Some travellers snapped up tickets months in advance to avoid the expected rise in prices. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - Travellers planning to make a trip to Malaysia during the Chinese New Year period in 2024 can expect to fork out up to three times more for airfare and bus tickets.
She bought the tickets for her Feb 10 to 18 trip in March 2023, almost immediately after they were made available on the airline’s website. As at Wednesday, the same route costs $526.Checks by The Straits Times found that a one-way economy class airfare to Kuala Lumpur is between $81 and $552 for travel from Feb 4 to 10, an increase from $70 to $214 the week before.
Without disclosing figures, Scoot said the airline “continues to see strong demand” for flights to Malaysia leading up to the holiday. A spokesperson for bus operator Sri Maju Group said 60 per cent of its tickets to different destinations in Malaysia for Feb 8 to 10 have sold out since they went on sale on Oct 10.
Mr Sonny Cosme, its public relations and marketing specialist, said customers can expect a 30 per cent increase from its regular price of $35 – for a one-way ride to Kuala Lumpur – when ticket sales start three months before the period.
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