Premium economy cheaper than regular economy??
Jul 14, 2015, 10:42 am
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Premium economy cheaper than regular economy??
I was randomly browsing today (yes that bored), and came across a booking where the Premium Economy is $1046, whereas the regular Economy (Flexi/E) is $1526, for the exact same flight (SIN-PVG, 17/26 Sep, SQ830/SQ833).
That's 50% cheaper to fly Premium Economy than regular Economy!
What gives?
That's 50% cheaper to fly Premium Economy than regular Economy!
What gives?
Jul 14, 2015, 9:53 pm
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So even discounted Economy is (practically) the same price as PE.
Sweet Deals SGD 1,016.70
Flexi Saver SGD 1,286.70
Flexi SGD 1,286.70
Premium Economy SGD 1,046.70
Jul 15, 2015, 9:24 pm
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I was randomly browsing today (yes that bored), and came across a booking where the Premium Economy is $1046, whereas the regular Economy (Flexi/E) is $1526, for the exact same flight (SIN-PVG, 17/26 Sep, SQ830/SQ833).
That's 50% cheaper to fly Premium Economy than regular Economy!
What gives?
That's 50% cheaper to fly Premium Economy than regular Economy!
What gives?
Jul 16, 2015, 8:32 am
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These PE fares are marketed as such so as to gain popularity. Usually there are multiple fare buckets within the PE fare structure and one or two which fall in the low end. These are marketing tactics to promote and sell PE.
AC does toe same, their C fare sometimes is cheaper than the most expensive economy fare.
PE36SG SQ P Round-Trip 650.00(SGD) PE
PGV2SG SQ P Round-Trip 650.00(SGD) PE
PESG SQ P Round-Trip 750.00(SGD) PE
PESGPO SQ P Round-Trip 750.00(SGD) PE
AC does toe same, their C fare sometimes is cheaper than the most expensive economy fare.
PE36SG SQ P Round-Trip 650.00(SGD) PE
PGV2SG SQ P Round-Trip 650.00(SGD) PE
PESG SQ P Round-Trip 750.00(SGD) PE
PESGPO SQ P Round-Trip 750.00(SGD) PE
Last edited by djjaguar64; Jul 16, 2015 at 11:18 am
Jul 16, 2015, 9:03 am
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KUL-PVG is either 777 or 330.
Look no further than here to be corrected with your statement:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/other...downgrade.html
Jul 16, 2015, 12:28 pm
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Are you 10000% sure?
Look no further than here to be corrected with your statement:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/other...downgrade.html
Look no further than here to be corrected with your statement:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/other...downgrade.html
Here's a sample from EF. Of course there could be one-off changes, but generally, 777/330s operate the route. As you already know, this routes becomes exclusively A330 from mid-Aug (As from Airlineroute http://airlineroute.net/2015/07/01/mh-pvg-aug15/).
Last edited by tango3; Jul 16, 2015 at 12:34 pm
Jul 17, 2015, 4:14 am
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Of course there could be one-off changes,
If MH cannot profitably fill a plane to China, it will substitute with a narrowbody plane.
Jul 17, 2015, 7:18 am
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