While there are many areas in which Singapore Airlines offers an industry leading experience, their inflight Wi-Fi historically hasn’t been one of them.
Singapore Airlines’ historical Wi-Fi situation
Singapore Airlines has offered inflight Wi-Fi for years, though it used to be offered exclusively by OnAir, with outrageously high prices and insanely low speeds.
Fortunately they’ve come a long way, including on their A350s, 787s, 777-300s, and newly delivered A380s (their 777-200s and A330s don’t have Wi-Fi). The airline has much faster Wi-Fi, and while it’s still expensive, it’s less expensive than before.
Early last year Singapore Airlines announced an awesome update to their Wi-Fi offering. They introduced free Wi-Fi for those traveling in Suites, first class, and business class, as well as for PPS Club members.
The catch is that there were restrictions:
- Suites and first class customers could enjoy 100MB of free Wi-Fi
- Business class and PPS Club members (traveling in premium economy or economy) could enjoy 30MB of free Wi-Fi
Singapore Airlines 777
Singapore Airlines ups free Wi-Fi allowance
As of August 1, 2019, Singapore Airlines has greatly increased the data limit for free Wi-Fi:
- Suites & first class passengers now get unlimited free Wi-Fi
- Business class & PPS Club members now get 100MB of free Wi-Fi
As before, this applies regardless of how your ticket is booked (so upgrade and award tickets qualify as well). To take advantage of this, just log-in to the Wi-Fi page onboard and enter your last name and seat number on the “Complimentary Access” section of the Wi-Fi portal.
Singapore Airlines’ A380 business class
Bottom line
This is a fantastic development. Seeing unlimited Wi-Fi in Suites & first is awesome, especially when you consider how fast their new A380 Wi-Fi is.
In business class, an allowance of 100MB is much more generous and usable than an allowance of just 30MB.
Well done, Singapore Airlines!
(Tip of the hat to Mainly Miles)
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