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Reuniting with loved ones during festive seasons is something many look forward to.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But for some, particularly those travelling to Ipoh, Malaysia for Chinese New Year (CNY) next year, it can come at a hefty price.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This comes as flight ticket prices surge during the holiday season, with low-cost carrier fares soaring to new heights.<\/p>\n
A check by AsiaOne on Thursday (Oct 22) found that one-way Scoot flights from Singapore to Ipoh cost significantly more in the week leading up to CNY (Jan 30 to Feb 5, 2027) \u2014 at $734.20.<\/p>\n
In comparison, flights on the same route ranged from $105.20 to $241.20 just days before (Jan 23 to Jan 28), before bumping up to $562.20 on Jan 29.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, flights from Ipoh to Singapore saw a similar trend, with ticket prices peaking on Feb 8, the third day of Chinese New Year, at $686.45.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Prices remained elevated in the following days, before starting to fall from Feb 15 at $596.45. Flights from Ipoh to Singapore for the rest of the month from Feb 16 ranged from $48.45 to $193.45.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This means a round trip during the festive season could set travellers back at least $1,420 \u2014 if they want to make it to Ipoh in time for reunion dinner on Feb 5 and return a few days to a week after.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And that’s before factoring in any additional charges such as checked baggage and seat selection.\u00a0<\/p>\n
While it is common to see airfares surge during festive periods, this marks a new high, as Ipoh-Singapore round trip prices only reached around $1,100 previously, according to Shin Min Daily News.<\/p>\n
For reference, the cheapest return flight between Singapore and Ipoh on Scoot outside of the peak festive period in the same month is about $153.65.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, other flights to different parts of Malaysia appeared to cost significantly less.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A separate check by AsiaOne on the same day saw that the most expensive round trip from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur on Singapore Airlines, which Scoot is a subsidiary of, was $812.<\/p>\n
If travelling on Scoot, a return flight between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur cost at least $914.65 during the peak period.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Currently, Scoot is the only airline with a direct route between Singapore and Ipoh.\u00a0<\/p>\n The flight time is around an hour and 15 minutes.<\/p>\n Previously, AirAsia also offered direct flights between the two locations before it suspended the route in April 2025.<\/p>\n Batik Air subsequently started flying between Singapore and Ipoh directly in December 2025. However, it ended the service in May this year.<\/p>\n [[nid:747567]]<\/p>\n carol.ong@asiaone.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Reuniting with loved ones during festive seasons is something many look forward to.\u00a0 But for some, particularly those travelling to Ipoh, Malaysia for Chinese New…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=94940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/94941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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