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my recent BNE-SIN TR for anyone interested. Some background – as I fly from SIN to Australia regularly, I have been monitoring SQ, QF and EK airfares to SYD and MEL regularly. Several months ago, I noticed that EY fares to BNE can be spectacularly low at certain times of the week, including its Pearl Business Class seats. After holding my breath for some weeks, I finally nailed a SIN-BNE-SIN return on Business class for a SGD amount that is close to SQ’s full Economy fare. I checked the e-ticket but I can’t locate the exact fare bucket this fare comes from. Anyway, I suspect the super low fare is a glitch than a norm. Since then, the cheapest fare is around SGD3,000++.
I made the SIN-BNE EY470 earlier but with that being a red-eyed and the flight delayed from 23:30pm to 00:30am departure, in view of late arrival from AUH, I fell asleep soon after take off and only woke up abt an hour before BNE.
This TR is on the BNE-SIN return on EY473, made on Thu 8 Aug 2013.
Pre-Flight
EY has a chauffeur service to the airport and I was glad to have booked the ride while in SIN. When I sought to confirm the vehicle in Brisbane, the EY hotline was perpetually busy. Having found out the local limo provider when I arrived in BNE, I eventually called the provider directly to confirm the vehicle. Pick-up was very prompt and the lady-driver was very friendly and helpful
Check-In
I didn’t manage to succeed in online check-in, despite many attempts. Here may be a weakness in EY’s system, as with the hotline. But the physical check in at BNE was smooth – I arrived at BNE abt 11:00am for the 12:45pm flight. Of cos, BNE is starkly different from SYD and even MEL – its much less crowded and the high-ceilings and bright ambience combined to made the pax experience so much more pleasant. Security and passport control was a breeze too, with only several other pax in lines and my Express Pass seemingly worthless.
Lounge
EY doesn’t have its own lounge and my invite was to the Air NZ lounge. While in SYD and MEL I have always preferred NZ lounges there over SKL, but this NZ in BNE is smallish and the food variety rather limited. It reminds me of the MEL SKL. Add on to that, NZ lounge was also serving several partner airlines, including Asiana OZ iirc. With the place crowded, crammed may actually be a apt word, I didn’t want to fish out my camera to take pics.
But without much of a choice and only abt 30 min to while away prior to boarding, I had a few drinks and made some final emails, messages, whatsapp, etc. Wifi speed is alright.
tho admittedly that is in F) Eventually, I switched to my simple Sennheiser earphones.
Does it feel that way? Thanks, for the TR, Jammed!
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