Given that the reLAX lounge was nothing too exciting, I headed down to Singapore Airlines check-in at around 12:20 PM, shortly after it opened.
Share your questions, experiences, and thoughts below.
An excellent report as is customary from you. I do wonder, how are you able to eat so often when traveling? I find myself limited to maybe one meal or eating half the portions of two meals.
re: SQ11 LA to Nrt
Thanks for all the detail and great pics. Appears they have gone thru cost cutting with inflight food: mixed nuts (looks like 80% peanuts & not heated?), very small salad, no satay (I thought was their trademark), and cuppachino in mug? no cup/saucer. UA now uses those mugs & makes me feel like I'm in a truckstop cafe. I think they're now over rated by travel mag. surveys.
I would have missed their 5-6 courses they had maybe 1 yr. ago. Thai Air in Royal bus. class, last Jan., still had satay & 5 courses for dinner on BKK to LA route.
Well, it looks like they sacrificed quantity in their meals, but the quality is still there. I got hungry just from those pictures alone.
And damn Lucky, that's a seat! It probably beats a few first class seats on other airlines. Though, not very good for people traveling together, I imagine.
Thx for this lucky. I really wanted to see a good review of the new 388/733 seats for SQ as im flying them in September (on the 388 thankfully). Looks good. At least ill know now where to go to get my amenity kit stuff 😀
For folks complaining about the catering, geez, this is BUSINESS CLASS. Wow, it's actually beautifully plated and looks appetizing even! And if you want more food, lucky reproduced the snack menu... Seriously, this looks like a great flight all around!
When I fly, I always take the chip off my shoulder before I leave home.
Coins said "The TSA agent checking IDs was so friendly and sincere that I couldn’t help but pay him a compliment, which is a first for the TSA for me".
Advice to readers, TSA is ok if you approach without a chip on your shoulder.
I have to agree about SQ desserts. I've done dozens of trips on SQ business class and always found the dessert disappointing. I've also had a very bad breakfast pancake coming into AKL on the SIN-AKL 777W. It was so dry and tasteless it was almost inedible. I do, however, think SQ still has the best mains.
Bravo for the epic report, as always.
I'm very eager to hear how one manages a post-Transpac 14-hour layover without devoting at least a few hours to sleep!
@Gary makes a good point: it is a testament to SQ that their C product looks so good that people forget it's C and start judging it by F standards! I can't speak to cost-cutting as I've never flown this route, but in and of itself, everything looks outstanding for C.
I flew SQ from CAI-DXB-SIN a few years back and enjoyed pre-ordering their lobster thermidor online. Sadly, though, they were flying the regional hard product, so the seats sucked big-time. Not sure what they fly on that route these days...
@ chitownflyer -- First of all, keep in mind this is a 24 hour flight. That being said, it's still a lot of food. The fact is, I didn't eat all of it, and I don't eat a whole lot on the ground when traveling.
@ Other Ben -- Thanks!
@ Ken 747-400 Denver -- The nuts were indeed cold. Hey, for business class I found the service to be quite good. I'm sure there are slightly better meal services out there, though the overall experience is unbeatable.
@ Andy Bluebear -- Indeed, I'd say it's better than *most* first class hard products. The center seats are actually decent for people traveling together. Yeah, there's a bit of distance since the seats are so wide, though that's probably a good problem to have.
@ Mal -- Enjoy your trip!
@ GoAmtrak -- It was surprisingly easy. Stay tuned!
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that looks so cool. I really need to get on one of their planes with those giant business class seats one of these days.
Great report
I have one question. What are those leather-upholstered block things on the right side of the seat.
it's to give you something to lean your elbow on because the seat is so enormously wide
@ Tom -- @ Glenn is right. When Singapore first rolled out the seats one of the complaints was that the seat was too wide (talk about a good problem to have), so it was awkward to position your arms since you couldn't reach both armrests. Therefore they added the little leather cushion type thing so you can rest your arms comfortably.
You mentioned about the NH lounge in NRT had their showers amenity substantially deteriorated over the years to a tiny sample back of shampoo and body gel. What did you have before ? I know that for a fact, since they open that lounge in T1, it was always one time use packets, never had anything better unless you are in the F lounge which has Loccitane kit. (though I don't know what their shower amenities like when they were in T2, or that is what you are talking about ?) If you read the flyertalk thread about the shower amenities between RCC and NH lounge, you should know by now we all have a similiar conclusion, it is to shower in RCC and get to NH lounge for food. As NRT RCC from the beginning already offer little bottles of Molton Brown > Aerosense > SoMo > Nomad kit > H2O kit > Plegria > Murad kit.
@ ORDnHKG -- I didn't have the time to visit both lounges. I might have mixed it up since I usually use the first class lounge, where the amenities are nicer.
the thing about these reports I dont like is the blogger never tells us how he got the ticket in the first place or ways he got himself in business class seats.
@ choi -- Did you read my introduction post, which explains exactly how I got the seats? You can find it here:
https://onemileatatime.com/four-continents-and-37000-miles-in-two-weeks-introduction/
I experienced the same problem with the entertainment system on an HK to SG flight. I didn't particularly mind as the inflight crew got it speedily resolved. Better still and much to my surprised delight, they presented me with a $200 KrisShop voucher (no minimum spending required!) as compensation at the end of the flight. Considering I was in Economy Class and was (well, am) just a teenager, that was very nice of them!
Hi Lucky - how did you request for the seat with the bassinet? I am on a A380 all business upper deck config later this year and would like to get the 17ish Business class seat if possible
@ Steve -- They're usually among the first to be assigned, though they're not blocked in advance so I'd suggest requesting it as soon as possible.