Thank you for such a great report! Says a lot about SQ and crew that they are capable of providing such high quality service in Y on what must be a pretty tiring journey physically. Loved your pics of SF – makes me want to go back!
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Originally posted by SQ777 View PostThank you for such a great report! Says a lot about SQ and crew that they are capable of providing such high quality service in Y on what must be a pretty tiring journey physically. Loved your pics of SF – makes me want to go back!
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Great trip report as always!
I wonder what’s the SIN-SFO ULR flight experience will be like... gotta try them soon before SQ switches to all non ULR plane on SFO route in less than one year time.
Anyway, I think the second meal timing in the middle of the flight is less than ideal cause it’s too near to the first meal and leave too much gap to the end of flight with no meal service. It is probably a understandable compromise cause the crews need to take turns to rest and thus to account for the shift change, meal service can only happen mid flight when they are changing shift or at the final 2 hours. Otherwise, maybe for ULR flights, airlines can consider 3 meals with second meal at the mid flight and third meal 2 hours prior to landing and these two meals can be served in half trays like below.
Last edited by davidfusq; 17 December 2019, 05:56 AM.
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Originally posted by davidfusq View PostGreat trip report as always!
Originally posted by davidfusq View PostI wonder what’s the SIN-SFO ULR flight experience will be like... gotta try them soon before SQ switches to all non ULR plane on SFO route in less than one year time.
Originally posted by davidfusq View Postmaybe for ULR flights, airlines can consider 3 meals with second meal at the mid flight and third meal 2 hours prior to landing
Originally posted by davidfusq View Postthese two meals can be served in half trays like below.
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Thanks yflyer for another wonderfully vivid TR! Have been silently following some of yr reports over the past year but simply overwhelmed by daily routines to compliment them. But now that i have a bit freer time at the end of teh year i want to let you know that your TRs have been great - the amount of effort you took in each of these, including this TR, to focus on the user interface more than immerse the reader into the experience. You allow readers to size up and gauge each product to make travel decisions, from airlines and routes, to specific aircraft for seats and IFE, to hotels and eats (my goodness yr dining reports is another category in its own). And you are probably the only SQtalker here who features a RunReport! For some of us who try to squeeze in runs in between work trips these are vy useful info - for teh world of me though i cant fathom how you can so easily put in 10-11k with still the energy to take steady pictures. Thanks again for this wonderfully detailed TR and RR of one of my favourite cities, and as i said, all yr TRs in the past year. Happy holidays
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Originally posted by yflyer View PostThanks for sharing these half tray pics. I've never seen the half trays like the pics above on SQ, even for short SQ flights to JKT or BKK. On my flights to/from JKT and BKK, it has always been the usual trays this year. Are they now standard for SIN-JKT or similar routes?
The picture on the right was from a fellow sqtalk forumer enroute to/from Ho Chi Minh City.
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Originally posted by davidfusq View PostThe picture on the left was taken during my flight on 17 September 2019 from Jakarta to Singapore in which I was served the half tray.
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Originally posted by jammed View PostThanks yflyer for another wonderfully vivid TR!
Originally posted by jammed View PostHave been silently following some of yr reports over the past year but simply overwhelmed by daily routines to compliment them. But now that i have a bit freer time at the end of teh year i want to let you know that your TRs have been great
Originally posted by jammed View PostAnd you are probably the only SQtalker here who features a RunReport!
Originally posted by jammed View PostFor some of us who try to squeeze in runs in between work trips these are vy useful info
Originally posted by jammed View PostHappy holidays
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Originally posted by yflyer View PostThere are others! Fellow SQTalker orionmiz is a really accomplished runner, as can be seen by this wonderful TR on the Dubai Marathon.
Originally posted by yflyer View PostI would personally prefer a 3rd meal service as well. Maybe the reason they don't do for SIN-SFO is the impact of the additional cabin crew workload (And less rest) if they have to do a 3rd meal service. I believe during meal service, all cabin crew are working and none are resting.
SQ22 SIN to EWR Refreshment (Mar 2019):
SQ21 EWR to SIN Refreshment (Mar 2019):
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Awesome report. You always manage to make Y look very comfortable. Amazing how you can find the effort to document so much, every single time.
Originally posted by yflyer View PostThanks, davidfusq!
Thanks for sharing these half tray pics. I've never seen the half trays like the pics above on SQ, even for short SQ flights to JKT or BKK. On my flights to/from JKT and BKK, it has always been the usual trays this year. Are they now standard for SIN-JKT or similar routes?
If anything, I seem to recall special meals having both starters and dessert.
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Originally posted by yflyer View PostBoarding was called on time...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQj3uVxb4eI&t=489s
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Originally posted by orionmiz View PostHaha was about to post something when I saw this. In fact, I did quite a number of overseas races after that (such as Los Angeles Marathon, Walt Disney World Marathon, Copenhagen Marathon, etc.), just that I didn't post it here.
Originally posted by orionmiz View PostWell, for reference, for SQ22/SQ21 on Premium Economy, they serve an additional refreshment (in addition to 2 meals and anytime snacks).
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Originally posted by dfs24 View PostAwesome report. You always manage to make Y look very comfortable.
Originally posted by dfs24 View PostAmazing how you can find the effort to document so much, every single time.
I mean, there are only so many camera angles in a metal tube, and I think I have exceeded my quota of pictures of peanuts on SQTalk (So luckily they switched to non-peanut based snacks...).
Thankfully, SQ is always evolving and there is always something new to cover, for example new equipment types, new seats, new menu changes...a lot more TR's to come before we all run out of TR ideas!
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Originally posted by Avenger777 View PostIsnt this one of the cabin crew on your flight? At 10:00.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQj3uVxb4eI&t=489s
Thanks for sharing the link to travel vlogger DennisBunnik's video, a very comprehensive review of the 787-10 inaugural from PER-SIN. Brought back memories of my recent Perth trip on SQ's 787-10 in Business Class.
I watched the video and chuckled at how he described satay just after the 6 minute mark....Last edited by yflyer; 21 December 2019, 08:11 AM.
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Thanks for the TR, yflyer. You put a lot of thought into this TR and seems you enjoyed the flight a lot.
Recently this month my dad flew SQ31 and SQ32 to India (Chennai on the A330 and from CCU on the 359R).
My dad got 9V-SMV on SQ31, and 9V-SMW on SQ32, from CCU he got 9V-SHG and MAA 9V-SSG (same aircraft we flew on in 2017).
Unfortunately his experience except food and service was less than amazing. He found the seats to be extremely crammed meaning difficulty to get any sleep. When he got the food he felt as it got on his lap. Also he found the lack of space. The previous 2013 seats to him were still better on the A350.
There’s a good chance I will fly to India next year on SQ and on the 787 to MAA. Since my mom and I heard about my dad’s experience, we would prefer to take the HKG flight in terms of comfort as long as the 77W is on SQ1/2.
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