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This is coming late, seeing as I flew almost a month ago but I've been too busy of late. I must apologise for the picture quality an inconsistency. To avoid looking noobish I took them all very quickly, rarely enough time for the camera to focus.
Here's the chronology of my wonderful SQ experience
It was just perfect. A flight I was looking forward to for two months. Everything was flawless from the moment I entered the First Class check-in suite at Changi, to the lounges and of course the flight itself.
Check-In
When I arrived at the airport (a little early actually
), I was greeted by the porter. He took my bags and a lady led me to the check-in counter. The usual, got my bags weighed and got my boarding pass. The staff were very pleasant and we had a brief conversation when I told them it was my first trip on SQ in a very long time.
After that I entered the transit area and was greeted by the huge Silverkris logo on the wall just above the escalator.
The lounges- T3
When I arrived at the spacious entrance to SKL at T3, I was greeted by the dragon ladies. They were all very friendly. One of them showed me around the entire lounge from the J lounge to The Private Room.
The J lounge was larger than I expected. At that time it was rather empty, but I was told it sometimes gets a little crowded in the evenings.
The F lounge looked nicer but it didn't seem to have an edge over J. The food spread looked largely the same as J.
TPR expectedly had the nicest interiors The dragon lady at the TPR counter took my invitation card though
I thought I could keep it. Oh well, I took a picture of it and reluctantly gave it to her.
After reading the papers, I started on some food over at TPR. The waiter handed me the menu and being not much of the meat eater I am I settled for a vegetarian pasta dish:
Capellini with Wild Mushroom Ragout and Truffle Oil
Fine pasta with stewed mushroom drizzled with truffle oil
The pasta was wonderful. The texture was just right. I'm not much of a mushroom lover but this was done just perfect.
I then had a piece of cake the waiter insisted I try. Of course I was tempted to have more but there was still the other parts of SKL to explore and I wanted to leave space for their offerings too.
After the meal I headed out to the First Class lounge. Wasn't impressed. There was an unattended bar but that's expected since there was only one other guest there. I wasn't hungry but couldn't resist getting some cheese (I love cheese!) from the food counter.
It was then time to leave the sterile and largely unattractive F lounge for J.
Perhaps I like large spaces over exclusivity but the J lounge was the coziest and nicest one to me. I wouldn't have stayed long there but a chap from the states I met started a conversation.
The lounges- T2
I still had quite a bit of time on my hands, which was intended. I left the lounge and checked out the shops before heading over to T2 SKL, continuing my lounge-hopping
I had some trouble finding it once I got to T2 but asking around a bit, I got there. I was surprised. This lounge seemed a whole lot busier! I guess there must have been a number of SQ flights departing from T2 around that time or the pax preferred this to the T3 one.
Advising that I could use the T3 SKL lounge, when I explained my curiousity to check out their's the Indonesian male staff at the entrance seemed flattered and explained that some pax departing from T3 prefer using their lounge. He showed me to the F section and suggested I try the food offerings.
Again, I wasn't hungry, but could resist getting some cheese and cakes. There were at least 10pax in there. The deco was very dated, it looked a little cluttered but cozy. I expected some tarmac views though. Oh well. It's interesting to note that they use the old inflight F plates in this lounge.
I then made my way to the J section. It was bigger, brighter and cozier but otherwise very similar to the former section.
That concluded my "SKL tour". I left the lounge after a brief conversation with the same pleasantly enthusiastic male staff at the entrance.
I decided to walk around the airport a little more- yes, I'm quite the curious explorer! I walked past what I think was the Qantas lounge (near the TG lounge) and boy was it scary. The dragon lady looked like an actual dragon
She was a tall, lady in a uniform at the entrance that looked a little like something security guards don and she starred at me watchfully as I walked past lol.
The lounges- T3 again
Since I still had a bit more time I decided to head back to T3 SKL. On the way I walked past the Krisflyer Gold lounge and had a little peek in. Yes, it looked as pathetic as some SQ Talkers described it!
The staff at the T3 SKL welcomed be back. I was spoilt for choice! Couldn't decide which section I wanted to go to. I thought I'd head to TPR. There they were preparing for some tea time offerings I think. The staff pushed out a trolley with some cakes and tea. I was still full from all the cheese so I settled for a cup of green tea while I watched some tv. The staff were very nice, they offered me the remote control guessing that a guy my age may not want to watch the news and the lounge was empty
It was now about half an hour before my gate was to open. I thought I'd have one last look at the F section before I board. It was now livelier. The bar was staffed and there were a few more pax. I got another drink (yes, I was oddly thirsty that day haha) and an Australian chap I came across started a conversation. He thought it odd a "young chap" like me would be flying all alone which I took as a compliment heh. We had a nice conversation but I had to cut it short for it my gate had already opened at that time.
