Great report! Thanks!
Probably can you try their A380 on the SIN-BKK sector in Oct-Nov (provided not TGed)!
<b>06 August 2012 Singapore Airlines SQ 461 Male (MLE) - Singapore (SIN) A330-300 9V-STH Economy Class </b> World's Best Airline vs World's Most Awarded Airline <a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8431/7773997522_f9341c7ecf_b.jpg" target="_blank"><img border=0 src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8...
Jump to postMaldivian performance <a href="http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/385549_10151318350949017_1525887611_n.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/385549_10151318350949017_1525887611_n.jpg" width="650" height="488" alt="http://a2.sphot...
Jump to postHoliday Inn Resort Kandooma, Maldives Passing by Male Island, which is the capital of Maldives. It is smaller than Sentosa Island in Singapore! <a href="http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s720x720/551056_10151316504419017_983095439_n.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://a1.sphotos.ak.fb...
Jump to postMeal service. After the meal, I overhead that the fish option tasted horrible... <a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7267/7757980802_6dacae649b_b.jpg" target="_blank"/><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7267/7757980802_6dacae649b_b.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/...
Jump to postFor my birthday which just passed recently, I decided to give myself a treat, ie a trip to a place that I have always wanted to go, Maldives!! The resort chosen was the Holiday Inn Resort at Kandooma, which was booked using a mixture of earned/purchased Priority Club points (which was very good valu...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/allrite" class="quote" target="_blank">allrite</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i>To the best of my knowledge Jetstar has neve...
Jump to postFinally to wrap things up, the return flight home on Jetstar Asia. It was the standard short-haul budget flight on Jetstar Asia and service was even pretty good! However the down side was that I was allocated row 29 on the A320 (even when during web check-in) and there were no other rows available. ...
Jump to postStayed at Holiday Inn Silom. Was upgraded to a big and new Premier room with my Priority Club platinum status. Very reasonable price at only around S$80 a night including buffet breakfast! <a href="http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/396029_10151271308619017_1115822887_n.jpg" target="_bla...
Jump to postSingapore Airline's fully owned medium/long-haul low-cost subsidiary, Scoot, had launched its flights for slightly more than a month since. Apart from the initial destinations of Sydney and Gold Coast, it had also started flights to Bangkok in July, with Tianjin, Taipei and Tokyo coming up soon. Wit...
Jump to postAfter 2 nights and gaining 2 kilos in Penang, it was time to return back to Singapore. The flight was scheduled to depart at 1220hrs and I checked in at 1100hrs. As mentioned, Penang airport is currently undergoing a major interior renovation. Not sure about the domestic side but for the Internation...
Jump to postAnd now, the final installment of this report, a gastronomical weekend in Penang! The flights were bought just slightly more than a month before departure and I was surprised that Tiger was only offering the fares for S$96 return all-in, really a steal for departure on a friday morning and return on...
Jump to postNice video there! Hope to be able to fly QR sometime too!
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/infinit" class="quote" target="_blank">infinit</a> (<a href="#28" class="quote">Reply 28</a>):<br/><i>Exactly. I think doing a full hot meal ser...
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Jump to postAfter 3 relaxing nights in Bali,with lots of suntanning and spa sessions, it was time to return to Singapore. Transport was provided from our hotel, Holiday Inn Resort Baruna, to the airport, which took less than 10min. However, cars could not stop at the terminal building now due to some expansion/...
Jump to postBali Beach Weekend! Holiday Inn Baruna Bali <img src="http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/562913_10150957065629017_556614016_9824085_1200202200_n.jpg" width="600" height="800" border="0"/><img src="http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/427907_10150957065494017_556614016_9824084_1...
Jump to postOver Batam, Indonesia. <a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7106/7132203723_16311cc5de_b.jpg" target="_blank"/><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7106/7132203723_16311cc5de_b.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7106/7132203723_16311cc5de_b.jpg" width="650" height="488"...
