SQ Pricing Strategy MEL-SIN and MEL-CGK

[taswegian77]

I have a booked and confirmed MEL-CGK-MEL via SIN both ways on SQ in J class, both ways on A380 to SIN and back for cost of $4046. I was lurking and checked the price of just a MEL-SIN-MEL on A380 both ways and it was priced at $4650. Weird! It costs ~$600 more to just go to SIN. Wonder if you could book the same flight as I have, then cancel the SIN-CGK-SIN legs. Hell you might even get a refund of some kind and save even more cash. Even if no refund you still save overall.. Weird pricing strategy but I am sure someone has an answer to why it is done that way??

 

[markis10]

Same old story, supply and demand, with CX there will be people in the J cabin travelling to Australia that have paid $1000 each way for the seat, and they joined via a transfer flight at HKG. It would be interesting to dissect a flight and look at what each passenger paid for each seat, the time they paid and the country the fare was purchased in!

 

[extracta]

Royal Brunei has a strange one at the moment.

If you want to fly BNE BKK changing planes in Brunei in J the price is $1681 return.

If you fly BNE Brunei return in J the price is $3200.

 

[QF029]

I flew MEL-LHR on EK a few years ago cheaper than the same fare MEL-DXB.

 

[dajop]

I have a booked and confirmed MEL-CGK-MEL via SIN both ways on SQ in J class, both ways on A380 to SIN and back for cost of $4046. I was lurking and checked the price of just a MEL-SIN-MEL on A380 both ways and it was priced at $4650. Weird! It costs ~$600 more to just go to SIN. Wonder if you could book the same flight as I have, then cancel the SIN-CGK-SIN legs.

This is not uncommon, merely a response to supply and demand, and competition in the market place. You would not be able to cancel the SIN-CGK-SIN legs, as they would need to reissue or at the least revalidate the ticket and charge the fare difference. What one could do, if the fare allows a stopover in SIN, is kill a few hours taking an excursion in J down SIN-CGK-SIN, it's only a 1.5 hr flight, so it wouldn't take that long.

 

[yohy?!]

Just been looking at HKG-SYD-HKG flights in April 11:

CX quotes $5074 for return in J

OR

$3874 return in J to take SIN-HKG-SYD-HKG-SIN

even with a positioning flight HKG-SIN that's still a $1,000 off the direct flights:shock:

 

[markis10]

Just been looking at HKG-SYD-HKG flights in April 11:

CX quotes $5074 for return in J

OR

$3874 return in J to take SIN-HKG-SYD-HKG-SIN

even with a positioning flight HKG-SIN that's still a $1,000 off the direct flights:shock:

You are not looking hard enough to save money , more importantly, no night flights !!!

 

[taswegian77]

This is not uncommon, merely a response to supply and demand, and competition in the market place. You would not be able to cancel the SIN-CGK-SIN legs, as they would need to reissue or at the least revalidate the ticket and charge the fare difference. What one could do, if the fare allows a stopover in SIN, is kill a few hours taking an excursion in J down SIN-CGK-SIN, it's only a 1.5 hr flight, so it wouldn't take that long.

I am actually going all the way to CGK, was just surprised it was dearer just to get to SIN alone.

 

[yohy?!]

You are not looking hard enough to save money , more importantly, no night flights !!!

Kudos to you:!: That will be most helpful when I move to HKG next year

 

[MEL_Traveller]

The SQ pricing makes sense considering they are competing with GA on the Australia-Indonesia service. They need to make the fare semi-competitive otherwise why would you bother flying via SIN? There is a premium for SQ, fair enough, but when the difference is too great you might as well fly GA.

There will be a certain number of seats left over once direct Australia-Singapore demand is met. They've got to sell those seats somehow, so you might as well price attractively for connecting traffic.