SQ Tips, Trips and Tales

[Cruiser Elite]

Keep an eye on your bookings lads and ladettes - we live in ever changing times.

I booked F MEL-SIN-PVG coupla months back - SQ830 on 380 was not available so I booked SQ828 on 77W - just playing on SQ web site and now see availability on 380 - quick amendment to booking now tags 380 on SQ830 with 77W on SQ218 - and later dep time means full lunch service rather than PITA brekkie - arriving into SIN 6am then brekkie in TPR means last thing you want to front up to id brekkie on another flt an hour or so later.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

I'll be in F Mon Oct 27 - I'll wander into J and road test - sorry - air test it.

That's what I'm talking about!



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[Cruiser Elite]

Currently in R on SQ802 SIN-PEK. Can now send/receive SMS/MMS inflight - billed direct you your normal carrier. Details here - CONNECTIVITY, AT YOUR FINGERTIPS

Tested it with an SMS to office and to a couple of AFF luminaries. Next thing I get a call from one said luminary - call up FS and tell him I just received call - "oh that should have been turned off - thanks for alerting us".

I would think full usage mobiles certainly possible now - will they permit it? My god - imagine a plane full of Chinese going hammer and tong on their mobiles - OMG!

 

[cove]

It was only me Cruiser!

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Couple of questions from a friend flying business class yesterday SIN-LHR. Says they received a free 15MB wifi pass. is that new? Secondly, immediately after departure a full breakfast was served (Sq308), followed a few hours later by a full lunch. Pre-arrival, a tray with doritos and biscuits was passed around (although they could have had something from the lite bites menu).

They wanted to know why serve the full lunch 6.5 hours out of London when many people were sleeping?

 

[diningdecadence]

does anyone have the SQ email address to request menus? looking to get home from the states and meal choices will (perhaps sadly? ) feature prominently as a reason to choose the departure city.

 

[hummel]

I would think full usage mobiles certainly possible now - will they permit it? My god - imagine a plane full of Chinese going hammer and tong on their mobiles - OMG!

Don't encourage them! Flew into CAN on Monday... and no sooner had we touched down had half the tour group got up and started to grab their bags from the overhead lockers. Hadn't even vacated the runway!!

 

[mel-world]

Don't encourage them! Flew into CAN on Monday... and no sooner had we touched down had half the tour group got up and started to grab their bags from the overhead lockers. Hadn't even vacated the runway!!

Who are they? Please be careful to keep comments respectful.

 

[mel-world]

does anyone have the SQ email address to request menus? looking to get home from the states and meal choices will (perhaps sadly? ) feature prominently as a reason to choose the departure city.

Are you talking about a ordering a special meal or, if flying J or F/R using the 'Book the Cook' service? If so, check out this page on the SQ website:

https://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/travel-information/seat-meal-request/

I have never heard of SQ releasing their individual flight menus as they obviously vary per departure port and time of departure but you can also find their contact details also on the website.

 

[hummel]

Who are they? Please be careful to keep comments respectful.

Not meaning any disrespect.. even our Chinese staff say the same thing!

 

[Lizzi]

Thanks for the tips on booking mixed-class awards, Cruiser Elite. Just booked my first (hopefully of many!) this morning, AMS-PER.

 

[KitKat]

does anyone have the SQ email address to request menus? looking to get home from the states and meal choices will (perhaps sadly? ) feature prominently as a reason to choose the departure city.

try

[email protected]​

provide your flight no, date and class of service and it will be sent to you in a pdf (such was the process in August)

Enjoy the read when you get it and the real thing on the day

 

[aaronjames000]

nice tip KitKat...

I just emailed to find out... but as I clicked the send button I wondered do I really want to find out or keep it as a surprise?

hmmm I might just sneak a peek!

 

[Cruiser Elite]

MEL-T - departing MEL last Sunday first thing I did was sign up to the totally overpriced $29.99 WiFi service - then Googled Emirates $1 deal and showed IFS - he said he will certainly pass on this feedback up the line. I encourage ALL SQ pax do the same - alert IFS about ridiculous pricing for a service that barely works.

But now to respond to your question - next thing a FA approaches me in R and offers me 2 x $15 vouchers - pointed to computer and said already signed up but he gave me 2 vouchers anyway. I did see him then wander upstairs into J so I think there may have been more vouchers offered.

AS for the terribly slow WiFi I did fire off email to OnAir and they have reversed the fee - again if any pax experiencing totally unsatisfactory speed firstly alert IFS and also send off email to OnAir - you will have received an email from then when you sign up.

