SQ Tips, Trips and Tales

[dajop]

Sitting in this lounge atm, 6.30am, nice clean, roomy space but IMO the food is a little wanting. Not too much for western tastes as I'm not into Asian. The cook to order section is noodles etc only.

Even in the F lounge at SIN SQ don’t do good western options. Apart from the wagyu sliders. It’s very basic.

 

[cove]

Our next trip has us flying to Sydney from Perth to do a first class run to Singapore and then to Heathrow.
Something different and we then fly to Chicago so it is a long cut.

 

[chitown_boy]

Even in the F lounge at SIN SQ don’t do good western options. Apart from the wagyu sliders. It’s very basic.

I am a diehard SQ fan, but just visited QF F in SIN a week ago for the first time and IMO - except for the wines / champagne - I had a much more pleasant experience in QF F SIN last week than I did in SQ TPR last European summer. The service (more friendly, polished, less haughty), food (more varied, bigger portions), and ambiance (brighter, livelier without being loud) were all better over at QF F (which I rate above QF F MEL/SYD as a lowly WP)

 

[moffat39]

Have booked one way redemptions for 2 in J Brisbane to Brussels on 21 March 2027. Our preference would have been Amsterdam or Frankfurt but saver redemptions were either waitlist or required night time flight from Brisbane and we did not want two night time flights for a few days either side of 21 March 2027. Plenty of availability to Brussels.

Our destination in Europe is Toulouse (one of our sons live there) so Brussels did not worry us. After Toulouse we have a Budabest to Bucharest river cruise on Scenic. Will try my luck booking J redemptions for the return flight next month.

 

[umberloidster]

Flew LHR-SIN-MEL in J last week, good flights great crew, pretty much what you'd expect (with the added bonus of the pilot no longer having an itchy trigger finger over the seat belt sign during minor bumps as I found in last year and the year before...)

Wanted to let everyone know that in the T3 SQ J lounge, the vibrating alert things they use when showers are available are either not working at all, or the dude operating the desk is a drongo. My wife was waiting 25+ mins for her buzzer to buzz, I wandered up to the counter and was told they had showers available right now, so the Mrs went for a shower while I hung out with our little one.

When it was my turn, I wandered up and was given a buzzer and told 15 minutes. After 20 I went up to ask and was told they had multiple free right away. Saw some pax on my way out having similar frustrations.

Might have been a one off but could be worth knowing as I'm sure folk on a tight schedule might struggle to fit a shower if the buzzer system isn't working right!

Oh and also, I tried the BTC carrot cake as everything else was too familiar, and loved it.

 

[serfty]

Flew LHR-SIN-MEL in J last week, good flights great crew, pretty much what you'd expect (with the added bonus of the pilot no longer having an itchy trigger finger over the seat belt sign during minor bumps as I found in last year and the year before...)

Wanted to let everyone know that in the T3 SQ J lounge, the vibrating alert things they use when showers are available are either not working at all, or the dude operating the desk is a drongo. My wife was waiting 25+ mins for her buzzer to buzz, I wandered up to the counter and was told they had showers available right now, so the Mrs went for a shower while I hung out with our little one.

When it was my turn, I wandered up and was given a buzzer and told 15 minutes. After 20 I went up to ask and was told they had multiple free right away. Saw some pax on my way out having similar frustrations.

Might have been a one off but could be worth knowing as I'm sure folk on a tight schedule might struggle to fit a shower if the buzzer system isn't working right!

Oh and also, I tried the BTC carrot cake as everything else was too familiar, and loved it.

Maybe the showers were available because people were still waiting for their buzzer to activate.

 

[Gladstone Tim]

Flew LHR-SIN-MEL in J last week, good flights great crew, pretty much what you'd expect (with the added bonus of the pilot no longer having an itchy trigger finger over the seat belt sign during minor bumps as I found in last year and the year before...)

Wanted to let everyone know that in the T3 SQ J lounge, the vibrating alert things they use when showers are available are either not working at all, or the dude operating the desk is a drongo. My wife was waiting 25+ mins for her buzzer to buzz, I wandered up to the counter and was told they had showers available right now, so the Mrs went for a shower while I hung out with our little one.

When it was my turn, I wandered up and was given a buzzer and told 15 minutes. After 20 I went up to ask and was told they had multiple free right away. Saw some pax on my way out having similar frustrations.

Might have been a one off but could be worth knowing as I'm sure folk on a tight schedule might struggle to fit a shower if the buzzer system isn't working right!

Oh and also, I tried the BTC carrot cake as everything else was too familiar, and loved it.

I recall something similar in the SIN J lounge last October. Buzzer didn’t alert but the staff said they had activated it. Showers were available.

 

[SOPOOR]

What would people recommend for a 6am to 10pm transit?

Really silly problem to have however when I booked this ticket I was intending to spend a full day in Singapore, I went last time in 2018 for a week.

However I did a week in singapore just 3 months ago so I basically did everything except for USJ

I missed out on the casino as I forgot my passport, but I cant imagine it being too much different to crown casino, melb. I did mbs about 3 times last visit, and almost every hawker centres

 

[Beer_budget]

I did mbs about 3 times last visit, and almost every hawker centres

All 123 of them? Have you been to different areas outside the financial core/Chinatown? What about Tiong Bahru, or Katong/Joo Chiat?

 

[JessicaTam]

SIA do run free sightseeing tours for longer layovers. You may have seen the places the tour goes, so perhaps just a chance to get out of the airport and 'switch off' for a while?

 

[Mr H]

One of my pet frustrations is that the SQ lounges don’t let you leave your hand luggage. That puts a downer on exploring for the day, especially if you are already tired from not sleeping well on an overnight flight.

 

[aspro2]

One of my pet frustrations is that the SQ lounges don’t let you leave your hand luggage. That puts a downer on exploring for the day, especially if you are already tired from not sleeping well on an overnight flight.

It's not terribly expensive to leave your hand luggage at the airside luggage storage service.

 

[Mr H]

It's not terribly expensive to leave your hand luggage at the airside luggage storage service.

I have never found it and the lounge dragons told me there was no such facility. Happy to be enlightened.

 

[aspro2]

All 123 of them? Have you been to different areas outside the financial core/Chinatown? What about Tiong Bahru, or Katong/Joo Chiat?

Exactly So many more good places to eat if you have only done the main ones. Also coastal walks if you don't mind the weather, the waterfront vibe up at Pasir Ris Park (not far from Changi) is pleasant if that's your thing, the zoo, botanical gardens (can get very sweaty), even going for a hike (even sweatier).

 

[Flyfrequently]

Looking to book SQ SIN-HKT-SIN as a bit of a newbie to them, having only done the odd short intra Asia hops many years ago.

Best/any place to look for discount codes?

 

[aspro2]

I have never found it and the lounge dragons told me there was no such facility. Happy to be enlightened.

Google changi luggage storage airside

 

[kamchatsky]

I have never found it and the lounge dragons told me there was no such facility. Happy to be enlightened.

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I've used it before for short transit, and went to downtown and back. No issues.