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Old Aug 9, 2012 | 2:05 pm
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k374
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Originally Posted by pittpanther
Sorry to be a jerk, but I did read your link, and it seems I have a little less sympathy for you. You knew about the 45-minute policy, but only got into line at 60 minutes ahead -
Dude, the posted link is not my experience...it's a random link from the internet. This story is from some other guy, it's not my complaint...i'm confused about your response

I found the link while researching more about connection times about Tiger in Changi. I'm trying to figure out if I can make my connection or not. I did not know about the 45 min policy when I booked the ticket, it was NOT indicated anywhere.

In any case optimistically I am thinking I should have over an hour of queue time in Changi, hopefully they will not take an HOUR to check people in....

I think Tiger airways sucks...their web checkin is broken and there is no indication of all this when you buy the ticket, I had to research it on the net that it has been broken for ages and they have no intention of fixing it. I had initially intended to do a web checkin in Taipei itself and do a bag drop in Changi...the website had VERIFIED that I could do this. In reality, the functionality is unavailable because web checkin is broken and has been broken for a while YET the message says "WEB CHECKIN IS TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE" which one can infer that it is a temporary downtime, which is a lie.

In my opinion it is definitely a deceptive practice to not clearly display these limitations on the screen which you are booking your flight so that people can make an informed choice.

SIN-BLR is a $160 flight so although I will lose quite a bit of money if I miss the flight it's just a risk I have to take, thankfully there are loads of same day rather inexpensive flights out of SIN a few hrs later to BLR so I have a Plan B. I am counting on the efficiency of Changi to make the connection within the two and a half hours

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