Author: Shane

SilkAir moving 17 services to Scoot ahead of merger

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SilkAir has announced that it will transfer 17 destinations to the low-cost subsidiary Scoot progressively, starting from April 2019.  In the same announcement, Scoot will be stopping its Honolulu service, barely a year after the inaugural service. It will also be giving up four other destinations that is currently served by SilkAir and Singapore Airlines. SilkAir to Scoot transfers The destinations SilkAir will be giving up to Scoot, along with the dates that will happen, are below: Country City Date Laos Luang Prabang, Vientiane April 2019 China Changsha, Fuzhou, Kunming, Wuhan May, June 2019 India Coimbatore, Trivandrum, Visakhapatnam May – October 2019 Thailand Chiang Mai October 2019 Malaysia Kota Kinabalu December 2019 Indonesia Balikpapan, Lombok, Makassar, Manado, Semarang, Yogyakarta May – July 2020 SilkAir has earlier this year transferred 6 other services – Hangzhou, Kalibo, Kuching, Langkawi, Palembang and Pekanbaru – to Scoot as well. Observers who are following the merger keenly will know that 14 of SilkAir’s current fleet of Boeing 737-800s will be transferred to Scoot progressively as well, while Singapore Airlines will …

Earn miles for as low as 0.8 cent per mile with Citibank PayAll

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Citibank has unveiled Citibank PayAll this week, an option for you to pay large peer-to-peer expenses such as rent and tuition fees from your credit card, allowing you to earn miles or points from the payments.  There is a service fee for each payment, but you will also earn 1.2 miles per dollar spent on the Citi PremierMiles card. If you hold other Citibank credit cards that earn miles, Other Citibank cards that earn miles include the Citi Prestige and the Citi Ultima Card, earning you 1.3 and 1.6 mile respectively per dollar paid via PayAll. If you do not hold any of the above, you may also earn Citi reward points if you use the facility off the following cards: Citi Classic Citi Clear Platinum Citi Gold Citi Platinum Citi Rewards For the cards above, you will earn 1 reward point per dollar spent. This is not great, considering you can convert these points to 0.4 mile per point. The service fee ranges from S$24 to S$120, depending on how much you are paying …

Qantas Black FLYDay Sale: Economy fares from S$399; Business class fares from S$1,999

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Qantas is holding its Black Friday sale – called Black FLYDay – across Southeast Asia with very attractive all-in fares starting from S$399. Destinations include major cities in Australia and New Zealand, as well as London, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Sale begins Friday, 23 November 2018, at midnight and will run until 24 November 2018, 11.59pm, Singapore time. To book, visit qantas.com. Qantas Economy & Premium Economy sale fares (SGD) From Singapore to Economy Premium Economy Travel Period Perth 399 – 24 Dec 18 – 31 Dec 18 20 Feb 19 – 09 Apr 19 01 May 19 – 30 May 19 23 Jul 19 – 11 Sep 19 Melbourne 539 1,399 Sydney 569 1,399 Adelaide, Brisbane 569 – Auckland, Christchurch, Queenstown, Wellington 899 – London 999 – 15 Jan 19 – 21 Mar 19 02 May 19 – 20 Jun 19 Los Angeles, San Francisco 1,099 – 14 Jan 19 – 28 Mar 19 01 May 19 – 26 May 19 14 Jul 19 – 01 Sep 19 So if you have not …

November 2018 KrisFlyer Spontaneous Escapes

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The November Spontaneous Escapes promotion list is now out! For the penultimate edition of the year, KrisFlyer is offering 30% off the usual mileage required for Economy & Business on SQ to destinations across Asia and Australia only, for travel in December 2018. For SilkAir, the destination list is slightly more generous, with 15 destinations as far as Hiroshima, Japan and Darwin, Australia. Also included in the promotion this month is January travel to USA. If you recall, Singapore Airlines came out to say earlier this month that the premium economy cabin is not selling like hot cakes on the non-stop services to USA, so I guess naturally these will come at a discount too. The price? 45,500 miles each way to Los Angeles and San Francisco, plus taxes, for travel between 1-13 January 2019. All redemptions must be made by 30 November 2018. You can find the full list on KrisFlyer’s website, but here’s what I think its most value for money: Denpasar-Bali: 12,250 miles each way in Business – good to try the new …