<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Arlauckas @ Feb 21 2010, 11:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>
Hi!

SE Asia airports are a huge challenge for the non rev PAX. Every single flight tends to be overbooked. In a nutshell....it is a nightmare. Stand by lists can easily reach 20 people. Dead easy.

I want to go to Indonesia for 3 weeks...and as far as i could understand Singapore and Kuala Lumpur (to a lesser extent) are the best gateways to get to Jakarta.

How difficult can it be to leave Sinagopre on a Friday/Saturday night flight to Europe (regardless the final destination)? SQ flights excluded - I am not willing to fly ID75.
Any advice?

US colleagues are welcomed to share their stories (SIN to US) too. Is it difficult too?[/b]
Arlauckas : As a Star partner, TP should have some generous concessions with Star carriers, the same as us.
Typically, when I am heading to the Far East, I use HKG as my gateway with LH. One I don&#39;t want to fly coach if I can help it and BKK is a difficult flight to get on.
LH serve HKG from both FRA and MUC. I try and fly via MUC where possible.
Alternatively, BKK is also served by LX, OS & SK - all 3 should offer C class ZED&#39;s.
A new C class ZED Low agreement we have is with TK, TP should be the same. They also serve HKG and BKK.
Flying with a Star carrier should place you just above their own employees in terms of priority, at least, that&#39;s our agreement.
I have not been successful with LH in C class to SIN, quite possibly because the couple of times I tried it, were during the Christmas season.
If you make it to HKG : CX or GA to JKT. BKK onwards with TG/GA. SIN onwards with GA. Our agreement is also ID75 with SQ.
Check SilkAir though, our agreement is ID90 and I used them once from SIN/HKT.

Good luck !