Jump to postNow for the main focus of the report, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines on the <acronym title="Singapore - Changi (SIN / WSSS), Singapore">SIN</acronym>-<acronym title="Denpasar / Bali - Ngurah Rai International (DPS / WADD), Indonesia">DPS</acronym> sector for a weekend beach getaway! I was checking for fli...
Jump to postJust a night in Kuala Lumpur and back to Singapore next. <b>25 March 2012 Jetstar Asia 3K 686 Kuala Lumpur(<acronym title="Kuala Lumpur - International (Sepang) (KUL / WMKK), Malaysia">KUL</acronym>) - Singapore(<acronym title="Singapore - Changi (SIN / WSSS), Singapore">SIN</acronym>) A320 <acronym...
Jump to postIt is a bliss to be based in Singapore as I can go on short weekend trips to cities around the region without bursting my pocket (sometimes airfares could be as cheap as the taxi fares to town!). As these short trips are rather frequent these few months, I would be combining them into 1 report rathe...
Jump to postThe catering on the <acronym title="Singapore - Changi (SIN / WSSS), Singapore">SIN</acronym>-<acronym title="Johannesburg - OR Tambo International (Jan Smuts) (JNB / FAJS), South Africa">JNB</acronym> sector looked poor compared to other long-haul sectors. I had similar offerings on my <acronym tit...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/win1290" class="quote" target="_blank">win1290</a> (<a href="#13" class="quote">Reply 13</a>):<br/><i> <acronym title="Thai International (Thail...
Jump to postShortly after takeoff, with the map-view on the IFE. Wonderful legroom again! Interestingly, only on-demand movies were not available on the IFE system while the plane was on the ground. According to <acronym title="Thai International (Thailand)">TG</acronym>'s website, <i>"The movies are not availa...
Jump to postFinally, the return and last sector. I had again checked in online and selected the same seats at row 69 again on the B773 aircraft. <acronym title="Thai International (Thailand)">TG</acronym> check-in counters at <acronym title="Bangkok - Suvarnabhumi International (BKK / VTBS), Thailand">BKK</acro...
Jump to postAirport express train to city cuz there were almost no taxis and massive queues at the taxi stands! <a href="http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/428209_10150609405779017_556614016_9364149_1609789494_n.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/428209_101...
Jump to postJust barely 2 weeks after the short trip to Kuching, it was time for another weekend trip, this time to the Land of Smiles, Bangkok Thailand! As it was meant to be a weekend getaway, air-tickets around the weekend are more expensive than usual. The cheapest that we could get for a Friday evening dep...
Jump to postA very short report on the flight back. Nothing much to note on this flight, just the standard Tiger no-frills service. <b>12 February 2012 Tiger Airways <acronym title="Transbrasil SA Linhas Aereas">TR</acronym> 2495 Kuching (<acronym title="Kuching - International (KCH / WBGG), Malaysia">KCH</acro...
Jump to postScenes of Kuching <a href="http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/407325_10150573450879017_556614016_9257559_1573754789_n.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/407325_10150573450879017_556614016_9257559_1573754789_n.jpg" width="650" height="488" alt="h...
Jump to postThis month, I would be doing two weekend trips to regional destinations, namely Kuching & Bangkok. Kuching was a last minute decision due to fantastic fares a couple of weeks before the flight, and with great timings too! The first installment would cover the Kuching weekend trip that I took. Th...
Jump to post<b>15 January 2012 Jetstar Asia 3K 696 Hong Kong (<acronym title="CURRENT: Hong Kong - Chek Lap Kok International (HKG / VHHH), China - Hong Kong AND OLD: Hong Kong - Kai Tak International (HKG / VHHH) (closed), China - Hong Kong">HKG</acronym>) - Singapore (<acronym title="Singapore - Changi (SIN /...
Jump to post3 nights just went by so quickly and it was soon the day to fly home. On the morning of the day of departure at around 0600am, I received an SMS that my Jetstar flight had been retimed from 2025hrs to 2155hrs. Groans... Another delay on Jetstar. Well, at least this time they sent the correct message...
