bwicoplat
Jun 27, 08, 9:14 am
Flew SQ 228 tonight from MEL-SIN. What an odd experience.
Arrive at MEL at 12.30 for the 15.50 departure. My meetings ended early and I headed to the airport. There was a man sitting at the FC check-in, but he said to come back at 12.50. No problem. Wander around, fill out the departure card and head back to the desk at 13.00. Get all I need to get from him (fast track immigration/security, BP, lounge directions).
I arrive at the SKL and head to the F-side. Food offerings were nothing spectacular (cheese, fruit, crackers, cold sandwiches and warm chicken/spinach phyllo pockets). The champagne was leftover from the morning departure and had a "stay fresh" device on it. It was flat. I asked for a new bottle and was told the bottle still had some in it. I pointed out it was flat and was told "there are still bubbles in it". HA. I had the club soda.
About two hours before departure the lounge agent approaches me and asks if I will switch from 2A to 2D to accomodate a couple that want to sit together. I asked her how half of a couple in 2A could be sitting next to their travelling partner. She said, "They want to sit next to each other." Again, I asked her how that was possible if one of them was in 2A. She shrugged her shoulders and said, "They want to sit next to each other." ...? How does that work. Whatever, I said that was fine.
Then this older couple comes through the lounge and asks for the TV to be turned up. Three times. It was so loud, I felt like I was sitting near my grandfather watching TV. Another woman complained it was too loud, so they lowered it. Then the man from the older couple asks to make it louder. This went back and forth for about 30 min. Quite amusing.
So we board up and I'm in 2D. The elderly TV watching loud couple (did I mention it was a full hour of JUDGE JUDY) couple get on and are in 2A and 3A. ...? The man says, "thank you for switching with us, we have to have 2A and 3A or we can't fly". I said, "Why is that?" He replied, "Oh, we have to have these seats." Whatever. Clearly they didn't want to sit together or they would have asked for 2A and 2D. Did I mention I reserved 2A last week when I got this ticket.
Then the woman on the other side of me in Row 2 gets on. She's older as well. I get up to look around and with the excpetion of the teenager in Row 1 who could have been a man or a woman, the average age on the rest of the F is well into their 60s. Is this the flight to PBI or SIN?
The woman in 2J asks to have her bag put in the overhead bin, where my laptop bag and duty free bag is. She tells the FA that it is her bin and my stuff should be removed. I didn't move. The FA explained to her that it wasn't her bin and her small bag could fit there. Without going into the gory details the woman asked for her bag at least two dozen times during the seven hour flight. That's at least 24 take downs and put backs by the FAs.
The FA brings her menu and she looks through it and says, "I'm allergic to dairy, nuts, wheat, gluten, and something I couldn't understand." She asks if the have fruit. They do. She asks if she could have fruit and the salad with lemon. Fine, no problem with that. She says, "I want all the fruit." :eek:
The pursur comes over and she explains that she wants ALL THE FRUIT. The pursur doesn't quite understand (neither do I...surely she can't mean...)...
She then says, "I paid good money for this ticket and I want ALL THE FRUIT ON THE PLANE SERVED TO ME ON A PLATTER AFTER TAKE-OFF." I started to laugh. The Senior FA looked at me. I winked and rolled my eyes.
The woman then stands up, goes to the back has a conversation with the attendants and comes back and sits down. Now she asks for FOUR blankets. They explain to her that she can have two, but that the flight is full and there are not enough blankets for her to have FOUR. She demands four blankets. And hot water to drink. No hot water on the ground. How's that you say? OK...so she settles for Evian. She complains about the smell and gets a can of Schepps mineral water. She doesn't want bubbles. So she asks them to open ten cans of the mineral water and let them go flat because the Evian smells. She should have had the champagne in the SKL. Forget my book about WWII espionage, SQ is providing a new channel to KrisWorld right here on the ground!
So we take off and sure enough they serve her plate after plate of fruit, which she absolutely hoovers. I didn't even ask for fruit with my meal. Why torture the already suffering? Eventually she disappeared into the bathroom for about 20 minutes. I know this because she went into the bathroom as my episode of Kath and Kim was starting and returned when it was almost done.
So we finish dinner (had the book the cook chicken..it was excellent) and now she wants to sleep. She starts to hit the recline feature and then starts bucking in the seat. Can't quite get it to go. Finally she falls asleep...thankfully.
All in all a great flight. The Krug never got below half full and at one point I was brought a fresh glass. I like the Krug over the DP. I was the only one drinking it and drank the bottle :p The lobster starter was excellent as was the pumpkin pie dessert.
