Skipping last leg on an award ticket?
May 7, 2019, 10:02 am
#1
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Skipping last leg on an award ticket?
Hello!
Has any one of you ever booked an award ticket XXX-SIN-YYY or XXX-SIN/SIN-YYY (I.e. building in a stopover at SIN) and then skipped the last leg, debarking in SIN and just calling it a day? If yes, were there ever any negative consequences by SQ / KF for doing so, like having to pay a no-show fee or a retrospective repricing of the award ticket?
Has any one of you ever booked an award ticket XXX-SIN-YYY or XXX-SIN/SIN-YYY (I.e. building in a stopover at SIN) and then skipped the last leg, debarking in SIN and just calling it a day? If yes, were there ever any negative consequences by SQ / KF for doing so, like having to pay a no-show fee or a retrospective repricing of the award ticket?
May 7, 2019, 6:45 pm
#2
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Why do you want to do that?
If you do not want to travel the last leg XXX-SIN should be cheaper in miles
You could also do SIN-YYY at a later date by requesting a stopover at SIN at a fee of USD100 if this is a one-way award (you can stopover for a year)
If you do not want to travel the last leg XXX-SIN should be cheaper in miles
You could also do SIN-YYY at a later date by requesting a stopover at SIN at a fee of USD100 if this is a one-way award (you can stopover for a year)
May 8, 2019, 11:13 pm
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For a lot of points of origin, travelling to Zones 2 & 3 (South East Asia) will be same as XXX-SIN, and for some origins (Australia/NZ), awards to Zone 4 (HKG, TPE, southern China) are also the same. Although there will be extra taxes in all instances.
May 11, 2019, 8:00 am
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Hello!
Has any one of you ever booked an award ticket XXX-SIN-YYY or XXX-SIN/SIN-YYY (I.e. building in a stopover at SIN) and then skipped the last leg, debarking in SIN and just calling it a day? If yes, were there ever any negative consequences by SQ / KF for doing so, like having to pay a no-show fee or a retrospective repricing of the award ticket?
Has any one of you ever booked an award ticket XXX-SIN-YYY or XXX-SIN/SIN-YYY (I.e. building in a stopover at SIN) and then skipped the last leg, debarking in SIN and just calling it a day? If yes, were there ever any negative consequences by SQ / KF for doing so, like having to pay a no-show fee or a retrospective repricing of the award ticket?
Hopefully it won't learn from LH skiplagged.
If is due to married segment availability, reserved XXX-SIN-YYY, then before issuance/time limit ask agent to drop YYY. Then you still get XXX-SIN.
May 11, 2019, 8:27 am
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It could be a solution to only seeing "married sector" availability (ie. awards seat available only on the connecting flights, XXX-SIN-YYY, but not on the XXX-SIN sector by itself.)
For a lot of points of origin, travelling to Zones 2 & 3 (South East Asia) will be same as XXX-SIN, and for some origins (Australia/NZ), awards to Zone 4 (HKG, TPE, southern China) are also the same. Although there will be extra taxes in all instances.
For a lot of points of origin, travelling to Zones 2 & 3 (South East Asia) will be same as XXX-SIN, and for some origins (Australia/NZ), awards to Zone 4 (HKG, TPE, southern China) are also the same. Although there will be extra taxes in all instances.
P.S. Maybe the thread about Jewel should start discussing who subsidised Jewel the most @:-)
May 11, 2019, 8:57 am
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Yes, that is indeed where I am coming from. Hadn't thought of actually informing SQ about dropping SIN-YYY, but if you say that they don't mind if you call them in advance and they allow to do it, even better!
May 11, 2019, 8:32 pm
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You do need to HUCA if one agent refused to do so.
Most times, i'll just skip it entirely and don't bother showing up at gate.
May 11, 2019, 8:47 pm
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There are only taxes for departing SIN (not in transit), nothing for arriving passengers (I thought this was so, but just double checked itamatrix to confirm). So someone travelling XXX-SIN will not have any SIN related taxes/charges in their ticket, and nor will someone travelling XXX-SIN-YYY. In some instances there may be taxes or charges relating to arrival in YYY.
May 11, 2019, 9:52 pm
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There are only taxes for departing SIN (not in transit), nothing for arriving passengers (I thought this was so, but just double checked itamatrix to confirm). So someone travelling XXX-SIN will not have any SIN related taxes/charges in their ticket, and nor will someone travelling XXX-SIN-YYY. In some instances there may be taxes or charges relating to arrival in YYY.
It is an Airport Development Levy to be precise, but there is in fact a charge for XXX-SIN-YYY transfer.
Edit: Actually there is a S$6 airport tax too. Please read up beyond ITAMatrix...
https://www.changiairport.com/conten...%20Charges.pdf
May 11, 2019, 10:45 pm
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ITA matrix lists our the charges passengers pay. The links you provide are all entirely consistent with ITA matrix and refer to departing passengers, although you did bring to my attention the charge to transiting passengers on departure which I must have missed when I looked at a particular quote
So someone travelling XXX-SIN-YYY will pay more taxes/charges than someone travelling XXX-SIN, which is what I said in the first place.
May 11, 2019, 11:55 pm
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