Hi Harry
To clarify, a lot of QF/QF codeshare flights out of Japan go via somewhere and all the QF metal leaves back of the clock, hence there are a lot of one stop services to MEL ADL etc and even one of the SYD services with the 763 in 1 stop (CNS) so therefore using SQ or MH with a decent transit time in SIN or KUL is no imposition. The fares are generally much better too.
Where JQ has been slipped in under the cover of darkness, the legacy carriers are in general a similar price or cheaper. This naturally does not include the specials from time to time, but includes all the normal goodies.
The same is true in many cases ex Australia. Marketing position + sucker behind keyboard who knows EVERYTHING cos Magda said so = bum in seat when the Thai flight MEL BKK was the same price and they would have fed and watered the punter.
Derek
The more you pump LCC's into premium destinations, the more you erode the upper end of your market, so CNS may be suffering a little of this.
It was definitely the case with MCY, with many of the boutique shops and upper end restaurants having to reinvent theselves or close when the top end went elswhere and the shallow end of the gene pool started lobbing in.
That's the way she goes!!!
Best all
EWL