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echino
May 26, 12, 11:25 pm
Mrs and I are booked on SQ365 FCO-SIN on June 24 in business class on Aeroplan award. I am looking at the flight now, and looks like they do not sell tickets on it any more in any class. Seat map shows full in business, with every seat assigned. We also have assigned seats.

Does it look like the flight is oversold?

What are the possible scenarios if it is in fact oversold? We absolutely have to be in SIN the next morning. Is there a possibility SQ will involuntary bump or reroute us?


enelym1978
May 28, 12, 4:00 am
SQ always shows (at least for Y class) a full seatplan... not sure what the logic is but it seems that they assign all the seats to the available tickets.

But as soon as OLCI is open, you see lots of free seats to chose from....

lokijuh
May 28, 12, 8:12 am
To be honest I wouldn't worry. SQ are fairly good at managing their inventory and I really haven't heard of too many cases of people being bumped from their flights (I haven't personally heard of anyone being bumped but IIRC I have read about a couple of instances). It seems that for SQ (and many Asian carriers), overselling/bumping doesn't happen as often or to the same magnitude as it does with North American carriers.


MSPeconomist
May 28, 12, 9:40 am
Once I was on a SQ flight that they told me was overbooked/oversold at check in. I don't know what happened or how it was resolved as I didn't notice any signs of VDB/IDB at the gate. I also never sensed that I was at risk of either IDB or a downgrade, despite traveling on an award ticket using DL miles at the very end of the partnership.

lingua101
May 29, 12, 1:03 am
Once I was on a SQ flight that they told me was overbooked/oversold at check in. I don't know what happened or how it was resolved as I didn't notice any signs of VDB/IDB at the gate. I also never sensed that I was at risk of either IDB or a downgrade, despite traveling on an award ticket using DL miles at the very end of the partnership.

They will normally kick those people who come late for check in...

Guy Betsy
May 30, 12, 7:33 pm
Mrs and I are booked on SQ365 FCO-SIN on June 24 in business class on Aeroplan award. I am looking at the flight now, and looks like they do not sell tickets on it any more in any class. Seat map shows full in business, with every seat assigned. We also have assigned seats.

Does it look like the flight is oversold?

What are the possible scenarios if it is in fact oversold? We absolutely have to be in SIN the next morning. Is there a possibility SQ will involuntary bump or reroute us?

You'll fly on your scheduled flight as planned.
SQ rarely oversells and even if they do, it's only in economy. And still nobody gets op up'd to J either.

aster
May 31, 12, 7:13 am
SQ rarely oversells and even if they do, it's only in economy. And still nobody gets op up'd to J either.

I was under the impression that they rarely oversell, but if they do then surely they would op-up the handful of persons to J before IDB-ing them, no?

Of course if J was oversold then I doubt people would be spilled over to Suites though....

SK AAR
May 31, 12, 12:32 pm
SQ rarely oversells and even if they do, it's only in economy. And still nobody gets op up'd to J either.

Not true. I was on SQ324 to AMS 2 years ago, which was oversold by 1 pax in C. At check-in I was prepared to downgrade against cash compenation but SQ offered only SGD 1.000 (as I remember it) which I (obviously) declined. Somehow it was solved coz I did see any IDB at the gate.

SK AAR
May 31, 12, 12:42 pm
Is there a possibility SQ will involuntary bump or reroute us?

Highly unlikely. Check-in early and you will be safe. If VDB is needed, they will look for volunteers first; that will solve the problem.

james84
Jun 2, 12, 10:49 pm
You'll fly on your scheduled flight as planned.
SQ rarely oversells and even if they do, it's only in economy. And still nobody gets op up'd to J either.

I was op-up'd once SIN-CPT from Y to J due to overselling, apparently it was vacation period for South Africans.

aster
Jun 4, 12, 7:10 am
Highly unlikely. Check-in early and you will be safe. If VDB is needed, they will look for volunteers first; that will solve the problem.

Say they're oversold in econ. Nobody agrees to get offloaded voluntarily for cash or other compensation. What do they do (assuming they have free J seats on that flight? Dump someone forcefully or upgrade 1 pax to J?



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