SQ only RTW
I thought this forum has the most knowledgable RTW'ers, so forgive me
for posting here. I am trying to take advantage of the very low SQ only RTW fare ( approx USD 7000 in First). Starting/finishing in North America, and my needed stops are in: ICN, TPE,PVG and/or HGH, BKK, and CGK. So I tried the following SQ flights for the RTW ticket: LAX-NRT open Jaw PVG-SIN-CGK CGK-SIN-BKK BKK-SIN-FRA FRA-JFK with NRT-TPE-PVG on separate ticket I was told that the SQ RTW does not allow backtracking, and multiple transits in SIN contitute back-tracking. SQ rating desk said to buy a separate ticket SIN-CGK-SIN-BKK-SIN, which together with the other separate ticket noted above makes it much more expensive than the Star RTW fare, never mind the SQ only. As far as I can see, there is no way to make 2,3,or 4 stops in Asia without transiting SIN multiple times. Under the old ( pre Star Alliance) RTW rules, BKK-SIN-FRA was never considered back-tracking, and was always permitted as part of a RTW. Why is it different now? Any other suggestions? |
The SQ-only RTW has nothing to do with *A rules -- or prices! That may be one reason no backtracking is allowed, and only the one transit in SIN. But, for better or worse, that's the rule: you cannot pass through SIN more than once.
There's a long thread on this subject in the KrisFlyer sub-forum. Last entry was June 13th, so it's pretty easy to find -- about 5 pages back from today's entries. Among other things, there are copies of the SQ-only RTW rules (for fares FEZSQ, CEZSQ, and YEZSQ, which are the ones you're asking about). |
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