The Dreaded "Your Booking has Changed" Email

[kangarooflyer88]

In terms of lounges, I would also point the OP to the Air France arrivals lounge at CDG which may provide them with an opportunity to freshen up and grab a bite to eat before heading out.

FYI, if you are flying out of SIN to CDG on an AF flight number, I do not expect you’ll get access to the OW lounges.

Would the OP not have access to the Qantas lounge at SIN given they are travelling in business on a Qantas marketed flight?

Being in J on AF I believe you at least have access to the Dnata lounge.

Per the SkyTeam website, the official lounge for KLM/Air France would be the Marhaba lounge at terminal 3. They also list the SATS and DNATA lounges as possibilities (albeit KLM/Air France is listed as an airline there). With all of that said, I'm not a huge fan of Changi in general, the lounges can't hold a candle up to the likes of LAX.

-RooFlyer88

 

[Scash]

Anytime you get a schedule change, before reacting (and look I get it emotions run high whenever airlines cancel your booking or make changes that substantially alter what you plan) ask yourself in a perfect world, if money wasn't an option what flights would you truly want to be on? Cancellations and significant schedule changes give us a rare opportunity to book the flights we really wanted at the airlines expense. If I was you (and I'm not you by the way), my preferences would be BNE to SIN via CDG as AF suggested which if as you say is all in J would be indeed an ideal routing all things considered. Secondly, if I couldn't get that, and if the layovers were really long, I would try pushing QF to book me on their service to Europe (i.e. FCO/LHR) connecting onwards with BA/AF/AZ since QF has been known to open up J seats when their members are stuck with an unworkable itinerary. At the end of the day though, every schedule change should always be getting you a better trip than what you originally booked.

-RooFlyer88

@RooFlyer I agree with your sentiments and in my case this has worked out like you said. I truly like the randomness of life (this is the third carrier booking change) and a forced stopover in BKK would have been another experience. Having said that I am happy with the result. Either way I am flying J to another country for minimal $ outlay so really can't complain.

 

[Scash]

In terms of lounges, I would also point the OP to the Air France arrivals lounge at CDG which may provide them with an opportunity to freshen up and grab a bite to eat before heading out.

Would the OP not have access to the Qantas lounge at SIN given they are travelling in business on a Qantas marketed flight?

Per the SkyTeam website, the official lounge for KLM/Air France would be the Marhaba lounge at terminal 3. They also list the SATS and DNATA lounges as possibilities (albeit KLM/Air France is listed as an airline there). With all of that said, I'm not a huge fan of Changi in general, the lounges can't hold a candle up to the likes of LAX.

-RooFlyer88

Thank you @kangarooflyer88 . Will flash my boarding pass in SIN and see what happens . I did read about the AF arrivals lounge at CDG which would be good as we get in at 06:10 after a 13 hr flight.