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MAA / BLR to MEL

 
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abhigopal
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 4:36 pm    Post subject: MAA / BLR to MEL Reply with quote

Flying economy - will need to do this trip maybe 3-4 times in the next 3 months or so.

Suggestions for best routing?
Criteria are 1) Short travel times 2) FFP miles

I know SQ and QF have the A 380 option, so might look at that to.

Can fly from either city, MAA or BLR
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Nimish
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 5:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

MH seems to offer the best connections, but only 1 flight a day. The other drawback is the BLR sector is on a 737.

Code:
MH 193   (MH) Malaysia Airline   BLR 00:45   KUL 07:30   738   
MH 129   (MH) Malaysia Airline   KUL 10:05   MEL 21:10   333   
MH 148   (MH) Malaysia Airline   MEL 14:30   KUL 21:05   333   
MH 192   (MH) Malaysia Airline   KUL 22:10   BLR 23:40   738   


I've flown SQ on the sector - simple one-stop flights - slightly longish connection (4 hour) might be a draw back. But with the SQ/ MI options, you have the option of 2 connections a day. I think SQ is withdrawing the 380 on MEL - because the flight seems to use a 77W on later dates.

SQ option:
Code:
SQ 503   (SQ) Singapore Airlines   BLR 23:05   SIN 06:05   772   
SQ 217   (SQ) Singapore Airlines   SIN 09:55   MEL 20:15   77W   
SQ 238   (SQ) Singapore Airlines   MEL 10:10   SIN 16:10   388   
SQ 502   (SQ) Singapore Airlines   SIN 20:05   BLR 21:50   772   


MI option:
Code:

MI 423   (MI) Silkair              BLR 15:50   SIN 22:55   319   
SQ 237   (SQ) Singapore Airlines   SIN 00:25   MEL 10:45   773   
SQ 218   (SQ) Singapore Airlines   MEL 00:05   SIN 05:55   77W   
MI 424   (MI) Silkair              SIN 13:10   BLR 15:00   320   

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abhigopal
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 12:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yep. TG seems to be fairly Ok too.

Which site do you use to get this data all in one screen
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 2:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

abhigopal wrote:
Yep. TG seems to be fairly Ok too.

Which site do you use to get this data all in one screen


TG was not showing connections on the return back to India - perhaps not on the dates I was checking... Do check on the return sector before you finalize on TG - it was showing me TG MEL-BKK connecting to PG BKK-BLR, but I don't think TG/ PG work together.

I used flightstats that day, and today I used amadeus.net.
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