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All not true — just got off SQ26 in Y and there was Haagen-Dasz and jam on the trays. Had cheese and crackers on both sectors of SQ25 last month as well (dinner JFK-FRA and lunch FRA-SIN), but not on SQ26 (probably because the meals are coded supper and light lunch.

Odd... flew 6 SQ Y sectors in the past two months and got a Singapore Sling each time (sometimes during the post-takeoff drinks service and others with the meal), never had any problems.

Crew were very proactive with OJ/water on my flights — on an overnight sector the FA serving even went up to each pax who was awake and proactively offered drinks (instead of just walking through and waiting to be flagged down). Was pretty impressed with that, never had that even on NH (where they come around with a different type of drink every 30 min lol).

fimo

It's not like catering loaded up the plane with pre-filled champagne glasses. The FAs prep the drinks in the galley and they'd gladly get you a fuller glass if that's what you want. I sometimes ask them for water which is not on the tray and they come back with it later. Once an FA even brought me a bottle of water along with the glass as he heard me coughing and wanted me to have water during take off before they come around with drinks again.

kevinoh

Was the request fulfilled in J?

Terminator8

Haven't flown J yet. It's always been F. But the miles will run out eventually and I might be forced into steerage.

whughes3

You are presumably talking about F; my comment was referring to J.

Terminator8

Fair enough.

carrotjuice

Indeed. And in these instances, should one need more either ask for a second glass or do what I saw a passenger do earlier this month - take two half filled glasses right away, pour contents of the second glass into the first glass, hand back the second now empty glass and - viola! - now one full glass!

whughes3

Juat to make a liar of me, tonight on SQ919 I got a nice full glass of bubbly pre-flight!

lokijuh

Which routes? My issues always seem to be with SIN-MEL or vice versa.

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JFK-FRA, FRA-JFK, JFK-FRA-SIN, SIN-FRA-JFK (and 4 of those flights were 100% full in Y at that).

MeltingAlf

I almost choked - peddling Nasi Lemak on the trolley ^

To be honest, I thank the powers that be (whoever in SQ) that the cuts are relatively small compared to the rest of the industry. Even our main competitor in dim sum land, CX, is going ten-abreast on 777s (horrors of horrors) + screwing around with the food makes SQ seem miles ahead of it.

Though I'm putting down my money on a resurgent and cheap MH...

KACommuter

CX has been cost cutting much more obviously on food than SQ, so that makes SQ's recent cuts seem quite mild to me. The relative positions of catering has been preserved...

As for going 10 abreast in a 777, I should imagine it's only a matter of time before SQ has to do the same.

SQ325

It would just worsen SQ's load factor. So no need to increase seat count.

yewgene

- my bubbly was still served a full glass during my recent outbound flight. When requested for seconds, no issues as well.

I guess the costcutting measures appear more prominent in Y ever since the introduction of PE recently. They're still relatively mild in my opinion and nothing worth losing sleep over.

- change of headsets in Y to the cheapo earpiece for audio.
- removal of crackers and cheese from Y meals. Not really a big setback I think, I've seen quite a number go to waste and uneaten. Probably done to create some differentiation in the PE meal products.
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Lonsinla

And CX's meals on business class seems very weak. Seems on par with premium economy on SQ. Their flagship lounge is however still amazing and the upcoming lounge revamp for Changi cant come any sooner.