SIA frowns on wedding gown

NZ Herald News, 16 Feb 2011
A new bride heading to New Zealand for her wedding photos was told she wasn't allowed to hang her gown on board.
"It's a $25,000 designer wedding gown complete with diamonds, pearls and sequins, and SIA told us we had to fold it up and put it into one of its plastic bags if we wanted to bring it on board. It's just totally absurd," he said.
As SIA is the only airline with direct flights from Singapore to Auckland, the couple had to cancel their trip and instead flew Thai Airways, which acceded their request, to Thailand for their wedding shoot. Full story