I finally bought my return tix home.

Was eyeing 19 Dec for SQ for some time and I had planned all along to save by redeeming my miles. But when I saw the SQ website having no tickets on that day left, I started to panick... it is after all Christmas season!

The news then came out saying that oil prices have fallen below US$100 and I thought.. wonderful! That should feed into lower ticket prices. The next morning I checked, the tickets mysteriously went up to €888.05!!! Ouch...

Spent the weekend in anticipation, hoping to find a website that will yield good ticket prices since it is all dynamic and found one - Opodo.de with a €679 ticket on the 18th! I grabbed it and proudly declared to my housemate who worked with Air Canada that I've got a bargain :)

He said.. "that's still expensive". Then he searched his own employee portal and found that all flights are indeed booked for 19 Dec. So I felt good about this bargain. Until he said.. let me try Expedia.ca. Then he called up a screen that showed a China Airlines ticket from Frankfurt to Singapore for C$906! He then converted it - €566!!!

ARRGH!!!