So I headed down. Cleared security and boy was I excited as I walked down the gate.
Here's the chronology of my wonderful SQ experience
It was just perfect. A flight I was looking forward to for two months. Everything was flawless from the moment I entered the First Class check-in suite at Changi, to the lounges and of course the flight itself.
Check-In
When I arrived at the airport (a little early actually
), I was greeted by the porter. He took my bags and a lady led me to the check-in counter. The usual, got my bags weighed and got my boarding pass. The staff were very pleasant and we had a brief conversation when I told them it was my first trip on SQ in a very long time.After that I entered the transit area and was greeted by the huge Silverkris logo on the wall just above the escalator.
The lounges- T3
When I arrived at the spacious entrance to SKL at T3, I was greeted by the dragon ladies. They were all very friendly. One of them showed me around the entire lounge from the J lounge to The Private Room.
The J lounge was larger than I expected. At that time it was rather empty, but I was told it sometimes gets a little crowded in the evenings.
The F lounge looked nicer but it didn't seem to have an edge over J. The food spread looked largely the same as J.
TPR expectedly had the nicest interiors The dragon lady at the TPR counter took my invitation card though
I thought I could keep it. Oh well, I took a picture of it and reluctantly gave it to her.After reading the papers, I started on some food over at TPR. The waiter handed me the menu and being not much of the meat eater I am I settled for a vegetarian pasta dish:
Capellini with Wild Mushroom Ragout and Truffle Oil
Fine pasta with stewed mushroom drizzled with truffle oil
The pasta was wonderful. The texture was just right. I'm not much of a mushroom lover but this was done just perfect.
I then had a piece of cake the waiter insisted I try. Of course I was tempted to have more but there was still the other parts of SKL to explore and I wanted to leave space for their offerings too.
After the meal I headed out to the First Class lounge. Wasn't impressed. There was an unattended bar but that's expected since there was only one other guest there. I wasn't hungry but couldn't resist getting some cheese (I love cheese!) from the food counter.
It was then time to leave the sterile and largely unattractive F lounge for J.
Perhaps I like large spaces over exclusivity but the J lounge was the coziest and nicest one to me. I wouldn't have stayed long there but a chap from the states I met started a conversation.
The lounges- T2
I still had quite a bit of time on my hands, which was intended. I left the lounge and checked out the shops before heading over to T2 SKL, continuing my lounge-hopping
I had some trouble finding it once I got to T2 but asking around a bit, I got there. I was surprised. This lounge seemed a whole lot busier! I guess there must have been a number of SQ flights departing from T2 around that time or the pax preferred this to the T3 one.
Advising that I could use the T3 SKL lounge, when I explained my curiousity to check out their's the Indonesian male staff at the entrance seemed flattered and explained that some pax departing from T3 prefer using their lounge. He showed me to the F section and suggested I try the food offerings.
Again, I wasn't hungry, but could resist getting some cheese and cakes. There were at least 10pax in there. The deco was very dated, it looked a little cluttered but cozy. I expected some tarmac views though. Oh well. It's interesting to note that they use the old inflight F plates in this lounge.
I then made my way to the J section. It was bigger, brighter and cozier but otherwise very similar to the former section.
That concluded my "SKL tour". I left the lounge after a brief conversation with the same pleasantly enthusiastic male staff at the entrance.
I decided to walk around the airport a little more- yes, I'm quite the curious explorer! I walked past what I think was the Qantas lounge (near the TG lounge) and boy was it scary. The dragon lady looked like an actual dragon
She was a tall, lady in a uniform at the entrance that looked a little like something security guards don and she starred at me watchfully as I walked past lol.The lounges- T3 again
Since I still had a bit more time I decided to head back to T3 SKL. On the way I walked past the Krisflyer Gold lounge and had a little peek in. Yes, it looked as pathetic as some SQ Talkers described it!
The staff at the T3 SKL welcomed be back. I was spoilt for choice! Couldn't decide which section I wanted to go to. I thought I'd head to TPR. There they were preparing for some tea time offerings I think. The staff pushed out a trolley with some cakes and tea. I was still full from all the cheese so I settled for a cup of green tea while I watched some tv. The staff were very nice, they offered me the remote control guessing that a guy my age may not want to watch the news and the lounge was empty
It was now about half an hour before my gate was to open. I thought I'd have one last look at the F section before I board. It was now livelier. The bar was staffed and there were a few more pax. I got another drink (yes, I was oddly thirsty that day haha) and an Australian chap I came across started a conversation. He thought it odd a "young chap" like me would be flying all alone which I took as a compliment heh. We had a nice conversation but I had to cut it short for it my gate had already opened at that time.
So I headed down. Cleared security and boy was I excited as I walked down the gate.
Thanks for sharing mate, you rock!
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