SQ Tips, Trips and Tales

[jkbaus]

Coffee's hot and the drinks are cold.

That's breakfast if you don't want brown toast sweethearts

 

[iamsuperandrew]

Speaking of bars @Cruiser

The refurbished F lounge in T2 is gorgeous!
It’s also the only SQ lounge that still serve PH Rare

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Are the reds different to TPR?

 

[boomy]

Are the reds different to TPR?

Some are the same but I don’t this 2005 Chateau Pichon Longueville was offered in the F lounge.

 

[mel-world]

I had a couple of opportunities to try the new T2 F Lounge at SIN over the Christmas period as well as the T3 F Lounge. I did find the T2 Lounge a better environment and generally less crowded than the T3 Lounge. The view of the airport from the windows will be better when the building works are complete outside.

Early evening of the 29th December, the space was almost empty and I had a choice of any shower after a long day in the heat. The only comment on the shower is a lack of a seat to sit on when dressing.

A few photos:







And a view from the walkway on exiting the Lounge:


Food options around Christmas - only one dish reflected the festive season. These are from SYD F Lounge and the two in Singapore on either end of the return flights. (One of the benefits on TPPS is arrival access to the Lounges on arrival).

Sydney - a haven after a chaotic T1 terminal on Christmas Day morning.





This was about the only recognition of Christmas of the 380 to and from SIN.


However the crew were, as usual, absolutely excellent and even got together to sing me a happy (80th) birthday during the flight. I got another bear to add to my collection and a card signed by the crew.

And with 9600 cabin crew now employed by SQ what do you think my chances of getting one senior (red) crew on a flight to HKG on 27 December and again on SQ231 back to SYD on the 30th. She was just as enthusiastic in welcoming me back to the second flight as she was getting all the girls together to wish me happy birthday on the 27th.

Those with long memories may know that one of the very few opportunities of getting a voluntary upgrade on SQ is for PPS members within 2 days either side of their birthday. Well, due to the current excellent loads - all flights quite full - there were no F or R upgrades available on any of four flights I took around my birthday. I know I will never get this so close to Christmas - but worth a try.

It was a memorable short trip none the less. I still really enjoy SQ after 25 years as a TPPS.

Mind you, the lady in 11D was not at all impressed that I had chosen 11F to sleep on SQ231 - her husband was somewhere else on the plane and she was not happy that the cabin crew would not even ask me to move.

My only complaint was the common believe that the breakfast on these short overnights in lacking in the J cabin. (And finally, why can't SQ get bread right on-board. It really cannot be eaten - my breakfast roll was so hard that I'm sure it could have been used as the new ball at the Ashes Test!!)

 

[Melburnian1]

@mel-world , most impressive that you can still extensively travel at age 80. Happy Birthday..

In contrast to you, I was annoyed on a recent SIN_MEL SQ southbound that the crew switched on lights three hours prior to landing, to serve breakfast. This meant little time for sleep in the J cabin given the time in the air is only c. six hours 40 minutes.