SQ Tips, Trips and Tales

[HirafuHeartAttack]

Is there anything we should do (ie tell cabin crew) if we want to visit TPR on arrival?
We are on SQ222 so would love to have a quick visit and dinner there before collecting bags and heading into the city. I have heard it's possible but thought the brains trust here would have experience.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Is there anything we should do (ie tell cabin crew) if we want to visit TPR on arrival?
We are on SQ222 so would love to have a quick visit and dinner there before collecting bags and heading into the city. I have heard it's possible but thought the brains trust here would have experience.

Just turn up at the TPR and show your inbound boarding pass.

The cabin crew aren’t involved.

Remember to enter singapore through the same terminal you arrive in. For example if you arrive T2 and visit the PR in T3, you must return to T2 to clear immigration… that’s where your bags will be held by the left luggage office.

 

[HirafuHeartAttack]

Just turn up at the TPR and show your inbound boarding pass.

The cabin crew aren’t involved.

Remember to enter singapore through the same terminal you arrive in. For example if you arrive T2 and visit the PR in T3, you must return to T2 to clear immigration… that’s where your bags will be held by the left luggage office.

Awesome, thank you! Fingers crossed we arrive at T3 then but no stress either way.

 

[stm1sydney]

That’s your experience, and that’s great…. until it isn’t. Mine - and others - have been different.

Just wait till you get a couple flights in a row where the pilots are over cautious. It significantly impacts the overall product.

Until I experienced it I was much the same as you. But once it happens it’s a risk that goes into considering whether to fly SQ or another carrier.

Four long sectors in the last few weeks, and it seems to me this is now back to normal.

 

[zsw]

Four long sectors in the last few weeks, and it seems to me this is now back to normal.

Flew SYD - SIN on Monday and have to say the seat belt sign was barely used. The only time it came on after ascent was when the captain came on and stated there was a weather system there is turbulence for the next 7 - 10 minutes so please be seated.

Probably not the most weather prone route.

 

[drron]

Currently on SQ232 and seatbelt sign came on very soon after it had gone off after takeoff. Said to be due to turbulence but none experienced.
Wifi very slow since they let Y pax have unlimited internet.

And interesting that as VA gold I was asked for my choice of meal well before every one around me.

 

[kerfuffle]

Currently on SQ232 and seatbelt sign came on very soon after it had gone off after takeoff. Said to be due to turbulence but none experienced.
Wifi very slow since they let Y pax have unlimited internet.

And interesting that as VA gold I was asked for my choice of meal well before every one around me.

I don't think it's because of Y having unlimited internet (which is only if you're a KF member). I flew SQ232 in April in PE and my friend was in J and both had bad internet connections. Was much more usable on SQ231 (in J) a few days later

 

[sudoer]

Was much more usable on SQ231 (in J) a few days later

Probably because most of the plane is trying to sleep?

 

[drron]

Certainly different to my experience when it was only F and J with complementary access..
Not quite 3 hours in and the seat belt sign is on again and lunch service suspended. No turbulence at all.
But I got bread with lunch.


But the garlic bread is stone cold.

 

[dajop]

I don't think it's because of Y having unlimited internet (which is only if you're a KF member). I flew SQ232 in April in PE and my friend was in J and both had bad internet connections. Was much more usable on SQ231 (in J) a few days later

Aircraft type is the biggest determinant (some us different providers). IME, in terms of internet performance A350>>>777>A380. Can't recall what it is like on 787-10s or the 737s.

 

[Quickstatus]

Aircraft type is the biggest determinant (some us different providers). IME, in terms of internet performance A350>>>777>A380. Can't recall what it is like on 787-10s or the 737s.

Correct
SITA runs on double the transmission frequency than the Panasonics meaning SITA has much more shared bandwidth.
The Panasonics were factory fitted into the 777-300 with some having the SITA retrofitted as an upgrade.

A380/350 (MH) have SITA as do the 777-300 9V-SWA-SWT

So @drron's SQ232 is 9V-SWW which is Panasonic.

 

[dajop]

I just cannot believe how bad the breakfast offerings are in SIN SKL J since Covid - basically the cough on offer is inedible. Offerings in revamped lounge are so far behind what was previously offered in old J Lounge it is hard to believe

The F lounge food (not TPR) with its open kitchen concept prima facie appears to be better than pre-covid. However, dig a little deeper, and whilst the food is tasty and delicious and far from inedible, it is basically just hawker food. SQ have doubled down on hawker food both in lounges and on board, which is fine - they are proud of their heritage and catering to the local market in some respects, but my problem is that I can just get that near home any time for $5 or so. Or if airside get similar food for $7-8 at the Singapore Food Street in T3. When it's the main thing on offer it doesn't smack of premium.

Pre-covid there used to be a rotation of (non-burger) western food in the mix, they often served up a tasty lamb shank. Now it's just the wagyu sliders rotating with iberico pork sliders (and yes at a nearby hawker stall I get delicious burger with far superior chips for $10) or a fancy toastie at breakfast time. They never rotate and seem to lack any form of imagination when it comes to the menu. It wouldn't take a lot, with the live cooking station, for example to serve up an eggs benedict for breakfast - they do the classic Singaporean breakfast of runny eggs and Kaya toast.

Now the beverages in the F lounge are fine though, so can't complain too much.

Oh and as for the J lounge food, it's all relative. It's still better than the slop that QF serve up in their home J international J lounges. Also I recently flew on TK down to MEL, and skipped on the TK contract lounge (Dnata) in T1 and went straight to the SQ J lounge in T3, this was for breakfast. I did get back to T1 a little before boarding so popped into the Dnata lounge. If you rated SQ J lounge food 5/10, the Dnata lounge might scrape by with a score of 0.5/10. Food there was just awful.

