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  mrsinistah on 10/05/2016 - 10:05

  +1

  Could be, it's how the cheap airlines save money I think….
  Nonetheless, Scoot is very comfy, the Quiet Zone area is pretty nice if it's cheap, but sit near the front of the 777. I've flown twice with Scoot and multiple times with Air Asia.
  Safe flight!

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  Peck on 10/05/2016 - 10:25

  After further research, it seems that I would need to pay an additional $20 to avoid Immigration x 2 security etc. even with a through booking & without checked baggage.

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  geek001 on 10/05/2016 - 10:33

  I don't see why they would make you go out, just to come back in if you do not have any checked in luggage. You could go without it, since you would have printed out your boarding passes for both flights. If not, you have 3 hours to kill at the airport. Singapore Airport is pretty efficient, so you should be able to go through immigration and security checks within an hour.

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    Thrawn on 10/05/2016 - 13:11

    In some cases, you still need to have your passport/visa status verified at check-in area even though you don't have baggage.

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      geek001 on 10/05/2016 - 13:31

      Wouldn't that have been done at the first airport? I fail to see what the difference is. Is it was a documentation issue, wouldn't that mean that you have to do with the same thing with Scoot-thru?

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        Thrawn on 10/05/2016 - 14:50

        LCC usually do document verification at the final departure point.

        This is particularly likely when heading back to Australia.

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  SirFlibbled on 10/05/2016 - 12:20

  Air Asia have a similar Fly-through type thing. If you don't have checked luggage you'll still need to go through immigration at Singapore. That being said, the process is VERY fast. Immigration will take about 5 minutes, walk up the stairs, check in for the second flight and walk back through immigration. All up will probably take about 30 minutes depending on the check in line.

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  Peck on 10/05/2016 - 17:29

  With AirAsia if you make a thru booking you don't have to go out and back in thru Immigration but if you make 2 separate bookings you do. But the way that I read the Scoot info even if you have a thru booking you must pay $20 in addition to avoid Immigration etc.

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    SirFlibbled on 10/05/2016 - 20:45

    So pay $20 or go out through immigration. As I said it wont take too long to do so. It's just immigration to immigration. You'd have to go through security regardless of the option as the scanning is done at the gates.

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  oldrocker on 11/05/2016 - 10:02

  FWIW, last year I flew into Changi from Doha and was going to catch flight Changi to Kuala Lumpur. I only had carry-on, still had to go through Immigration. Also, they were very fussy about my middle name not being on my boarding pass, so had to get Jetstar staff to add my middle name, before I could pass Immigration. Have travelled the world and this is the only occasion this happened. So people, be aware of this. BTW, I flew Scoot once SIN - SYD and they were OK, budget airline standard. I too was confused about the "Scoot thru" business, but if it means you don't have to go through Immigration, some may prefer it reason being you don't have to see the expression on the Immigration officials face 'cos many times they look as if "someone's died in the family". Safe flight everyone!

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  MITM on 14/05/2016 - 18:29

  +1

  If you're flying Scoot and in transit at Changi, grab the s$40 vouchers and enjoy your free food Nd duty free.
  So now you're $20 ahead. Smiley