SQ Tips, Trips and Tales

[Quickstatus]

Got to use the spoon

Send a feedback letter to SQ. Cruiser will have details - the onions need to be purple and the cucumber needs to have green skin.
And the satay needs to have a bit more charcoal "char".
Also a true satay needs the compressed rice cubes accompaniment. AFAIK SQ and its cousin MH never have the rice cubes.

Made in Singapore, but not exactly hitting the mark in terms of presentation, though I must say the quality is excellent - especially the sauce

Wooden spoon to comply with the latest anti-plastic movement?

Strange how the peanut allergy in South East Asia is remarkably low given the high exposure to peanuts - maybe half the rate of expat children

 

[Quickstatus]

My question is will I have access to the business lounge on arrival in SIN during the stopover?

I think no unless you have FF status, but not a big loss. There is so much amenity in SIN, you are not really missing out on comfort.

 

[dajop]

Yes ALL satay are uploaded SIN - when I spoke to MEL Mgmt this morn they also suggested the shorter flt and turnaround time might the reason but how does that explain satays served on EU-SIN flts? I'll dig deeper

Import frozen satays to their caterers in Europe? Obviously not allowed to do this in Australia, but the shorter turns to PERs are OK, because the satays don’t leave the aircraft?

 

[Leroy]

I think no unless you have FF status, but not a big loss. There is so much amenity in SIN, you are not really missing out on comfort.

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Thanks!!

 

[drron]

I finish the first skeet of chicken then stick the skewer into a piece of onion or cucumber. I have perfected the art of scooping up the satay sauce with these and there’s little left when I am finished.

 

[Quickstatus]

I have perfected the art of scooping up the satay sauce

I do it with the onion
Ideally with the rice cubes but they dont have then on SQ (and for that matter MH).

I wonder who cane up with the idea first. sQ or MH?

 

[Duffa]

And, what is it with serving dinner, SIX hours out from Frankfurt!!!
It's only 4 hours since a delicious 5 course lunch - I'm still on my post-prandial cognac and sweeping up the dregs of my port!!
And now they want to give me more food...

By the way. Any suggestions for a decent beer in Frankfurt??

 

[Rangalad]

I think no unless you have FF status, but not a big loss. There is so much amenity in SIN, you are not really missing out on comfort.

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Everything is pretty much self service.

And if you’re lucky……

 

[lovestotravel]

And, what is it with serving dinner, SIX hours out from Frankfurt!!!
It's only 4 hours since a delicious 5 course lunch - I'm still on my post-prandial cognac and sweeping up the dregs of my port!!
And now they want to give me more food...

By the way. Any suggestions for a decent beer in Frankfurt??

Well sounds about as smart as serving a main (lunch food) on SQ248 at about 8 in the morning and then a full lunch at about 12....

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Arriving into MEL yesterday on 237 no gates available so we had remote deplaning - it took ground staff 25mins to position the stairs to allow door opening - then ALL pax crammed onto 1 bus to transfer to terminal - by the time last couple wheelchair pax were assisted downstairs bus was bursting at seams - pax had to de-bus and clear seats to allow wheelchair pax onboard then bus to terminal.

Terminal was just a zoo inside - queues 20-30 deep waiting for immig ticket terminals - straight through gates once ticket in hand.

By this time luggage was on carousel together with another Chinese flight so carousel chockers but all luggage there due to delay deplaning /. immig etc. Then the lines trying exit - 100mts long - LUCKILY I still always carry an Express Path card from yesteryear which got me through in mins.

I called SQ MEL Station Mgmt this morn to make sure they had full story - they said they knew there was a short delay in stairs positioning but no idea it was 25mins - but they do now. MEL is currently so busy mid morn to midday lack of gate availability is common on most days for whichever carriers. SQ are not handing out Express Path Cards per se to pax but they have now asked SIN and other outstations to start printing EXPRESS @ MEL on bottom right of your BP - see below.

I don't blame SQ for the delays as is totally fault of MEL Mgmt - but still there seemed to be a distinct scarcity of SQ staffed advising / directing / assisting pax once on ground.

*TIP* - If you are still in possession of Express Path cards from the good ol' days then tuck one in your ticket wallet just in case.

 

[JessicaTam]

Arriving into MEL yesterday on 237 no gates available so we had remote deplaning - it took ground staff 25mins to position the stairs to allow door opening - then ALL pax crammed onto 1 bus to transfer to terminal - by the time last couple wheelchair pax were assisted downstairs bus was bursting at seams - pax had to de-bus and clear seats to allow wheelchair pax onboard then bus to terminal.

Terminal was just a zoo inside - queues 20-30 deep waiting for immig ticket terminals - straight through gates once ticket in hand.

By this time luggage was on carousel together with another Chinese flight so carousel chockers but all luggage there due to delay deplaning /. immig etc. Then the lines trying exit - 100mts long - LUCKILY I still always carry an Express Path card from yesteryear which got me through in mins.

I called SQ MEL Station Mgmt this morn to make sure they had full story - they said they knew there was a short delay in stairs positioning but no idea it was 25mins - but they do now. MEL is currently so busy mid morn to midday lack of gate availability is common on most days for whichever carriers. SQ are not handing out Express Path Cards per se to pax but they have now asked SIN and other outstations to start printing EXPRESS @ MEL on bottom right of your BP - see below.

I don't blame SQ for the delays as is totally fault of MEL Mgmt - but still there seemed to be a distinct scarcity of SQ staffed advising / directing / assisting pax once on ground.

*TIP* - If you are still in possession of Express Path cards from the good ol' days then tuck one in your ticket wallet just in case.
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Thanks. I always carry a departure and arrival card with me. My last few arrivals have been so quick I have been tempted to ditch them. Looks like I will be keeping them for a while yet.

 

[serfty]

LUCKILY I still always carry an Express Path card from yesteryear which got me through in mins.

As do I.

Arriving from SIN last month (on a QF Boeing 789); 9:30am touchdown, crammed into bus at 10:35 - it took 55 minutes after seatbelt signs off before the stairs were attached properly and the doors open.

Immigration via smartgate was easy with no queues, but I needed the express pass as there were a couple of hundred PAX queued to each of the left and right for customs. Straight down the guts via e and out ...

 

[muppet]

As do I.

Arriving from SIN last month (on a QF Boeing 789); 9:30am touchdown, crammed into bus at 10:35 - it took 55 minutes after seatbelt signs off before the stairs were attached properly and the doors open.

Immigration via smartgate was easy with no queues, but I needed the express pass as there were a couple of hundred PAX queued to each of the left and right for customs. Straight down the guts via e and out ...

Weird I haven’t seen where this express exit is?? I assumed it had long gone.

 

[serfty]

Weird I haven’t seen where this express exit is?? I assumed it had long gone.

Melbourne - right in the centre after you have come down past the baggage carousels. There are queues on the left and on the right but in the middle is a lane for aircrew and express pass holders.

 

[muppet]

Melbourne - right in the centre after you have come down past the baggage carousels. There are queues on the left and on the right but in the middle is a lane for aircrew and express pass holders.

Thanks. Useful to know. Often I just reluctantly get in the enormous queue oblivious.