Today I am so happy. Why leh? Because I managed to save some $$$...Story is like dat... 小珠 and I booked SQ airtickets online on 9 Feb for our Japan trip. There was sweet deal at that time that costs each ticket to be $967. However due to the restriction that we had to transit via Bangkok for Singapore to Tokyo and we were unable to book the outbound evening flight from Tokyo back to Singapore, we decided to book the higher fare which is $1119 each. At that time, we were glad that we managed to book the flights that we wanted so it was ok to pay a little bit more.
Yesterday, I was surfing net hence check if there is any new promotion by SIA. Guess it is better not to check fares again if you have booked earlier. To my surprise, SIA having super deal for Tokyo which costs $818 per pax (2 to fly)! After getting to know that, I was so heart pain that we have actually paid additional $303 each and the promotion started from 12 Feb which is just 3 days after we booked ours.
Finally told 小珠 today and after some discussion, we decided to call SIA to check if it is possible to cancel the original booking and re-book a new one that we can enjoy the new cheaper fare. To our favour, the fare that we booked earlier can allow cancellation but has to pay an administrative fee of $75 per pax. We don't mind paying that as at the end of the day, we are still be saving $228 each. Due to I am asked to take more days leave, we extended one more day stay at Tokyo. This allows us to pay cheaper fare and yet be able to enjoy one more day. After paying for the extra one day accommodation, we are still saving around $150 per pax! Worth it right?
So it is some time no harm doing busybody check like what I have done and luckily we try our luck to cancel and do re-booking. Luck is with us :)
Now I am amending our itinerary to add in one more day of fun in Tokyo. This time, we are covering the Chubu region + Tokyo. Covering Toyama prefecture more. Hip Hip Hurray!
Yokoso! Japan
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