News: buy the British Airways colouring book, KrisFlyer redemption deals

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• Phillip says:

  14 May14 May 06:06

  Good to see that Singapore has now lifted restrictions for transit passengers from the U.K.!

  • Phillip says:

    14 May14 May 06:17

    Krisflyer is still showing the full redemption price, not the advertised 50% discount.

    • Dubious says:

      14 May14 May 06:51

      Shows up ok for me on some routes but it is all ‘Waitlist’ – nothing confirmed which makes things a bit tricky, as persumably whilst it might be easier to cancellation the booking, there would be no obligation on SIA to reroute you if they adjusted the schedule before the Waitlist cleared.

      • Phillip says:

        14 May14 May 07:06

        Maybe it’s because I’m looking on the app. I shall look on the website. Thank you.

      • Sam G says:

        14 May14 May 07:20

        Per the T&C they won’t reroute you anyway (even on their own flights!) so book carefully as their schedule for later this year is fictional- worth checking what is currently operating and trying to book the same flight combos. Though in reality I think they would rebook you & outbound you’ve got Eu261 protections .

        I’d love to book for Phuket but I just can’t bring myself to gamble so many miles on a non refundable ticket with the world still uncertain currently . Though they have added a clause this time so you could get a refund if govt restrictions don’t allow you on the flight so that’s some protection

        • Louie says:

          14 May14 May 07:29

          Non refundable? Where does it say that?

        • Track says:

          14 May14 May 12:36

          Thailand is still pretty shut: just checked their websites, official and Thai Air.

          To obtain COE, you need confirmed flight bookings upfront (whichever bureaucrat came up with that) and Covid-proof health insurance. With vaccinations, you still need to spend 7 days quarantine at a state-approved facility.

        • Sam G says:

          14 May14 May 13:14

          I wouldn’t be booking Bangkok, KL or Jakarta for tourist reasons this year and as Rob says it’s a long way around to Male.

          Phuket however I’d be pretty confident on towards the later part of the year (i.e. Nov or Dec) – they’re currently still aiming for July to allow vaccinated tourists onto the island without quarantine – they’ve even scheduled weekly direct Thai Airways flights from Heathrow now and 100,000s of doses of vaccine are being distributed there currently. Even allowing for the timing to slip a little there is huge pressure to get the tourists coming in time for peak season from November, to miss a second year would be devastating economically.

  • Alan says:

    14 May14 May 07:21

    Although with the recent outbreak cluster at Changi I wonder if they’ll close again!

  • BuildBackBetter says:

    14 May14 May 09:19

    As Alan says, this won’t last long. Restrictions will be back soon!

• Dubious says:

  14 May14 May 06:32

  Doh…currently only got 87,000 Krisflyer miles…

  • Louie says:

    14 May14 May 07:26

    They’ll sell you the rest 🙂

    • Dubious says:

      14 May14 May 12:45

      Thanks for the offer Louie, but I got some AMEX MR handy for this kind of scenario…as well as few other options.

      • Chrisasaurus says:

        14 May14 May 19:58

        I don’t think Louie was offering anything?

        • Dubious says:

          15 May15 May 03:53

          Oh yeah – I misread.

• Benilyn says:

  14 May14 May 07:29

  “Singapore to return to lockdown mode for one month as cases rise “ morning headline

  • Sam G says:

    14 May14 May 07:46

    Doesn’t impact transit though at this point (and they’ve now closed the airport mall to the public) however as it stands most transit passengers (Inc the UK and all of these destinations) can’t access any facilities or the lounge, you are held in a gate area. You can order some limited food items.

    @ Louie the T&C are right at the bottom of the page – non refundable, no amendments. They will refund you if they cancel or you can’t board due to government restrictions.

    If you waitlist you’ll need to clear and be ticketed before the end of the promo

    • Louie says:

      14 May14 May 09:07

      Thanks. I hadn’t scrolled down far enough. Can’t see many people (who have read it properly) booking with those conditions.

• Marco says:

  14 May14 May 08:02

  Hmm… if I only want to fly to Singapore, will any of that be possible as I don’t want to take the extra leg to KL/Phuket etc.

  • Sam G says:

    14 May14 May 08:12

    No – once you don’t board the outbound connection the rest of your ticket will be cancelled

    • Axel Heyst says:

      14 May14 May 09:39

      you can go to the helpdesk in Changi on arrival and inform them you wont be taking the connection flight as you’ve had a text which changes your plans.

      Not sure about immigration though at Changi, that could be tricky probably a same day ferry ticket to Batam would let you through. Changi immigration have technology to track your movements off the island.

      • Sam G says:

        14 May14 May 09:43

        But the rest of your ticket (i.e.your flight home) would still be cancelled at that point (as these have to be booked as return tickets)

        Anyway it’s almost certainly academic for the timing of this promotion – Singapore isn’t even letting in existing or new work pass/visa holders from UK or most of the world currently let alone short term visitors and that is unlikely to change for the foreseeable future.

        • Axel Heyst says:

          14 May14 May 10:13

          That’s why you would go to the KrisFlyer help desk – to stop the return flight being cancelled and informing them you can’t make your connecting flight.

          I’ve done this about half a dozen times in SE Asia. A gamble maybe but it’s always worked being upfront with the airline rather than sneaking out the terminal and missing your unwanted connection.

          Sam, I’ve just had a look at the Woodlands and Tuas checkpoint cameras, and you’re right it does look very quiet.

        • Marco says:

          14 May14 May 11:38

          Thanks all. I’m Singaporean so abit easier but the 3 weeks quarantine is tricky.

• Alex Sm says:

  14 May14 May 08:24

  Got the last colouring book from Amazon seller! I guess they would be amazed to wake up to an array of new orders from HfP readers!

  • @mkcol says:

    14 May14 May 14:20

    There are plenty left on Amazon.

• Red Flyer says:

  14 May14 May 08:33

  Anyone know how long a Bonvoy points transfer takes to land with Iberia Plus?

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