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Airlines cutting Ultra-Long-Haul Flights (especially luxury premium ones)
« on: October 25, 2012, 11:32:47 AM »
looks like no more luxury EWR- singapore flights on points :-[ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203937004578076560046135292.html
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Re: Airlines cutting Ultra-Long-Haul Flights (especially luxury premium ones)
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2012, 02:47:52 PM »
Quote from: shiframeir on October 25, 2012, 11:32:47 AM
looks like no more luxury EWR- singapore flights on points :-[ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203937004578076560046135292.html

I posted this yesterday in the "just shmooze" section. Anyone here ever flew that anyway?
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Re: Airlines cutting Ultra-Long-Haul Flights (especially luxury premium ones)
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2012, 03:06:37 PM »
No, but I've got like 5 ticketed reservations for EWR-SIN-MLE in SQ J.
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Re: Airlines cutting Ultra-Long-Haul Flights (especially luxury premium ones)
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2012, 03:09:31 PM »
Quote from: Dan on October 25, 2012, 03:06:37 PM
No, but I've got like 5 ticketed reservations for EWR-SIN-MLE in SQ J.

When's gonna be this trip?
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Re: Airlines cutting Ultra-Long-Haul Flights (especially luxury premium ones)
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2012, 03:10:27 PM »
Prob won't happen but between Jan and March.
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Re: Airlines cutting Ultra-Long-Haul Flights (especially luxury premium ones)
« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2012, 02:47:12 AM »
From a comment,
" I flew Singapore-Newark last year - and from next year I'll be able to talk about "in the good old days". Feels like we're going backwards in some ways:
1960s: Man on the moon - not any more.
1980s: Supersonic commercial flights - not any more
2000s: 10,000 mile flights without stopovers - see a trend?"
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Re: Airlines cutting Ultra-Long-Haul Flights (especially luxury premium ones)
« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2012, 02:48:46 AM »
Quote from: Dan on October 26, 2012, 02:47:12 AM
From a comment,
" I flew Singapore-Newark last year - and from next year I'll be able to talk about "in the good old days". Feels like we're going backwards in some ways:
1960s: Man on the moon - not any more.
1980s: Supersonic commercial flights - not any more
2000s: 10,000 mile flights without stopovers - see a trend?"

The last two are indeed a result of the increase in cost of oil. Soon we'll see it in electric cars that can't drive more than 100 miles at a time...
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Re: Airlines cutting Ultra-Long-Haul Flights (especially luxury premium ones)
« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2012, 02:50:43 AM »
EWR-SIN DO anyone?
I've got ressies on 01/27, 01/29, 02/10, and 03/03.
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Re: Airlines cutting Ultra-Long-Haul Flights (especially luxury premium ones)
« Reply #8 on: October 26, 2012, 09:14:59 AM »
Quote from: Dan on October 26, 2012, 02:50:43 AM
EWR-SIN DO anyone?
I've got ressies on 01/27, 01/29, 02/10, and 03/03.

Sorry- I am still new at this. How do you have the reservations and what happens if you don go on them? Are you really going to make all those trips?

What is the point of the reservations? If you cancel, wont you have to pay a fee?
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Re: Airlines cutting Ultra-Long-Haul Flights (especially luxury premium ones)
« Reply #9 on: October 26, 2012, 09:25:27 AM »
Quote from: eis517 on October 26, 2012, 09:14:59 AM
Sorry- I am still new at this. How do you have the reservations and what happens if you don go on them? Are you really going to make all those trips?

What is the point of the reservations? If you cancel, wont you have to pay a fee?

He holds on to the reservations just in case he decides to go!
With his status there is no fee to cancel.
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Re: Airlines cutting Ultra-Long-Haul Flights (especially luxury premium ones)
« Reply #10 on: October 26, 2012, 10:21:32 AM »
Quote from: Dan on October 26, 2012, 02:50:43 AM
EWR-SIN DO anyone?
I've got ressies on 01/27, 01/29, 02/10, and 03/03.

Looking at EWR-SIN in 05/13.

But you don't have to pay YQ ;)
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