Singapore Lounges for Platinum

[gfurlong]

Hi everyone,

I'm a virgin platinum flyer from domestic travel, and am now doing some international travel on Virgin partner, Singapore Airlines. I am used to platinum with Qantas, and the experiences at Qantas First lounges.

Tomorrow I'm flying Mel-Sin on an SQ flight (instead of Qantas now!) What Singapore lounges do I have access to as a Velocity platinum flyer, and what's the protocol ... just show Virgin Platinum card in the app? I'm flying premium economy.

Thanks,
Greg

 

[serfty]

Hi everyone,

I'm a virgin platinum flyer from domestic travel, and am now doing some international travel on Virgin partner, Singapore Airlines. I am used to platinum with Qantas, and the experiences at Qantas First lounges.

Tomorrow I'm flying Mel-Sin on an SQ flight (instead of Qantas now!) What Singapore lounges do I have access to as a Velocity platinum flyer, and what's the protocol ... just show Virgin Platinum card in the app? I'm flying premium economy.

Thanks,
Greg

You get access to the Business Section SilverKris lounge at Melbourne (and any port other than SIN where a SilverKris lounge exists before a SQ operated flight).

At SIN, you have access to the *Gold lounges in T3 and T2, NOT the SilverKris lounges.

More here:

Singapore Airlines lounge

www.virginaustralia.com

 

[gfurlong]

You get access to the Business Section SilverKris lounge at Melbourne (and any port other than SIN where a SilverKris lounge exists before a SQ flight).

As SIN, you have access to the *Gold lounges in T3 and T2, NOT the SilverKris lounges.

More here:

Thanks, Serfty, that's great.

I'm used to navigating just Qantas First and this flight I'd see what the Virgin partner lounges of Singapore Airlines are like.

Thanks

 

[dbrt]

Thanks, Serfty, that's great.

I'm used to navigating just Qantas First and this flight I'd see what the Virgin partner lounges of Singapore Airlines are like.

Thanks

The SilverKris lounge in MEL isn't bad - it caters for both Business Class and status holders, so it is appropriate for that level.

But don't hold your breath for the KrisFlyer Gold lounge in SIN. It's bang average in my opinion. Admittedly it's designed to be like this - it literally exists to keep non-SQ status holders away from their (very good) Business Class SilverKris lounge, which already gets rammed at times from the number of flights operating and the high premium density.

Obviously not for this trip, but if you have a decent layover in SIN, I try and make the sector departing SIN be in Biz wherever possible so that I can access the SilverKris lounge. I only have access to KrisFlyer Gold for an 8 hour layover on the way to the US coming up soon (sadly not up the front for the sector departing SIN), and as a testament to how average I feel the KF Gold Lounge is, I will spend S$200 on a transit hotel for 6 hours and spend it in there instead.

 

[TMP]

I don't mind the Singapore KF Gold lounge tbh. It's been fine when I have visited. Much better than the equivalent QR lounge in Doha. Now *that* is a transit lounge zoo!