Originally Posted by
zitsky
Thanks to all.
No our luggage will be checked to SIN by AA in RDU. Interline agreement but SEPARATE ticket SIN-Bali.
Does that change your answers? Does that make it more attractive to take train to other terminal for SQ or stay in Terminal 1 for Scoot? Immigration etc?
SQ Bali flights go from T2 NOT T3 like other flights? Does that ever change?
There is a 4:30pm and 9:30pm SQ flight to DPS in case we miss our flight 2 hours (9:30am???) after arrival at 6:45am. Maybe a little less than 2 hour layover.
Sorry for the dumb questions. Haven’t done this before in Singapore.
SQ flights to SE Asia and South Asia and such all go from T2. T3 is for SQ flights to Europe, US. Check this:
https://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/s...t/?id=lq70is28
Given you seem keen to travel onwards from SIN at the soonest after arriving on JL, the SQ option may be a bit safer if you would be able to get your bags tagged all the way to DPS (depends on AA agents in RDU, they don't have to do it AFAIK, but they can as there is an interline agreement, best to ask in the AA forum if unsure) and then 2hrs is comfortable to go T1 to T2 while staying in transit area.
All this is assuming no major delay of your JL flight. Depending on the fare you buy and how full flights will be, SQ "may" accomodate you on the next flight, maybe for a fare difference, maybe free, depends. No guarantees.
With Scoot, you definitely buy a new ticket unless you hold a flexible/ changeable one and the whole process of immigration, picking up the luggage and rechecking it, immigration again and all that adds to your time and anxiety.
Basically, you have a bit more margin of error / "slack" in your itinerary if you can check luggage through onto the SQ flight.
Anyways, your call, there are always risks with separate tickets, you just have to accept that and build in whatever buffers you are comfortable with.