I prefer 1B every time. If you are shallow like me you can pretend you are the only person on the plane. 1B is not the best for looking out the window, but then the flight you are on is a night flight so nothing to see anyway. There is a load hum that comes from the nose but that soon goes once you ...
Jump to postAlso don't count on being able to use your points to get the upgrade between Sydney and Singapore on <acronym title="Singapore Airlines">SQ</acronym>. For over three years I flew Singapore/Sydney every couple of months and not once could I get an upgrade with points. Maybe I was really unlucky but I...
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Jump to postMy favorite Lee Kwon Yoo quote regarding the marketing of Singapore Girls with <acronym title="Singapore Airlines">SQ</acronym> is "the problem is once a woman turns 30 she is no longer attractive" , or words to that effect. I know I am taking it out of context, but I love the fact it is not <acrony...
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Jump to postI recently flew China Southern internally within China and on touch down a <acronym title="Safair (South Africa)">FA</acronym> came and got 2 passengers out of their seats, got their bags and took them up the front. We had only just touched down with reverse thrusters doing there thing and it prompt...
Jump to postI am sure when I took this flight that it did not go very high. I can not remember the exact altitude but it surprised me at the time. Although it is a short flight I likened it to flying from Wellington to Christchurch many years ago where I am sure they still went to 30000 feet even though it is a...
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Jump to postChewing gum is contraband in Singapore You are allowed to bring in 1 or 2 open packets now. You can also buy it under prescription or from a Chemist if you have your passport. The rumoured reason is because a MRT train door would not open one day due to chewing gum, hence it was banned. I think the ...
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Jump to postI can't help but whinge. I live in Singapore and they didn't bother putting the <acronym title="Air New Zealand">NZ</acronym> game on <acronym title="Virgin Express (Belgium)">TV</acronym>!!! So annoying. They did put the Aussie game on so at least I can watch that. They played a football (soccer) g...
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Jump to postSQ used to tell you to remove batteries if using the in seat power but they no longer do. I assumed that they had relaxed the whole removing batteries thing.
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Jump to postThis is what got my attention "Stay in touch when you’re in the air with internet and e-mail access on your seatback or on your own laptop. The Qantas A380 also has SMS and telephone connectivity." Looking forward to internet on planes again. I hope <acronym title="Singapore Airlines">SQ</acronym> d...
Jump to postMaybe I am illiterate but I have just completed an internet check in on <acronym title="Singapore Airlines">SQ</acronym> and received an automated email. The email says "However, Singapore Airlines may have to re-assign seats without prior notice due to operational exigencies" I am native English sp...
Jump to postI always sit upstairs for long haul on <acronym title="Singapore Airlines">SQ</acronym>. I like upstairs because it is very rare that children are upstairs (I have 2 children under 4 so I am a hypocrite). It is noisy though as you get a lot of wind noise. <acronym title="Singapore Airlines">SQ</acro...
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Jump to postI can fly business if greater than 8 hours. I fly Singapore/London about 6 times a year. I will always fly business as I can sleep approx 8 hours on the flight, I arrive at 5:30am UK time and can go to the hotel, check in, shower and be in the office for 8:30. As I don't like to be away from the fam...
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Jump to postI remember flying from <acronym title="Lan Chile">LA</acronym> to London on United and listening to channel 12? the entire trip a number of years ago. When flying over Scotland the ATC was trying to communicate with the American pilot. The scottish ATC gave instructions 4 times, each time the Americ...
Jump to postHow about the Sultan of Brunei. Apparently he often flies his 747 and likes doing "touch and goes" for fun. Also apparently no one really knows if he actually has a license as everyone is to scared to ask him. A big advantage of running your own Country I guess. Probably all rubbish but part of me h...
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Jump to postCathay Pacific have it on some 777's. It was mounted just behind the noise wheel so you could watch the wheel go up and down. On Emirates I think it was mounted on the actual front wheel so during the flight you of course could not see anything.
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Jump to postI have this theory about face masks which it would be nice to know if it rings true. At 30,000 feet if the plane has a huge problem and takes a sudden dive (like a bit of the fuselage falls off) we have complete loss in cabin pressure I have two choice. 1. take oxygen 2. don't bother. Theory 1) If t...
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Jump to postThanks, but a bit boring. I was hoping it was to re-enforce that as we have gone above 10000 feet remember you can no longer breath on your own.
Or on descent it was to let you know that should a window pop out you probably don't need oxygen anymore.
I learnt recently that when a flight ascends or descends through 10,000 feet the pilot rings the chime. I had never noticed this before but I now see it happening most of the time. Well at least on <acronym title="Singapore Airlines">SQ</acronym> and always when descending and sometimes when ascendi...
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Jump to postSQ serve peanuts by default. However if they have someone on board with an allergy they announce that they will not be serving them, and tell passengers who bought peanuts on board not to open them. Don't know how effective that is but it is at least an attempt.
Jump to postI have been a PPS member for about 3 years now. I do about 100k per year and just over 50K of that is in business class which is why of course I qualify for PPS. I always fly <acronym title="Singapore Airlines">SQ</acronym> unless they don't go where I want to, or they have no seats available, which...
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Jump to postOn my last two flights from Heathrow to Singapore on SQ (in the last couple of months) we were bussed to the plane. Both times I was flying 1st class and it really did detract from the experiance.
Jump to postNot exactly but around the same time my mother flew from CHCH to London. This included a flight from I believe <acronym title="KLM Royal Dutch Airlines">KL</acronym> to Heathrow on the VC10. Just after take off their was a bomb scare and the pilot did a very quick (and according to mum a dramatic re...
Jump to postAm I being cynical or are they actually saying that the air bags will be installed into the riskiest (business class) seats, so it is a case of survival of the richest
Jump to postIt was the case in New Zealand and possibly still is that it is illegal to breast feed in public. In Scotland however it is illegal to prevent a woman from breast feeding in public. I certainly hope there is more to the story. My wife recently flew business to <acronym title="Air New Zealand">NZ</ac...
Jump to postI am hoping their will be something at Changi today. I am flying 1st class to London today so if I am lucky they will have something in the lounge at least.
Jump to postI think it is necessary, New Zealand has such a large problem with professional people leaving New Zealand to work overseas that a price hike to leave the Country might help <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/smile.gif" alt="Smile"> That said Auckland is already the worst airport for fami...
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