 

[dajop]

Correct
SITA runs on double the transmission frequency than the Panasonics meaning SITA has much more shared bandwidth.

A380/350 have SITA as do the 777-300 9V-SWA-SWT

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Makes sense. Most of my flying in recent times has been on A350 long haul/ULH which has the Panasonic, it was a noticeable downgrade on the A380 I flew to FRA earlier this month, to the point that internet was difficult to use at times (and it doesn't have coverage over several countries between Sin & Europe, such as India).

 

[iamsuperandrew]

The F lounge food (not TPR) with its open kitchen concept prima facie appears to be better than pre-covid. However, dig a little deeper, and whilst the food is tasty and delicious and far from inedible, it is basically just hawker food. SQ have doubled down on hawker food both in lounges and on board, which is fine - they are proud of their heritage and catering to the local market in some respects, but my problem is that I can just get that near home any time for $5 or so. Or if airside get similar food for $7-8 at the Singapore Food Street in T3. When it's the main thing on offer it doesn't smack of premium.

Pre-covid there used to be a rotation of (non-burger) western food in the mix, they often served up a tasty lamb shank. Now it's just the wagyu sliders rotating with iberico pork sliders (and yes at a nearby hawker stall I get delicious burger with far superior chips for $10) or a fancy toastie at breakfast time. They never rotate and seem to lack any form of imagination when it comes to the menu. It wouldn't take a lot, with the live cooking station, for example to serve up an eggs benedict for breakfast - they do the classic Singaporean breakfast of runny eggs and Kaya toast.

Now the beverages in the F lounge are fine though, so can't complain too much.

Oh and as for the J lounge food, it's all relative. It's still better than the slop that QF serve up in their home J international J lounges. Also I recently flew on TK down to MEL, and skipped on the TK contract lounge (Dnata) in T1 and went straight to the SQ J lounge in T3, this was for breakfast. I did get back to T1 a little before boarding so popped into the Dnata lounge. If you rated SQ J lounge food 5/10, the Dnata lounge might scrape by with a score of 0.5/10. Food there was just awful.

I would agree, TPR red wine list is very average since they removed the Leoville Poyferre.

As for the F lounge, I saw that they had Piper Rare when we where there back in July 2024, do they serve something else since that has been removed?

 

[drron]

So an hour after lunch the seat belt sign came back on and half an hour later it is still on. Not a bump in fact a very smooth ride.

 

[kerfuffle]

Correct
SITA runs on double the transmission frequency than the Panasonics meaning SITA has much more shared bandwidth.
The Panasonics were factory fitted into the 777-300 with some having the SITA retrofitted as an upgrade.

A380/350 (MH) have SITA as do the 777-300 9V-SWA-SWT

So @drron's SQ232 is 9V-SWW which is Panasonic.


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Oh. My SQ232 was an A380 (and same for SQ231). Didn't realise theirs was not.

 

[lovestotravel]

The F lounge food (not TPR) with its open kitchen concept prima facie appears to be better than pre-covid. However, dig a little deeper, and whilst the food is tasty and delicious and far from inedible, it is basically just hawker food. SQ have doubled down on hawker food both in lounges and on board, which is fine - they are proud of their heritage and catering to the local market in some respects, but my problem is that I can just get that near home any time for $5 or so. Or if airside get similar food for $7-8 at the Singapore Food Street in T3. When it's the main thing on offer it doesn't smack of premium.

Pre-covid there used to be a rotation of (non-burger) western food in the mix, they often served up a tasty lamb shank. Now it's just the wagyu sliders rotating with iberico pork sliders (and yes at a nearby hawker stall I get delicious burger with far superior chips for $10) or a fancy toastie at breakfast time. They never rotate and seem to lack any form of imagination when it comes to the menu. It wouldn't take a lot, with the live cooking station, for example to serve up an eggs benedict for breakfast - they do the classic Singaporean breakfast of runny eggs and Kaya toast.

Now the beverages in the F lounge are fine though, so can't complain too much.

Oh and as for the J lounge food, it's all relative. It's still better than the slop that QF serve up in their home J international J lounges. Also I recently flew on TK down to MEL, and skipped on the TK contract lounge (Dnata) in T1 and went straight to the SQ J lounge in T3, this was for breakfast. I did get back to T1 a little before boarding so popped into the Dnata lounge. If you rated SQ J lounge food 5/10, the Dnata lounge might scrape by with a score of 0.5/10. Food there was just awful.

I don't even eat in the J lounge anymore, we head to Jewel and get something there and then head for a coughtail in the J lounge and spend less than 1 hour there at most.

Sad times

 

[luckypierre]

I don't even eat in the J lounge anymore, we head to Jewel and get something there and then head for a coughtail in the J lounge and spend less than 1 hour there at most.

Sad times

I tend to agree, certainly the benefit of the T3 SKL is the showers and coughtails. Off topic , recently experienced the Qatar lounge. Certainly a WOW boutique experience, great service, al a carte dining and hardly anyone there. In contrast the QF J lounge were expecting 800 customers that night and had mediocre offerings.

 

[Quickstatus]

If SK Lounge is hawker food then QFJ lounge is canteen food

 

[drron]

232 when I booked but a 777 today. As usual I had booked 14D,F. Not notified of change of aircraft and given 23D,F. Not thrilled especially as Mrsdrron was last for lunch order and her choice was taken originally but later told not available. Mrsdrron is not a lady to trifle with and she ended up with the original choice.