cents. The offer Alaska Air has targeted some members with the whopping 60% bonus. This is not a straight-off bonus, but tiered according to how much you buy: Buy 10,000-19,000 miles: 20% bonus (i.e. 2.29 US cents/mile) Buy 20,000-39,000 miles: 40% bonus (i.e. 1.96 US cents/mile) Buy 40,000 miles and above: 60% bonus (i.e. 1.72 US cents/mile) This is a targeted offer, so that means that your offer may differ from other people. As far as articles have suggested, there are two offers: one for 60% …

Covid-19: Cathay Pacific moves to Changi Airport Terminal 1 for now

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Terminal 4 should be shut by this week We wrote last week that Changi Airport will be temporarily closing Changi Airport Terminal 2 from May 2020 to October 2021 in view of the on-going Covid-19 situation. In the same announcement, Singapore Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan did hint at closing Terminal 4 if all airlines adjusted or suspended operations. The time should be now. Cathay Pacific announced last week that it will be temporarily relocating to Terminal 1 since last Friday (10 Apr). With its lounge at Terminal 4 temporarily shut, this move does make sense. Cathay Pacific still operating flights to Singapore At the time of writing, Cathay Pacific did say that it will be operating three flights a week to Singapore. However, a quick look on its website showed that it was operating on average about two flights a week, with five more flights scheduled for the remainder of April. From 10 Apr, Cathay Pacific will be using rows 12 & 13 of Terminal 1 for the few flights that it will be …