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Tips On Flying With Singapore Airlines

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Just a few things I’ve noticed now that I’ve been flying with SQ like almost every other week now…

1. Avoid the seats at row 56. They are the worst seats on the entire plane.
2. When flying cattle economy class, if you can, sit just behind business class. That way, you make special requests for stuff from business class - like their most excellent crackers and premium cheese.
3. If you want most of your unreasonable requests to be fulfilled (such as asking for a gin and tonic with triple gin), ask the youngest looking stewardess.
4. When flying to HK, don’t bother getting to your boarding gate early - they always change it at the last minute and the change is usually from the Shire all the way to Mordor.
5. The best time to board the plane is 7 minutes before takeoff - that way, you are greeted by name, you don’t need to queue up, you can walk through the first class door and there’s nobody blocking the aisle when you get on to the plane.
6. Your flight usually arrives on time or ahead of schedule if the plane is not full. This has nothing to do with the weight of the passengers.
7. The best in-flight drink is the gin fizz. Always avoid their red/white wines because it’s crap.
8. You can use the washrooms in business class. They are bigger, better and more comfortable.
9. If you’re hungry or if you know you won’t have time to eat - make sure you call SQ and request for a vegetarian meal. This ensures you get to eat 30 mins after takeoff which is 60 mins earlier than the omnivore meals.
10. The new KRIS entertainment systems are fabulous and only available on the morning flights to Hong Kong. Don’t bother using their office systems with the fancy USB slots though - it’s clunky and buggy.

u must be feeling very crappy to write a nonsensical post like this….

dunch worry.. i still lub u deep deep

I like their first class lemonade pie too. Never tried their crackers. 7 minutes before take off is silly though. the possibility of missing the flight is so high it’s scary.

I like their first class lemonade pie too. Never tried their crackers. 7 minutes before take off is silly though. the possibility of missing the flight is so high it’s scary.

Great tips, especially the veggie one.

this list is like copied from lonely planet guidebook ley…

SIA got better food than MAS but the girls… *ahem*

they can’t fly if you’ve checked in your luggage and you are not in the plane. bomb precaution.

“If you’re hungry or if you know you won’t have time to eat - make sure you call SQ and request for a vegetarian meal. This ensures you get to eat 30 mins after takeoff which is 60 mins earlier than the omnivore meals.”

That is precisely why the rest of economy gets their meal later, cuz of non-genuine vegetarian requests like yours.

Hi , I thought you might be interested in my story. I was flying from
Singapore to Melbourne on SIA when a meal of a pasta salad was served
to me. I enjoyed it until I discovered a badly rusted screw in my
mouth from the pasta salad. I informed the flight crew ,who were very
concerned and sympathetic. However SIA has not been able to establish
where this screw came from and could not offer any compensation except
USD100 off my next flight with them. I protested to the management of
SIA at Sydney airport (about the rusted screw) and SIA intimidated me
by calling the Australian police who took my passport and ticket
details. I am a great advocate of consumer rights and I believe that I
have been treated shoddily by SIA.

If you need any further info, please email me back. I just wanted to
warn future passengers (of SIA) that it was bad enough discovering a
rusted screw in my salad, but the way I was treated by SIA was
abysmal.

–
MICHAEL GILLMAN

0117865586
0836100189
aerospeedcouriers@gmail.com

Michael, your post is not clear regarding what compensation you thought SIA would provide you in response to the trauma you suffered in finding a rusty screw in your mouth. What exactly did you expect from them, over and above a USD 100 coupon? You have already said that they were concerned and sympathetic. Did you think they would refund your ticket? Or that they would be able to readily establish where the screw came from (ie. admit their liability)? Further, what additional mollifying did you think they would give you at Sydney airport after you’d exhausted your options on the aircraft? If anything, you may have a legal claim against SIA, which is what they were so concerned about, and explains the offer of USD 100 with no explanations and probably no direct apologies. If you are so hurt, I suggest that you hire a lawyer and seek some real compensation. I am a lawyer who represents airlines against spurious claims likes yours and, boy, are they annoying. Pouting like a cry-baby on board the flight or at the airport and then contributing to a site and saying you are doing it for the good of mankind is pretty tepid.

BTW, Caleb, I thought your post was neat except I hate freeloaders from EY usng the toilets when I fly business. Git back there where you belong, you plebes!

the lemonade pie in first class going to london is good

Do all singapore airlines planes have the screens in the chair? Am flying perth - singapore next month. If anyone knows , please let me know!!

And thanks for the tips, could be a couple of good tips there, i dont think i will push it to 7 mins before takeoff, but maybe just wait until the queue dies down!

so far, all singapore airline planes I’ve been in have had screens.

the new A380, what configuration is the AC power in the plane, Singpore, Aussie, US. Any 1 know?