Hi peeps! I am back to talk more about SQ878 timing and stuffs.
So I went to Taiwan early this year and tickets were booked 3 months in advance. I opted for Singapore Airlines as the pricing for budget air tickets was like 300++ per pax with 20kg luggage where as SQ was 508 per pax (on promotion). The timing for Jetstar was depart at 0100 and reach Taipei at 0600. For SQ, the timing was depart at 1140 and reach at 1630.
Pros of taking SQ:
1. Food and drinks provided.
2. Entertainment provided.
Cons of taking SQ:
1. Timing timing timing.
2. More expensive.
Pros of taking Jetstar:
1. Good timing.
2. Can have extra 100++ to spend on shopping.
Cons of taking Jetstar
1. No food and drinks.
2. No entertainment.
The price difference was around 100++-200? And I also have to consider on the traffic if I reach at 1630. Peak hours and bad traffic jam. Mins before and after the SQ flight, there are a few China flights, so is human jam at the immigration. However we cannot bear to pay so much for a budget flight. So after much consideration, we or rather I decided on SQ.
When in Taiwan
I will not elaborate on the inflight experience as the information can be found easily online. I reached Taiwan around 430pm? I walked super fast to the immigration and start queuing. My travel partner was complaining on my kiasu-ness. But 5 mins after we queued, the queue was so long. I was allowed to queue at the counter for residents hence I managed to clear the immigration and collected my luggage by 1700/5pm.
The traffic to Taipei was okay, pretty smooth, jammed for awhile at certain highway areas but we managed to reach our ximending hotel before 6pm.
Yeap thats all guys! This post is written as I found difficulty when I was researching on the traffic/immigration in Taiwan at that timing. Hope it helps!
So I went to Taiwan early this year and tickets were booked 3 months in advance. I opted for Singapore Airlines as the pricing for budget air tickets was like 300++ per pax with 20kg luggage where as SQ was 508 per pax (on promotion). The timing for Jetstar was depart at 0100 and reach Taipei at 0600. For SQ, the timing was depart at 1140 and reach at 1630.
Pros of taking SQ:
1. Food and drinks provided.
2. Entertainment provided.
Cons of taking SQ:
1. Timing timing timing.
2. More expensive.
Pros of taking Jetstar:
1. Good timing.
2. Can have extra 100++ to spend on shopping.
Cons of taking Jetstar
1. No food and drinks.
2. No entertainment.
The price difference was around 100++-200? And I also have to consider on the traffic if I reach at 1630. Peak hours and bad traffic jam. Mins before and after the SQ flight, there are a few China flights, so is human jam at the immigration. However we cannot bear to pay so much for a budget flight. So after much consideration, we or rather I decided on SQ.
When in Taiwan
I will not elaborate on the inflight experience as the information can be found easily online. I reached Taiwan around 430pm? I walked super fast to the immigration and start queuing. My travel partner was complaining on my kiasu-ness. But 5 mins after we queued, the queue was so long. I was allowed to queue at the counter for residents hence I managed to clear the immigration and collected my luggage by 1700/5pm.
The traffic to Taipei was okay, pretty smooth, jammed for awhile at certain highway areas but we managed to reach our ximending hotel before 6pm.
Yeap thats all guys! This post is written as I found difficulty when I was researching on the traffic/immigration in Taiwan at that timing. Hope it helps!
