SQ Tips, Trips and Tales

[Melburnian1]

Update is I have booked MU J MEL-PVG/PVG-MEL for $4.8K - flt timings are excellent

Unless we see significant changes to SQ in 2026 with both rdpt inventory and comm tix prices then party totally over with SQ after 25 years - all good things come to an end huh?

I recently travelled one way on SQ with a B773ER.

I knew about the need to flip over the J seat to turn into a bed and also the oddly positioned footwell but the flight attendants blasted light into the cabin too long before reaching the destination. This reduced my sleep by about 45 minutes. Not happy Jan.

The fittings were showing signs of wear: not unexpected. The overall look was 'a bit tired'.

I've had much nicer looking cabins on PR and WY, even though SQ is supposedly the world's best airline or second best to QR.

The food was OK to good depending on the course, but again, WY in particular was ahead.

 

[PERLHR]

I recently travelled one way on SQ with a B773ER.

I knew about the need to flip over the J seat to turn into a bed and also the oddly positioned footwell but the flight attendants blasted light into the cabin too long before reaching the destination. This reduced my sleep by about 45 minutes. Not happy Jan.

The fittings were showing signs of wear: not unexpected. The overall look was 'a bit tired'.

I've had much nicer looking cabins on PR and WY, even though SQ is supposedly the world's best airline or second best to QR.

The food was OK to good depending on the course, but again, WY in particular was ahead.

It's certainly interesting that for various reasons (particularly the changes to the BA exec club for status) quite a number have been trying away from One World (myself included) onto other airlines and indeed Star Alliance. It's also interesting to see quite a few comments from first time users on SQ wondering just what the fuss is all about as expecting the best and deciding it's meadocre. I quite enjoyed my biz flights from Perth to.Hong Kong and back via SIN but not quite so my Y flights (6 sectors). Indeed in biz, the sleeping positions on 350 is not as good as the 787 in my opinion but I liked the seat on the 777 albeit with the scratches and bumps. As good as QR (no way) and in fact I far prefer the AY seat generally. However why oh why is cabin prepared for landing about an hour out ...

 

[lovestotravel]

I recently travelled one way on SQ with a B773ER.

I knew about the need to flip over the J seat to turn into a bed and also the oddly positioned footwell but the flight attendants blasted light into the cabin too long before reaching the destination. This reduced my sleep by about 45 minutes. Not happy Jan.

The fittings were showing signs of wear: not unexpected. The overall look was 'a bit tired'.

I've had much nicer looking cabins on PR and WY, even though SQ is supposedly the world's best airline or second best to QR.

The food was OK to good depending on the course, but again, WY in particular was ahead.

All valid points for the poor old 777's now That being said it's my favourite SQ aircraft

The refurbished A350's should be good, and hopefully the revamped food and beverage offerings bring SQ back to the glory days.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

I recently travelled one way on SQ with a B773ER.

I knew about the need to flip over the J seat to turn into a bed and also the oddly positioned footwell but the flight attendants blasted light into the cabin too long before reaching the destination. This reduced my sleep by about 45 minutes. Not happy Jan.

The fittings were showing signs of wear: not unexpected. The overall look was 'a bit tired'.

I've had much nicer looking cabins on PR and WY, even though SQ is supposedly the world's best airline or second best to QR.

The food was OK to good depending on the course, but again, WY in particular was ahead.

Because you have to do it by the book!

There is no room for deviation.

And, with the restrictive use of the seatbelt sign, leaving the second meal service any later might mean no meal service at all.

Cf Qantas, where the CSM has the discretion to ‘read the room’, and start the second meal service to respond to what’s happening in the cabin (either folk wanting more sleep, or ready for a snack).

Edited to add… CX isnt much better than SQ… weird meal times and very early second meal service.

 

[boomy]

PUS-SIN is currently the longest 7M8 route in the SQ network, a tad over 6 hours which meant we got amenity kits The seats are as comfortable as 737 seats get considering they go fully flat. I couldn’t score one of the throne seats as J was sold out weeks ago. I was happy with my window seat which actually seemed more spacious although it did feel strange to climb over my seat mate when going to use the loo, been a while since I’ve done that in J. Biggest negative was the cramped toilet, not on par with Int J standards but it is what it is, can’t do much about it on a narrow bodied plane. Apart from that minor nuisance it was a very pleasant flight and I’m thankful to SQ for bringing back direct flights to Busan.











I’ve also done this route in the opposite direction last week flying together with my +1. It was a slightly shorter overnight flight. The seat felt quite soft and cushiony in bed mode and we managed to sleep quite well despite the lack of proper bedding (until our baby woke us up and the rest of the cabin ).

One general observation that has nothing to do with these flights in particular is that since the Ex LHR incident last year SQ pilots tend to turn on the seatbelt sign more often and leave it on for longer periods. I guess it’s better to be safe than sorry but it does interrupt the service.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

I think row 1 (row 11) is the pick of the bunch for the 737 given the wider footwells. I’ve read the throne seats offer plenty of overall space side-to-side, but the seat itself is narrow, as is the cubby for your legs

I mentioned the seat belt thing a few months ago… I wish I hadn’t