Whilst I remember just a few notes from our recent trip to Europe.
1 WP adult travelling with 1 other adult and 2 children in economy. Flew nasty 01.05am to SIN. Checked in at Suites desk in MEL, given express priority passes to breeze through security and immigration. Had to hand priority passes back to immigration lady boo hiss. Went straight to SQ lounge, handed WP card over and smiled sweetly. All 4 of us let in no problem. It was pretty quiet in there and ours was, I think, the only SQ flight left to depart so this probably accounted for their flexibility. Nice to get to chill in the lounge though - mini sausage rolls and orange juice to keep the kids quiet, wine and beer to keep the hubby quiet and free wifi for me. Good L-shape design so as it filled up there became a "them and us" seating style between those with kids and those without - perfect! Express boarding onto plane, had to show WP card again.
3 hours in Changi, didn't bother trying to get into lounge as too busy spending Changi dollars on rubbish I didn't need. Chaotic line up for flight - priority boarding Q longer than normal one so just picked the normal one. Would have been really annoyed if I'd been flying J.
Bags first off at LHR - love priority tagging!
CDG - checked in at Suites desk again. Had lost WP card in London (don't ask) so showed them luggage tag and kept saying "platinum, platinum". I think they just got fed up of us and let us in. No express clearance but used UK passports so pretty quick through. Lounge is "before" security miles away from our gate so didn't bother trying, though tbh whole public area at CDG (Terminal 1) sucks. No space, hardly any shops. Upstairs on A380 - jumped Q again priority boarding. Very very confused with what "platinum" was but we wore them down
so one of the first on to top level.
Late into SIN so 20 minute dash from one end of terminal to the other so no need for priority boarding. Bags off first again at MEL - yippee! (Testament to Changi efficiency that our bags made it at all!)
Main issue: Lady at checkin said my status wasn't showing in their system so VA really need to sort this out. If it had showed on boarding passes everything would have been a lot easier. Clearly MEL staff much more on board with whole relationship thing between the two airlines. No onboard love for status, but made up for this with dedicated attendance to the kids so this evened it out.
All in all, good flight, had to push for Platinum benefits but as long as you appear confident they seem to give in pretty quickly.
Now just waiting for "review" to requal as WP.
1 WP adult travelling with 1 other adult and 2 children in economy. Flew nasty 01.05am to SIN. Checked in at Suites desk in MEL, given express priority passes to breeze through security and immigration. Had to hand priority passes back to immigration lady boo hiss. Went straight to SQ lounge, handed WP card over and smiled sweetly. All 4 of us let in no problem. It was pretty quiet in there and ours was, I think, the only SQ flight left to depart so this probably accounted for their flexibility. Nice to get to chill in the lounge though - mini sausage rolls and orange juice to keep the kids quiet, wine and beer to keep the hubby quiet and free wifi for me. Good L-shape design so as it filled up there became a "them and us" seating style between those with kids and those without - perfect! Express boarding onto plane, had to show WP card again.
3 hours in Changi, didn't bother trying to get into lounge as too busy spending Changi dollars on rubbish I didn't need. Chaotic line up for flight - priority boarding Q longer than normal one so just picked the normal one. Would have been really annoyed if I'd been flying J.
Bags first off at LHR - love priority tagging!
CDG - checked in at Suites desk again. Had lost WP card in London (don't ask) so showed them luggage tag and kept saying "platinum, platinum". I think they just got fed up of us and let us in. No express clearance but used UK passports so pretty quick through. Lounge is "before" security miles away from our gate so didn't bother trying, though tbh whole public area at CDG (Terminal 1) sucks. No space, hardly any shops. Upstairs on A380 - jumped Q again priority boarding. Very very confused with what "platinum" was but we wore them down
so one of the first on to top level.Late into SIN so 20 minute dash from one end of terminal to the other so no need for priority boarding. Bags off first again at MEL - yippee! (Testament to Changi efficiency that our bags made it at all!)
Main issue: Lady at checkin said my status wasn't showing in their system so VA really need to sort this out. If it had showed on boarding passes everything would have been a lot easier. Clearly MEL staff much more on board with whole relationship thing between the two airlines. No onboard love for status, but made up for this with dedicated attendance to the kids so this evened it out.
All in all, good flight, had to push for Platinum benefits but as long as you appear confident they seem to give in pretty quickly.
Now just waiting for "review" to requal as WP.
