Mike77 From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 203 posts, RR: 4 Posted (9 years 11 months 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 3623 times:
I am flying from San Francisco - Singapore next spring, and I am wondering what the best airline is to use. The obvious choice is SIA. But we get a load of Aisian airlines here at SFO. Is there any other airline that is recommended, or is SIA the definite best choice?
ROP From Thailand, joined Jun 2001, 239 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (9 years 11 months 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 3590 times:
Easy.... going to Singapore, fly Singapore Airlines.
But if you need stopover somewhere...fly others like Cathay pacific (not much different from SQ)... and have a break in Hong Kong
One thing...don't fly Thai..becoz you'll get more tranfer : San fransisco-LA-Narita-Bangkok-Singapore..too many stopover!
Airbus Lover From Malaysia, joined Apr 2000, 3248 posts, RR: 10 Reply 7, posted (9 years 11 months 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 3433 times:
fly down to LAX to catch MH's LAX-TPE-KUL then you are guranteed a widebody (either the new A332 or A333) from KUL-SIN...!!! You deserve to be served by the best cabin crew around!
Or you can also take BR, CX, KE, JL, NH? Many other options. I think you also need to find out abt their respective fares.
Sllevin From United States of America, joined Jan 2002, 3376 posts, RR: 6 Reply 8, posted (9 years 11 months 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 3336 times:
Assuming you are coming back, you probably want to think about frequent flyer miles. SFO-SIN, plus participating in a few promotional offers, should get you the 25,000 miles needed for a domestic ticket here in the US.
So, you might want to consider American carriers in that case... NW, UA and AA all have flights (AA on codeshare) to Singapore.
Odie From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 1641 posts, RR: 1 Reply 9, posted (9 years 11 months 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 3279 times:
Actually, if you are flying from SFO, MH will actually fly you down to LAX for their connecting flight, thus saving you 6-7 hours of driving down the coast. And I think fares from both LAX and SFO will be the same for MH, even though you need to fly an extra segment from SFO.
There are plenty of other options too - CX, JL, NH, KE, OZ, CI, BR, UA, NW just to name a few.
Marcopolo747 From Brazil, joined Mar 2001, 460 posts, RR: 2 Reply 11, posted (9 years 11 months 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 3196 times:
SIA is one of the top airlines in the world ! I usually go out of my way to fly with them. They are a member of StarAlliance and you will earn miles as well.
Don't waste your precious $ on UA or NW unless you like lack of service.
Jaysit From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 14, posted (9 years 11 months 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 3107 times:
Is that a trick question?
Folks go out of their way to fly Singapore Airlines - I've taken a train to New York from Washington DC to fly to Germany from JFK rather than suffer with Lufthansa or United.
You go to Singapore - you fly Singapore Airlines. United is a dreadful option.
Greg From United Kingdom, joined May 2005, 0 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (9 years 11 months 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 3087 times:
Hey Jaysit...how is it dreadful?
I do Singapore regularly (monthly).....about half the time on UA..and each experience has been great.
Not as good as CX..but the f/a's on UA beat the hell out of SQ each and every time.
How is there biz class sub par? We actually pay a premium to fly with them (or CX).
Cmckeithen From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 617 posts, RR: 1 Reply 16, posted (9 years 11 months 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 3080 times:
Hkg82 From Hong Kong, joined Apr 2002, 1219 posts, RR: 1 Reply 17, posted (9 years 11 months 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 3075 times:
SQ & CX are two of the best Asian carriers bar none, so I would go with either of the two. They’re comparable in service, but as the SQ flight is a same-plane service, I’d choose SQ from a convenience standpoint.
You can choose CX & with the plane-change at HKG, maybe get in some spotting…?
Floris From Netherlands, joined Jun 2003, 243 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (9 years 11 months 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 3052 times:
Greg, I am not familiar with UA's trans pacific business class, but if it is the same as the trans atlantic business class, then I would avoid it at all costs. Carriers like BA, Virgin, Lufthansa, KLM, Singapore, Cathay, etc. have better service, better food, more comfortable seats, etc. Even Delta's business elite is much better. In my opinion, UA's business class product is way below average. If you pay a premium to fly with them, as you say, you really need to re-think your strategy! By the way, UA's economy class product is quite good internationally, especially on the 777.
To Singapore, I would obviously take SIA. Obviously, their image is partly a hype, but they are pretty good, just like MAS and Cathay.
Greg From United Kingdom, joined May 2005, 0 posts, RR: 0 Reply 20, posted (9 years 11 months 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 3030 times:
UA's transpacific product is quite good...at least on par with the CX and SQ. The one we avoid is NW---and that's only because of the questionable equipment used...
I've done US to Singapore with them five times already this year. Other than an occasional late departure they have all been very good...(at least in the int'l portions)
SQ is attractive because they have lowered their corporate fares about 40% in most transpac markets...so it's likely we'll be taking them soon again...
Mike77 From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 203 posts, RR: 4 Reply 21, posted (9 years 11 months 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 3000 times:
Thank you for all the info regarding SFO-Singapore flights. It humors me how so many people have such differing and volatile opinions. I would love to know why certain people absolutely HATE a certain airline. I have been on 25 different airlines and have never hated any of them - disliked, yeah, but not hated! Anyway, overall concesus seems to direct me to SIA. I am flying First Class, so it seems like SIA would probably be the best option. I am curious to fly an American carrier over there, but I figure that flying to Asia, it makes sense to fly an Asian airline.
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