Tomorrow night SIN-FRA in F. I switched from LH to SQ. Hopefully the entertainment will be more modest.
Arrive at MEL at 12.30 for the 15.50 departure. My meetings ended early and I headed to the airport. There was a man sitting at the FC check-in, but he said to come back at 12.50. No problem. Wander around, fill out the departure card and head back to the desk at 13.00. Get all I need to get from him (fast track immigration/security, BP, lounge directions).
I arrive at the SKL and head to the F-side. Food offerings were nothing spectacular (cheese, fruit, crackers, cold sandwiches and warm chicken/spinach phyllo pockets). The champagne was leftover from the morning departure and had a "stay fresh" device on it. It was flat. I asked for a new bottle and was told the bottle still had some in it. I pointed out it was flat and was told "there are still bubbles in it". HA. I had the club soda.
About two hours before departure the lounge agent approaches me and asks if I will switch from 2A to 2D to accomodate a couple that want to sit together. I asked her how half of a couple in 2A could be sitting next to their travelling partner. She said, "They want to sit next to each other." Again, I asked her how that was possible if one of them was in 2A. She shrugged her shoulders and said, "They want to sit next to each other." ...? How does that work. Whatever, I said that was fine.
Then this older couple comes through the lounge and asks for the TV to be turned up. Three times. It was so loud, I felt like I was sitting near my grandfather watching TV. Another woman complained it was too loud, so they lowered it. Then the man from the older couple asks to make it louder. This went back and forth for about 30 min. Quite amusing.
So we board up and I'm in 2D. The elderly TV watching loud couple (did I mention it was a full hour of JUDGE JUDY) couple get on and are in 2A and 3A. ...? The man says, "thank you for switching with us, we have to have 2A and 3A or we can't fly". I said, "Why is that?" He replied, "Oh, we have to have these seats." Whatever. Clearly they didn't want to sit together or they would have asked for 2A and 2D. Did I mention I reserved 2A last week when I got this ticket.
Then the woman on the other side of me in Row 2 gets on. She's older as well. I get up to look around and with the excpetion of the teenager in Row 1 who could have been a man or a woman, the average age on the rest of the F is well into their 60s. Is this the flight to PBI or SIN?
The woman in 2J asks to have her bag put in the overhead bin, where my laptop bag and duty free bag is. She tells the FA that it is her bin and my stuff should be removed. I didn't move. The FA explained to her that it wasn't her bin and her small bag could fit there. Without going into the gory details the woman asked for her bag at least two dozen times during the seven hour flight. That's at least 24 take downs and put backs by the FAs.
The FA brings her menu and she looks through it and says, "I'm allergic to dairy, nuts, wheat, gluten, and something I couldn't understand." She asks if the have fruit. They do. She asks if she could have fruit and the salad with lemon. Fine, no problem with that. She says, "I want all the fruit." :eek:
The pursur comes over and she explains that she wants ALL THE FRUIT. The pursur doesn't quite understand (neither do I...surely she can't mean...)...
She then says, "I paid good money for this ticket and I want ALL THE FRUIT ON THE PLANE SERVED TO ME ON A PLATTER AFTER TAKE-OFF." I started to laugh. The Senior FA looked at me. I winked and rolled my eyes.
The woman then stands up, goes to the back has a conversation with the attendants and comes back and sits down. Now she asks for FOUR blankets. They explain to her that she can have two, but that the flight is full and there are not enough blankets for her to have FOUR. She demands four blankets. And hot water to drink. No hot water on the ground. How's that you say? OK...so she settles for Evian. She complains about the smell and gets a can of Schepps mineral water. She doesn't want bubbles. So she asks them to open ten cans of the mineral water and let them go flat because the Evian smells. She should have had the champagne in the SKL. Forget my book about WWII espionage, SQ is providing a new channel to KrisWorld right here on the ground!
So we take off and sure enough they serve her plate after plate of fruit, which she absolutely hoovers. I didn't even ask for fruit with my meal. Why torture the already suffering? Eventually she disappeared into the bathroom for about 20 minutes. I know this because she went into the bathroom as my episode of Kath and Kim was starting and returned when it was almost done.
So we finish dinner (had the book the cook chicken..it was excellent) and now she wants to sleep. She starts to hit the recline feature and then starts bucking in the seat. Can't quite get it to go. Finally she falls asleep...thankfully.
All in all a great flight. The Krug never got below half full and at one point I was brought a fresh glass. I like the Krug over the DP. I was the only one drinking it and drank the bottle :p The lobster starter was excellent as was the pumpkin pie dessert.
Tomorrow night SIN-FRA in F. I switched from LH to SQ. Hopefully the entertainment will be more modest.