MEL-T as for meal times which flt was it? I can generally remember that SQ meal times were perfect for those heading into Euro dests and back again - main meal then sleep then breakfast - I always thought the timing pretty spot on.

dd really? You would choose dep port on SQ based mainly on menu? That's a new one - would love to see the menus from LAX / JFK / SFO on same day.

Lizzi - my pleasure - don't forget to report on your experiences.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

MEL-T as for meal times which flt was it? I can generally remember that SQ meal times were perfect for those heading into Euro dests and back again - main meal then sleep then breakfast - I always thought the timing pretty spot on.

SQ308 SIN-LHR. Departure 0900. Breakfast served after take-off and then lunch served 7 hours into the flight (so around 5hours after the last major meal service, and with 6.5 hours flight time remaining). Passengers were woken from their sleep for the lunch service and were questioning 'for what?'.

Just prior to arrival there was a 'snack' service - Doritos and biscuits handed around on a tray (although they could have ordered from the 'lite bites' menu if they wanted - but of course no one did).

 

[Cruiser Elite]

SQ308 SIN-LHR.

Yes OK now I understand - no idea - I always dep SIN late at night / early arrival into Euro - much more civilised IMHO.

 

[dajop]

SQ308 SIN-LHR. Departure 0900. Breakfast served after take-off and then lunch served 7 hours into the flight (so around 5hours after the last major meal service, and with 6.5 hours flight time remaining). Passengers were woken from their sleep for the lunch service and were questioning 'for what?'.).

The service is an odd one. If originating in SIN (or SE Asia) it makes sense as chances are you would be awake for the whole flight anyway. 6.5 hrs out makes it around 4 or 5 pm SG time. If originating in Australia (except SYD ) probably very tired having done the red eye, so sleep would be higher on the priority list.

From a jet lag perspective it is not a bad thing to be woken at 9am (6.5hrs before arrival ) and can be avoided by turning on DND sign. Although lunch would be better served at midday - 3.5 hrs out from landing).

 

[MEL_Traveller]

The service is an odd one. If originating in SIN (or SE Asia) it makes sense as chances are you would be awake for the whole flight anyway. 6.5 hrs out makes it around 4 or 5 pm SG time. If originating in Australia (except SYD ) probably very tired having done the red eye, so sleep would be higher on the priority list.

From a jet lag perspective it is not a bad thing to be woken at 9am (6.5hrs before arrival ) and can be avoided by turning on DND sign. Although lunch would be better served at midday - 3.5 hrs out from landing).

i dunno how it makes sense at all!!

on a 13.5 hour actual flight time, you serve a full heavy breakfast, and a few hours later a full heavy lunch. and then people are left wondering aimlessly for the rest of the flight!

agree with the DND, but I think the point was that very few non-regulars were expecting it to be served so soon. does SQ offer dine on demand in business?

 

[dajop]

I am guessing it is a cultural thing. Lunch comes 4 hours after breakfast, and lunch is important in lots of Asia.

When I first moved to Singapore occasionally i had a very light lunch like some pieces of fruit or a small salad and people would ask if that was all I was having. When I said yes the looks and comments I got were as if I'd just told them my hobbies were bestiality and necrophilia (which they are not!) .

Also when travelling in most countries always have a massive lunch, to the point one day in China we had arrived 4 hrs late due to flight delays at PEK. We had a rather tight agenda, but no such thing as a quick bite to make up time as one would in Australia - first thing after landing was finding somewhere for a lunch that took a full hour.

Bottom line having a full lunch only several hours after a full breakfast is not that abnormal in much of Asia.

 

[hummel]

I am guessing it is a cultural thing. Lunch comes 4 hours after breakfast, and lunch is important in lots of Asia.

When I first moved to Singapore occasionally i had a very light lunch like some pieces of fruit or a small salad and people would ask if that was all I was having. When I said yes the looks and comments I got were as if I'd just told them my hobbies were bestiality and necrophilia (which they are not!) .

Also when travelling in most countries always have a massive lunch, to the point one day in China we had arrived 4 hrs late due to flight delays at PEK. We had a rather tight agenda, but no such thing as a quick bite to make up time as one would in Australia - first thing after landing was finding somewhere for a lunch that took a full hour.

Bottom line having a full lunch only several hours after a full breakfast is not that abnormal in much of Asia.

I think you may have hit the nail on the head here...lunch in China - There's a reason I leave for factory at either 7am or 1pm !!