SQ Tips, Trips and Tales

[cove]

There were less than a dozen in the new TPR in the morning of July 13th. I think I was the second to arrive at about 6.45 am.
Quite different to the J lounge which I get when I fly home to Perth on Thursday.

 

[Kangol]

Anyone have any idea about what's going on?
I'm looking at a mixed F/J award booking.
MEL-SIN-SGN, F connecting to J. Return in the same classes.
All segments are available as saver awards individually online.
This is almost a year out.
I call the 13 10 11 number because the old (02) 8228 1188 is disconnected - don't know of another number.
The call centre agent I get is in the Philippines.
Several times now, they say they can only see Advantage and not Saver awards.
Even when I ask them to search just one segment, they can only see Advantage.
According to them, their availability is different to what's listed online.

Am I better off booking the F segments online and calling to change/add the J ones after?

 

[Stealthflyer]

Any good?

The one area I think SQ fails it’s desserts. Can’t think of any I had in J or F that impressed me. Not only on SQ but I feel most Asian airlines don’t shine in the dessert department. Maybe it’s for the best

I liked the deserts in the SK BKK lounge. Desserts like tapioca pudding, sticky rice, mango pudding can be easily transported.

 

[Jacques Vert]

Seat suggestions for a couple on the A359 BNE-SIN and B77W SIN-CDG please?

 

[boomy]

Seat suggestions for a couple on the A359 BNE-SIN and B77W SIN-CDG please?

On A359 definitely 19D/F. If it’s regional config you’ll get the honeymoon seats with extra privacy on both sides plus more foot room in the bulkhead.

If you are on SQ246, the long haul config as shown below, select same seats but try to move to row 11 T-48 because the galley is in the middle and row 19 can get noisy on overnight flights.

 

[I love to travel]

Please remind me difference between long haul and medium haul A359 configuration.

 

[boomy]

Please remind me difference between long haul and medium haul A359 configuration.

Seat 11A in long haul configuration.





Seat 11A in medium haul configuration.






Another big difference, in long haul config all seats are the same while in medium haul config they are staggered similar to QF A330 J.

 

[Jacques Vert]

On A359 definitely 19D/F. If it’s regional config you’ll get the honeymoon seats with extra privacy on both sides plus more foot room in the bulkhead.

If you are on SQ246, the long haul config as shown below, select same seats but try to move to row 11 T-48 because the galley is in the middle and row 19 can get noisy on overnight flights.

It's SQ236 and 19 D/F and 11 D/F are both greyed out. I've grabbed 14 D/F as a placeholder for now (Day time flight).



Any suggestions for the SIN-CDG?

 

[daft009]

Any issues going from Crowne Plaza in THE and into the lounge back and forth over 1 day?

Would passport control get funny?

Maybe 2 or 3 times over a 24hr period?

 

[I love to travel]

Any issues going from Crowne Plaza in THE and into the lounge back and forth over 1 day?

Would passport control get funny?

Maybe 2 or 3 times over a 24hr period?

I wouldn't given that entry paperwork for COVID gets activated once you go through immigration atm

 

[boomy]

Another important difference @I love to travel which I’ve previously mentioned in reply to @Jacques Vert post is the position on the galley on A359. During overnight flights after supper service most pax go to sleep and crew don’t have much to do so they normally sit in the galley yapping all night.

On medium haul config galley is in front of row 11 so on overnight flights it’s better to select seats further back in the mini J cabin.

On long haul config the galley in in front of row 19 so on overnight flights it’s better to select seats towards the front on the main J cabin.

 

[get me outta here]

I found this exact thing and I advise anybody sitting up front in the first J cabin to quickly ask them to stop talking so loud. They kept me awake with their loud talking.

Another important difference @I love to travel which I’ve previously mentioned in reply to @Jacques Vert post is the position on the galley on A359. During overnight flights after supper service most pax go to sleep and crew don’t have much to do so they normally sit in the galley yapping all night.

 

[Tejas]

anyone know what the meal situations are on the following flights, especially with the timings of the meals?

SQ246 (BNE - SIN) and SQ308 (SIN - LHR) in Y?

I can see SQ246 only serves a main course and SQ308 has a breakfast and dinner.

I am assuming that as 246 departs at 11:50pm they want to get us fed and watered so the SLC will shut up and sleep for the flight, and 308 - given it leaves SIN at 9am they will feed us breakfast and way later they will do dinner.

2 meals on a 13:40 flight seems quite light - i'd normally eaten 3 by than, and probably some snacks as well

 

[coriander]

SLC!
My wife, when she worked at TAA and was its rep on the Independent Airfares Committe, said (Sir) Peter Abeles often used the term SLB to describe his pax in meetings.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Any issues going from Crowne Plaza in THE and into the lounge back and forth over 1 day?

Would passport control get funny?

Maybe 2 or 3 times over a 24hr period?

THE? If Singapore then travelling in and out of immigration control to use the lounge is strictly prohibited by law and enforced. you are only permitted to be airside for the purpose of travel.

 

[daft009]

THE? If Singapore then travelling in and out of immigration control to use the lounge is strictly prohibited by law and enforced. you are only permitted to be airside for the purpose of travel.

Thanks. Was supposed to be "T3" missed the auto correct

 

[Duffa]

Anyone have any idea about what's going on?
I'm looking at a mixed F/J award booking.
MEL-SIN-SGN, F connecting to J. Return in the same classes.
All segments are available as saver awards individually online.
This is almost a year out.
I call the 13 10 11 number because the old (02) 8228 1188 is disconnected - don't know of another number.
The call centre agent I get is in the Philippines.
Several times now, they say they can only see Advantage and not Saver awards.
Even when I ask them to search just one segment, they can only see Advantage.
According to them, their availability is different to what's listed online.

Am I better off booking the F segments online and calling to change/add the J ones after?

I definitely had the same experience with conflicting availability. Call centre can only see advantage. So I booked online and got the same flights as savers.
Can't remember why I was calling though. Maybe because I was looking for a paid stopover.
Sorry I can't help with your exact problem

 

[Edge]

Hi all, what time do SQ rewards go online for the next day? Eg - I can currently see up until 14th of July 2023, what time do the 15th of July fares open up?

Thanks in advance

 

[Duffa]

Hi all, what time do SQ rewards go online for the next day? Eg - I can currently see up until 14th of July 2023, what time do the 15th of July fares open up?

Thanks in advance

I recall another post saying 10.00 Sydney time. Not 100% sure

 

[Kangol]

I definitely had the same experience with conflicting availability. Call centre can only see advantage. So I booked online and got the same flights as savers.
Can't remember why I was calling though. Maybe because I was looking for a paid stopover.
Sorry I can't help with your exact problem

Thanks, what did you book exactly online as savers? Two segments separately, meaning you paid for each segment individually and not at the "through" award price - two PNRs and no protection on connection I take it...