mel-world may be referring to the second seat map both these seat maps are for the a350 from MMB.
mainlymiles.com
Nope - as VA are not *A. HaPPE to stand corrected though!
Wow - that's a LOT of seats to NY! Having 2x A350 ULRs and 1x A380 daily to the same city means that they're forecasting a lot of demand for the city; it's not cheap to put that many aircraft onto routes into one place.From Mainly Miles website last night:
Singapore Airlines goes triple daily to New York, with the return of non-stop Newark flights
Singapore Airlines will serve New York three times a day for the first time in its history, with non-stop A350 ULR flights to Newark making a comeback in March.
Singapore Airlines has revealed to Mainly Miles the long-awaited restart of its non-stop service to and from Newark Airport in New Jersey, with the 18 hour 25 minute flight operated by an Airbus A350 ULR returning to the network on 27th March 2022.
The good news is this reinstated link will run alongside non-stop A350 ULR services to and from New York’s JFK Airport, which were launched on 9th November 2020, and will also coincide with an upgrade of the daily New York JFK via Frankfurt route to the Airbus A380.
That's great news - especially for a lot of people who transferred in a stack of KF in April 2019 (just prior to the sad news of the MR devaluation). I wonder how much longer they'll keep extending miles, eventually they'll just let them expire I'd think.
The call centre really has taken a beating and the days of waiting not long on hold and being teed up with a competent agent seems to be a memory of distant past.
It's a relief to see they are extending miles (again).
Thanks for posting after about 60 minutes on the phone (including hold time) I have reshuffled our 2022 plans to the US/CA but now starting on the west coast and heading east and travelling back EWR-SIN-ADL. This flight works for connections to ADL as there is only a 5 hour layover in SIN, we had most of the flights needed when we were starting on the east coast however some were waitlisted and may or may not have cleared. Now all fights confirmed (pending transfer of around 5000 points) and more importantly have drained my KF miles down to zero. I like when an airline starts or recommences routes as there is normally a lot of availability if you get in quick.
How did you get on with this. Did you have a successful transfer in Singapore? I’m am flying in on Qantas and then getting an SQ flight to Maldives the next morning but nervous they won’t be able to check my bags through as 2 different airlines. Thanks
As far as I know, unless both flights are on the same booking, QF will not check your bags through to the SQ flight. This was already the case pre-COVID and so I can't imagine they would do so now. If that's the case, you need to make sure you can enter Singapore (and meet all the relevant health requirements to do so) as you will need to collect your bags upon arrival with QF.
I returned a week ago from CDG via Singapore to Melbourne. They held us is an area which was suboptimal to say the least. I would not call it a lounge - it more of a holding area with chairs. All classes together. Food not worth trying. The area was fairly crowded with only a very small desk for a few passengers to do work/ computing. Very few spots to recharge a device. No shopping or lounges.
The PCR pre departure can be stressful. We lined up for 2 hrs on Christmas Day ( flight was 27th Dec). Result took longer than expected which was concerning - only received it a few hours before departing to airport.
My fallback is a professionally administered ANT at the airport before departure.
BTC has been cancelled for many flights. Mostly available for flights ex Changi. They told me it depends on staffing and changes daily.
