I'm doing some research to help me decide the best way to go. What I want is:
BNE-(SIN or BKK)-KTM in Y
BOM-(SIN or BKK)-BNE in J
I was playing around with dummy bookings and found the TG YQ taxes to be much less than the SQ YQ taxes. TG has just announced a reduction on 24 Dec whereas SQ has raised the YQ in Dec.
The dilemma is how to book the award?
I know most people like to book 2 one ways but if you book a ticket ex India, there is a 12.9% surcharge on J class. Putting the outbound and return flights on one itinerary (paid ticket) seems to solve this problem. I don't know if this would apply to award tickets since the ticket itself is $0.00 so would appreciate any advice from people who have booked J awards ex-India.
Are the YQ surcharges accurate if I do a dummy booking on TG website, are those the same taxes SQ would use to book an award ticket? I saw in other posts where SQ tries to charge more than they expected in YQ, so I was wondering if they apply SQ's YQ charges whether you fly on them or not.
The other complication is that if I use TG, I lose the 15% online booking discount.
BNE-(SIN or BKK)-KTM in Y
BOM-(SIN or BKK)-BNE in J
I was playing around with dummy bookings and found the TG YQ taxes to be much less than the SQ YQ taxes. TG has just announced a reduction on 24 Dec whereas SQ has raised the YQ in Dec.
The dilemma is how to book the award?
I know most people like to book 2 one ways but if you book a ticket ex India, there is a 12.9% surcharge on J class. Putting the outbound and return flights on one itinerary (paid ticket) seems to solve this problem. I don't know if this would apply to award tickets since the ticket itself is $0.00 so would appreciate any advice from people who have booked J awards ex-India.
Are the YQ surcharges accurate if I do a dummy booking on TG website, are those the same taxes SQ would use to book an award ticket? I saw in other posts where SQ tries to charge more than they expected in YQ, so I was wondering if they apply SQ's YQ charges whether you fly on them or not.
The other complication is that if I use TG, I lose the 15% online booking discount.
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