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GoreTex
3rd Nov 2006, 19:20
Any SQ drivers here who can tell me about the SQ Staff travel, I am in the process of leaving Emirates.
thanks
Tex
Merlinrabbi
4th Nov 2006, 01:48
Any SQ drivers here who can tell me about the SQ Staff travel, I am in the process of leaving Emirates.
thanks
Tex
hi,
pm me with your questions.
GT - SQ probably has the most retrictive staff travel of any of the large carriers.
EasyGo-Lucky?
7th Nov 2006, 14:09
GT - SQ probably has the most retrictive staff travel of any of the large carriers.
Not forgetting the most profitable.
F Dolarhyde
8th Nov 2006, 03:25
"Most profitable"?
You must be joking. The 90% are not expensive. The 75% are ridicuosly so but no one uses them so 25% of nothing is... nothing. They could make a lot more if they allowed more people to use the 90%.
An empty seat can never be sold again and could at least have generated some profit if it was filled by a SIA Cargo employee.
The only thing they achieve with the present policy is creating extra revenue for the low cost carriers in the region. (And some extra work for their training department since this might be the straw that...).
CargoBoy
9th Nov 2006, 15:46
[QUOTE=F Dolarhyde;2952113]"Most profitable"?
You must be joking. The 90% are not expensive. The 75% are ridicuosly so but no one uses them so 25% of nothing is... nothing.
To the contrary, I have bought a 75% return ticket SIN-LAX-SIN for S$1285.00 (inclusive of all taxes). Couldn't find any other airline offering a better price.
Cargoboy
Hmmm, clearly not like the good 'ole days.
Back in the seventies, 707 Captains could go most anywhere with a free pass, five times a year.
Wives too.
In first class, of course.:)
Left Coaster
10th Nov 2006, 02:54
Don't you EVER GET TIRED of looking back? No one cares.:rolleyes:
Go Away.
Aw shucks, Lefty, I just like to rub in in a little.
Sadly, you must have come along a little too late.
With airline flying, the glory days are long gone, altho I expect you knew that already...:E
F Dolarhyde
10th Nov 2006, 05:30
Well, Cargoboy, on a long sector like that and without a family you might think it's OK. But a regular ticket with SIA costs 2179. If you get bumped in LA for two nights because you're on stand by your savings will be gone.
Look at the price for flying for example SIN-BKK-SIN with wife and two kids and compare that to a firm seat on Tiger and tell me if it's a good deal.
And while you're at it. How much would you have had to pay for your LAX trip if you were allowed 90 % tickets? 765.... Do you think the difference is fair?
Let's face it. There are good things with SIA Cargo but staff travel is not among them. It actually stinks.
Left Coaster
10th Nov 2006, 07:03
Yup...;) Knew it and still went for it as a career! Doing fine thanks!
Quite agree with FDs last statement - it actually stinks. Mainline captains get 4 - yes 4 ID 90s a year. Then after 10 years service they graciously allow unlimited ID90. How punitive is that.
GoreTex
10th Nov 2006, 19:42
CDRW,
are these 4 ID90 any class?
here in EK I can buy as many I want but they are not ID 90 here they call them service charge tickets of course they cost more than an ID90, friends from other airlines fly cheaper on EK than EK employees.
The staff travel screws began to tighten at SQ when two folks departed...SK 'Charlie' Chan, VP Flt-Ops, and chairman JYM Pillay.
Charlie was a pilots guy, and JYM backed him up to a large degree.
Downhill ever since, sad to say.
CargoBoy
10th Nov 2006, 22:28
Well, Cargoboy, on a long sector like that and without a family you might think it's OK. But a regular ticket with SIA costs 2179. If you get bumped in LA for two nights because you're on stand by your savings will be gone.
Look at the price for flying for example SIN-BKK-SIN with wife and two kids and compare that to a firm seat on Tiger and tell me if it's a good deal.
And while you're at it. How much would you have had to pay for your LAX trip if you were allowed 90 % tickets? 765.... Do you think the difference is fair?
Let's face it. There are good things with SIA Cargo but staff travel is not among them. It actually stinks.
Dolarhyde,
If you get bumped in LA with with an ID90, your savings would we gone too.
I agree with your that staff travel could be better. Who wouldn't want ID90, concession tickets..etc?
Was just replying to the incorrect statement that "nobody" travels on ID75.
Cargoboy
Phil Squares
11th Nov 2006, 03:18
:ugh: Dolarhyde,
If you get bumped in LA with with an ID90, your savings would we gone too.
I agree with your that staff travel could be better. Who wouldn't want ID90, concession tickets..etc?
Was just replying to the incorrect statement that "nobody" travels on ID75.
Cargoboy
Cargoboy, I disagree. I suggest the next time you're looking to travel you call Misa travel. I purchased two tickets for my teenage sons to travel SIN-NRT-EWR-IAD for less than what a SIN-LAX staff ticket would cost! It was positive space, they got miles and they even got upgraded on the EWR-NRT-SIN leg on the way back. Now that would never happen at SQ.
The entire staff travel program at SQ/SQC is typical of the attitude at the company. Doing a good job means less punishment!
Phil Squares
11th Nov 2006, 07:23
Any SQ drivers here who can tell me about the SQ Staff travel, I am in the process of leaving Emirates.
thanks
Tex
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