United Square

I realize I rarely venture to that part of Singapore unless we happen to drive by that area and have tons of time to spare which is rare.... so yesterday during lunch I decided to make payment for our Jakarta trip in August. This time by Garuda instead of our usual Lufthansa. A tad more expensive than Luft but I figured the time was well worth it.

I basically booked my leave on the 15th to 17th August which was supposed to be an anniversary getaway to Bali. I didnt want to leave the boys at home but to pay $400 for the boys each for that very short trip is absolutely crazy! So we decided not to go..

Mama suggested we go for our anniversary dinner in Jakarta and she'll babysit the boys.. heheheh :-)

So why Garuda? Because if we take Luft ($1054 for 4), we'll arrive 15th evening which means we only have Saturday to shop and then off we go on Sunday.. rubbish.. if we take Qatar ($900 for 4), we arrive at about 4pm.. and we have to take a cab to the apartment as Fai will be working anyway.. and we dun have much time to shop either what with the traffic jam...

With Garuda at $1120 we'll arrive on Thurday night (flight is at 8pm and we'll rush after I get off work), we'll still have time for dinner, spend the whole friday & saturday shopping and still have sunday to spare! YIPPPPEEE

Did I mention about the fuel charges? When I booked on the phone the total was $1112 incl taxes but when I went to pay the counter lady  told me its $1120 as the fuel charge increase by $2 each within that day! Can you imagine if I had gone to make payment next week??? 

This is why I dun fancy Garuda! No online booking!! So backdated la! Unless I book through Zuji but its $30 more.....sigghh