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17 March 2005 Issue No. 39-05
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| Find out the latest travel news, promotions and
announcements from UOB Travel Planners, airlines and airports. Special Promotion 
Singapore Airlines is offering special GV fares to the following destinations
for sale from 27 Mar to 20 May 2005:
Non-ET destinations - SGN, MLE, CMB, ATQ, AMD, BOM, DEL, BLR, CCU These fares are applicable with the following ticketing conditions: 1) Valid for tickets sold and issued on/after 18 Mar to on/before 22 Mar 2005 2) Travel outbound for GV2 fares on/after 27 March 2005 to on/before 20 May 2005 and for GV4 fares on/after 21 May 2005 to on/before 30 June 2005. 3) Fare basis: VP507A and VP508A for GV2 fares and VP509A and VP510A for GV4 fares. 4) Advance Purchase: 5 Days (Tickets must be issued at least 5 days before departure). 5) Ticketing Time Limit (TTL): 3 Days after booking. 6) Last Ticketing date: 22 Mar 2005. 7) The addition of passengers to the original PNR is not allowed for both GV2 and GV4 fares. 8) Tickets once issued are non-refundable and no flight/date change is allowed. 9) Booking class is V on both the outbound and inbound journeys. These fares are not eligible for frequent flyer program (FFP) mileage accrual. Please adhere strictly to the sales and ticketing conditions, in particular, the 5-Day Advance Purchase requirement and the 3 Days TTL, whichever is earlier for ticket issuance. 
Please be informed on the following schedule changes (effective 27 March 2005 unless otherwise stated) for Northern Summer 2005 (NS05). Southeast Asia (SEA) Services HANOI will have an additional Sunday service, making it a daily operation. The schedule is as follows: -
Europe (EUR) Services ATHENS will have an additional Wednesday service, making it 3X weekly. The schedule is as follows: -
North Asia (NA) Services There will be additional 2X weekly flights (Mon/Thu EX-SIN) added to SHENZHEN, making it a 5X weekly operation. The full schedule is as follows: -
FUKUOKA will have additional 2X weekly service (Wed/Fri EX-SIN), making it a daily operation. The schedule is as follows: -
South West Pacific (SWP) Services BRISBANE (SQ255/256) will have additional 2X weekly flights (Tue/Sat EX-SIN), making it a 3X daily operation. The full flight schedules are as follows: -
MELBOURNE (SQ 237/238) will be served with additional Thu/Sat EX-SIN services, making it a 3X daily operation. The full flight schedules are as follows: -
PERTH (SQ 225/224) will be served with additional Tue EX-SIN services. In addition, there will be another additional Sun EX-SIN flight (SQ 225/224) effective 6 Jun 2005. The full flight schedules are as follows: -
West Asia Africa (WAA) Services MUMBAI (SQ422/421) will have additional 2X weekly flights (Tue/Wed EX-SIN), making it a double daily operation. The schedules are as follows: -
The flight numbers for West Asia Africa services will be renumbered. A summary of the main changes can be found in the table below: -
Telephone, Fax or Email Check-in is now available with immediate effect. This service is available for passengers with confirmed flight reservations flying out of Singapore. Phone : (65) 6542 8821 (Available from 2.30pm - 7pm) Fax : (65) 65420506 (Anytime) Email: checkin@swissport.com.sg (Anytime) Early Check In service is available at Changi Airport Terminal 1, check-in row 9 from 2.30pm - 7pm. The Premier Check-in Lounge service for First and Business class passengers has been discontinued with immediate effect. Check-in for First and Business Class passengers is now available at Changi Airport Terminal 1, check-in row 9.
Effective March 2005, the U.S. Domestic free baggage weight allowance of 50 lbs (23 kgs) will expand to all destinations, including Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Mexico, Caribbean, Central and South America, Europe and Asia. Bags checked to all destinations that weight between 51 and 70 lbs (24 and 32 kgs.) will be charged the standard US$25 fee. Any such bags will also be identified with a special tag to alert handlers. For flights to international destinations, the maximum amount of baggage each ticketed passenger is allowed free of charge is two pieces checked and one carry-on. The maximum weight per checked bag is 50 lbs/23 kgs.
Travelling throughout Asia - and the world - is about to become easier with these new United routes. New Hong Kong to Ho Chi Minh City service Vietnam has one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Our new service between Hong Kong and Vietnam will be very welcome to companies doing business there. Customers in Asia can fly United or a Star Alliance airline from major cities to Hong Kong, making connecting flights to Vietnam. Special Offer: Earn triple miles on roundtrip flights between Hong Kong and Vietnam through 31 March 2005. Second flight from Tokyo to Los Angeles In response to customers' increasing demand for flights to Los Angeles, United will add a second daily flight from Tokyo to the second largest city in the U.S. This second flight will be aboard a B777 aircraft with three classes of service. New Nagoya-San Francisco non-stop service Starting March 2005, customers in Asia will be able to fly nonstop daily from Central Japan International Airport (Nagoya) to San Francisco on United, the only airline to offer non-stop service between Nagoya and San Francisco. Star Alliance Currently there are 18 airlines in the Star Alliance network. In 2005, two new airlines will be joining: • South African Airways • TAP Air Portugal Archive
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