Jump to postFeasting in Hong Kong! <img src="http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/399626_10150512134459017_556614016_9080549_1817203076_n.jpg" width="600" height="800" border="0"/><a href="http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/408755_10150512134589017_556614016_9080550_1419705941_n.jpg" targe...
Jump to postScenes of Macau <img src="http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/400138_10150504150859017_556614016_9051061_2102798446_n.jpg" width="577" height="960" border="0"/><img src="http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/409077_10150512129029017_556614016_9080498_132890081_n.jpg" width="600" ...
Jump to postHappy Chinese New Year everyone! This would be a short report of the weekend trip I did to Macau and Hong Kong over the last weekend and also my first trip of the year. As Jetstar was offering a rather good deal on the dates I wanted, at around S$300 return (Starter Plus fare) inclusive of meals and...
Jump to postJust a little update to my trip report, Qantas did responded to my feedback regarding the delay with an apology letter and best of all, they sent me a A$300 voucher, valid for use on Qantas or Oneworld operated/marketed flights! Great service recovery!
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Ben175" class="quote" target="_blank">Ben175</a> (<a href="#19" class="quote">Reply 19</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table><table border="0" ...
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Jump to postThe final sector of this trip, flying on <acronym title="Qantas (Australia)">QF</acronym>'s A380. As I had flown on <acronym title="Singapore Airlines">SQ</acronym>'s A380 a number of times, I would be doing some comparisons on the 2 airline's whalejets. Our delayed flight was now one of the last fe...
Jump to postAnother 4 days in Canberra and it was time to return home. The next sector would be another standard <acronym title="Canberra (Fairbairn) (CBR / YSCB), Australia - Australian Capital Territory">CBR</acronym>-<acronym title="Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (Mascot) (SYD / YSSY), Australia - Ne...
Jump to postConfirmed that SQ would reduce DME/IAH frequency to 5x a week effective 06 Feb 2012.
Jump to postA night in Sydney and it was time to return to Canberra. I had booked an the evening flight back to Canberra and it would be operated by a B738, another aircraft type for me in the Qantas fleet. This flight would also proved to be the most impressive of all sectors! Took the really overpriced train ...
Jump to postSydney! <img src="http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/374706_10150440222554017_556614016_8781609_1468489254_n.jpg" width="600" height="800" border="0"/><a href="http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/381584_10150440223059017_556614016_8781618_1697977932_n.jpg" target="_blank"><img...
Jump to postOver the weekend, I flew up to Sydney as there is only so much that one can see or do in Canberra. As there are no budget airlines plying the <acronym title="Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (Mascot) (SYD / YSSY), Australia - New South Wales">SYD</acronym>-<acronym title="Canberra (Fairbairn) ...
Jump to postScenes of Canberra <img src="http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/381050_10150438414079017_556614016_8778430_890745045_n.jpg" width="600" height="800" border="0"/><img src="http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/387883_10150438414199017_556614016_8778432_1803432633_n.jpg" width="60...
Jump to postAir Austral B773ER taking off. <a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7143/6491710881_50bbbbb58f_b.jpg" target="_blank"/><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7143/6491710881_50bbbbb58f_b.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7143/6491710881_50bbbbb58f_b.jpg" width="650" heig...
Jump to postPassing the Qantas Hangars while on the transfer bus. <acronym title="Qantas (Australia)">QF</acronym> B744ER with F1 Livery <a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7147/6490263621_61ac73df45_b.jpg" target="_blank"/><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7147/6490263621_61ac73df45_b.jpg" target="_bla...
Jump to postCouple of weeks back, I need to travel to Canberra for 11 days on a working trip. As my company has the policy of "flying with the cheapest full-service carrier" available, I was booked on Qantas for the trip. Over the weekend, I had also booked myself a short trip to Sydney. Overall, I would be fly...
Jump to postAt least the food served by BR seemed better than CX on the same sector. CX only serves a warm sandwich in economy on the secotr.
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/je89_w" class="quote" target="_blank">je89_w</a> (<a href="#17" class="quote">Reply 17</a>):<br/><i>Great trip report, makes me want to visit Ta...
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