ScootBiz better than expected

Thanks OzDuck.

We have done that flight a couple times now in Y, and found that to be mostly adequate, with the exception of the departure/arrival time.

 

Agree its quite acceptable at a good price.
Jetstar Business (or StarClass as it should still be called) is slightly better imo with better meals and unlimited drinks (versus the one on Scoot and I believe AirAsia, albeit it has a better seat)

 

Do you get any departure or arrivals lounge access if you're in J on Scoot?

 

What sort of prices would you expect for say BNE-HKT or BNE-BKK in Star Class with the bundle?

I know the flights go from SYD or MEL but return airfares with bundles were upwards of $1500 each when I search for March/April next year and that wasn't including golf clubs. With 3 travelling that's a lot of money.

The Qantas airfares for 3 people for same dates was just over $2000 in total with Platinum luggage allowancefor all travellers. I obviously don't value perceived comfort that highly.

 

Probably the next question... do you get any status credits or miles!?

 

Hi John,

Not sure what perceived comfort is. I just rely on what my butt is telling me. It tells me it's streets ahead of QF Y.

Having flown JQ business class ("Star Class" is old hat) MEL-BKK a couple of weeks ago, I can say that it was a quite nice experience. JQ has lifted its game, and now the food/drink offerings are quite acceptable (yes unlimited alcohol, probably better than QF).

For someone like me (a solo traveller), it's probably the best option. For someone like you, perhaps not.

 

I'm comfortable in QF economy. I don't care too much for reviews of other airlines. At the price point available right now in my opinion there is no equal.

So do I go out seeking greater comfort that I'm likely to forget once holiday is over considering that I'm already happily comfortable?

It's not easy to calculate what one is prepared to pay for flights. When you're a solo traveller the decision is easy. Around 10 years ago I did 3 x return trips on BA World Traveller Plus as I thought that was good value for money in those days. With 3 travelling at todays airfares the difference between $2000 and $5000 is huge.

 

I would have said the same.
Unless I’m wrong, Scoot doesn’t provide additional snacks throughout the flight, unlike JQi B787 flights that does.

 

I believe you have the option of paying during the booking process to be able to earn Krisflyer points (not sure about SCs sorry)

 

That used to be the case. Now you get 1 KF point per SGD spent on base fare and add ons. No elite miles.

 

Booked SIN-MEL 11am day flight last week. Paid 180 for base fare (no addons apart from internet) 2 days out. Bid for J 170 (min was 160). Bid accepted 23 hrs out. Seat was extremely comfortable (I'm 6'2) and got plenty of work done on laptop. Would definitely try again for any day flight.

 

Agreed - flew Scootbiz last week as it was the only airline where the cost of a one way ticket is not crazy expensive (a rare good point of LC airlines which sell point to point flights ;-)) and we were impressed. Leg room was great (esp if you get the first row seats), staff were friendly and polite (though even with my understanding of the way they speak in Singapore, I struggled to understand a few of them) and overall we had a comfortable flight. Admittedly we would probably not fly them if the flights were overnight ones but we would fly with them again when travelling to Singapore.

 

Can't argue about the arrival time from PER, but about two years ago we returned thru SIN from a trip to Europe with the 1215 Scoot flight being the last leg. We were delayed with a comms problem, and they advised us after an hour wait that they would give it one more hour and then make other arrangements. The hour passed, and we were then moved about 4 gates away where they had an aircraft ready for us. Just over two hours late into Perth. Any airline that has a spare 787 sitting around for the 'just in case' rule is OK with me.

 

Yeah that would be annoying...esp at the public transport options are limited at that time too...

 

We were delayed out of Singapore due to there being an issue with the toilets on the left side of the plane and the delay was just over an hour. As i knew we were flying LC, i did not expect much from Scoot but we were pleasantly surprised when about 30 mins in, boxes of snack packs and water were delivered to the plane and all passengers received a bottle of water and a snack pack for free....completely unexpected. Fortunately the toilets were fixed (which personally was def more important - LOL)....