Best time to book a flight to Singapore

[Mellow Matt]

I'd like to book 2 return tickets to Singapore for some time in Feb to visit my brother who lives out there, but am not sure when the best time to book them would be? Would I be best off booking ASAP?

[Bing o]

Mellow Matt said:

I'd like to book 2 return tickets to Singapore for some time in Feb to visit my brother who lives out there, but am not sure when the best time to book them would be? Would I be best off booking ASAP?

Maybe steer clear of Chinese New Year, but I think they have some ok prices now - depends if you want to stop on the way or not?

Prices at the moment for end of February are about £6-650 return which is about the going rate, and they are unlikely to get any cheaper.

[carreauchompeur]

I find that flight prices seem to fluctuate without any real logic, however you won't get much cheaper I reckon since it'll be "peak" season for SE Asia. I paid about 550 last year for LHR-SIN BKK-LHR but the air duty has gone up since then, also was November so cheaper.

[Wanchaiwarrior]

[/quote]Maybe steer clear of Chinese New Yearquote]

Certainly true from a price point of view, but it is an interesting time of year to go and see the celebrations. Feb 3rd id new year's day, friday is a public holiday as well. So either the same week or into the next could be the days off for the locals

[XJSJohn]

beginning of the year would be bad as it is chinese new year, crowded and expensive.

But book flights early as Singapore is a big traveller hub, so can get crowded .... quite regularly tried to organise flights to US or Europe on one weeks notice and all the directs are fully booked for 2 weeks in advance already!!!

[carreauchompeur]

anonymous said:

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Very good call actually. Spoke to someone who flew that route last year and it was staggeringly cheap.

[motomk]

carreauchompeur said:

anonymous said:

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Very good call actually. Spoke to someone who flew that route last year and it was staggeringly cheap.

A lot of the routes that they use are flown by Malaysian Airlines too. They seem to be having a bit of a price war with each other so if there isn't one on AirAsiaX could try Malaysian.

[Mellow Matt]

Thanks for all the tips all, I'm not a very experienced flyer so it's all a bit of a mystery to me!

I've had a look at flights to KL, but they don't really seem to be any cheaper than to Singapore (unless I'm doing it wrong!) so I think I'll stick to flying to Changi. Seems that you can get them for about £550 which seems pretty good to me.

[motomk]

Mellow Matt said:

Thanks for all the tips all, I'm not a very experienced flyer so it's all a bit of a mystery to me!

I've had a look at flights to KL, but they don't really seem to be any cheaper than to Singapore (unless I'm doing it wrong!) so I think I'll stick to flying to Changi. Seems that you can get them for about £550 which seems pretty good to me.

The website I was going to had approx £250 of tax per person! so the prices became a lot higher, higher than what you have mentioned, so don't listen to me!!
If it is Singapore airlines, can't really go wrong there. Them, British Airways and Qantas would be about the only ones going direct and involve no aeroplane changeovers.

[Hub]

XJSJohn said:

But book flights early as Singapore is a big traveller hub, so can get crowded .... quite regularly tried to organise flights to US or Europe on one weeks notice and all the directs are fully booked for 2 weeks in advance already!!!

This is true for direct flights, as it is a popular stopover on London to Australia routes.

Edited by Hub on Wednesday 17th November 13:22

[XJSJohn]

Hub said:

XJSJohn said:

But book flights early as Singapore is a big traveller hub, so can get crowded .... quite regularly tried to organise flights to US or Europe on one weeks notice and all the directs are fully booked for 2 weeks in advance already!!!

This is true for direct flights, as it is a popular stopover on London to Australia routes.

Edited by Hub on Wednesday 17th November 13:22

The indirects out of EMEA the same.

[Fezant Pluckah]

Give me your dates Matt, and I'll see what I can offer you. I have a contract with Singair.

[Tallow]

Airline tickets increase in price dramatically 21 days before the date of travel in most cases, so don't leave it too late. Meanwhile, not sure if there is likely to be any fallout from this whole A380 engine problem scenario, but if there's an opportunity to get a flight with Singapore Airlines on the A380, it's surely got to be worth it!

[XJSJohn]

Tallow said:

Airline tickets increase in price dramatically 21 days before the date of travel in most cases, so don't leave it too late. Meanwhile, not sure if there is likely to be any fallout from this whole A380 engine problem scenario, but if there's an opportunity to get a flight with Singapore Airlines on the A380, it's surely got to be worth it!

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if anything the 380's out of commission is going to cause a shortage of seats and a premium on prices, especially with Qantas and SIA 380's on that route.

[Mellow Matt]

Fezant Pluckah said:

Give me your dates Matt, and I'll see what I can offer you. I have a contract with Singair.

Cheers I don't have an exact date, but it'll either be the 1st and second week of Feb, or the 2nd and 3rd week. I don't think we mind precisely which days.