But we all have to wait for the skies to open fully, post COVID... having said that, I'm sure most of our frequent flier privileges have been extended by the respective airlines. SQ automatically extended my PPS membership by another year - there was no way I could have flown the required miles due to COVID.

I agree with SQ’s business class at Silver Kris - it’s a dated product. The First Class and Private Room are somewhat better, IMHO anyway. CX’s lounges are also quite good, especially their noodle bar.

Yes, you have to walk out to the First Class Lounge to use the showers/toilets there.

Indeed you are correct. Sorry I wasn’t clear in my earlier post - I meant to say that to access the toilets, one would have to exit TPR and use the ones at the First Class lounge. The facilities are the one and the same - but they do provide better quality toothbrushes in their little open/shut cases which the Business Class folks don’t get. Hahaha

The best shower room I've ever used is the one @ Haneda, in ANA Suite (I was flying SQ First Class, and I don't think they have a KrisFlyer lounge there, so I was asked to use ANA's First Class Suite). Oh my goodness. It blows anything SQ has clean out of the water!

Really!? You mean TPR actually has its own toilets!? All these years and I always walk out of the the room and use the First Class's facilities! I'm such a doofus.

This is the ANA Suite shower ... personally, it's the best I've experienced.





Forgot to add - it's got both the WC (with the excellent Japanese smart toilet bidet) & the shower in the same cubicle... SQ needs to buck up!

This post has been edited by hksgmy: Jun 19 2020, 02:07 PM

Ah, the familiar old showers. I swear to you, the cubicles look the same in First & Business Class. No differentiation at all.

I am inspired to start taking photos of lounge shower cubicles now!! Just have to make sure they don’t think I am some sort of pervert that’s all hahaha

Actually, I tend to stay away from bathtubs, even in hotels, if I can... you don't want to know what I've found with a black light in the past! That turned me off for life!

It was just the one time, where I’d bought it along for fun. Never again. Sometimes it’s better off not knowing. LOL

Sigh. 7 months of the year have gone and we’re no closer to leisure travel... 2020 has been a total wipe out.

You mean like this?

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And this?

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This only makes me sadder! Sigh.

Can you get your money back? SQ was very quick with the refund - we got back $20,000 for the 2 cancelled trips within 3 days of us asking for it.

Hope the skies will open up for you and me and all other frequent travelers soon - here’s wishing all of you safe travels and keep safe!

Well, let’s keep our fingers crossed that these restaurants won’t be forced to close down because of COVID19.... and that they’ll still be alive and kicking to satiate and satisfy our hungry palates when we can all travel safely again

Yes, initially I converted all my SQ tickets into credit as I was still hoping desperately that I’d be able to fly to see my family overseas. All that’s no longer a feasible option at the moment, so I finally grew in the towel and asked for a refund instead.

Sorry for the noob question, but could you explain what % is this please? Would like to learn, thanks!

OIC. Thank you. I was thinking of the conversion rates to KF from the CC.

Just thought I'd share the power of funneling all your spending into KrisFlyer points. I have 2 cards which allow me to do KrisFlyer conversion, at no additional cost:

1. AMEX PPS card:



2. MayBank's Diamante Visa card:



And because I'm a PPS member, my KrisFlyer points never expire, and because I usually purchase the premium classes (Business or First/Suite) I wish to fly (as using redemption usually means I'm put on the waitlist, given the scarcity of seat availability on SQ flights post COVID), I've not really had a chance to use the points over the past 3 years. I've used a small fraction of the points to redeem flights back to Manila for my domestic helper (she goes home whenever we spend more than a month away in Sydney), but here's what nearly 3 years of funneling everything into KrisFlyer points, in addition to double points with AMEX PPS whenever I use that to purchase SQ premium class tickets, gets you:



(full disclosure, I paid for an overseas purchase of my Porsche cars in Sydney with my Diamante card, so that accounted for a huge chunk of KrisFlyer points. I also paid for all the white goods and renovations of the house in Sydney on either one of those cards, so those major/big ticket items really racked up the points more so than the usual montly spending would).

The trouble is, I don't know when would I ever get a chance to redeem those points - I don't want to lose my PPS status, so I keep purchasing SQ tickets with my AMEX cards, which gives me double the usual KrisFlyer points earned... it's a vicious cycle with no end!

This post has been edited by hksgmy: Jul 25 2023, 12:34 PM