Let's SCOOT ... to Gold Coast!

It was an impromptu decision made late last month to travel to Gold Coast in January. We tried to avoid the November-December period since it's the Schoolies week. (Read: Schoolies week in Australia)

But because it was real late to find a cheap flight to Australia, our last resort was to fly Scoot! my second budget airline in my entire life. Emirates was going at around SGD$800, it was much cheaper than JetStar (which was SGD$1000+!) and it's a direct flight into Brisbane.

So anyway, checked in at Changi Airport's Terminal 2 about 8.30pm. There wasn't any queue and I thought I was late! Flight was scheduled at 10.30pm. And it departed right on time.

And because it's a 7.5 hours flight journey, we opted for FlyBagEat. Even though it's a night flight i did get famished along the way. Pre-ordered mutton briyani and the packaging is soooo tiny!

Anyway, we were lucky there wasn't anyone sitting next to us so the 3 seats on our side of the row practically belong to us! We were free to sit however we want to and we could sleep comfortably and not only confined to our seats.

By the time we knew it, we were already reaching Gold Coast. Do note that Scoot flies direct to Gold Coast and thus you'll save alot of time travelling from the airport to the heart of Gold Coast. I remembered myself taking about 1-2 hours of travelling to get from Brisbane to Gold Coast itself!

It was quite a smooth landing by the Captain of TZ 002. Bloody colleagues was scaring me telling me budget airlines always land rough. grr!

Anyway, Gold Coast (or more accurately Coolangatta airport) is quite a small, budget terminal. So upon arrival, you'll need to get through the tarmac. No phones or cameras are allowed on the ground, the airport staff will practically shout into your ears if you had any in your hands.

The waiting time to clear immigration took quite a while though. Do note that you can get your passports checked as a group even if you're travelling with your friends, partner, families. Yeap, more than 1 person can be at the immigration counter at any one time! Something that obviously we Singaporeans aren't familiar with because by hook or by crook, no matter if we're travelling with our partners/friends/families, we would have to clear immigration one by one.

Anyway, done with Part 1 of my first day Gold Coast Scoot experience. Stay tuned for more Gold Coast posts!