Originally Posted by
Tad's Broiled Steaks
Recently, I had roughly the same arrival/departure times that you had in Singapore. I wandered around parts of the city until the last train left for Changi, and then somehow killed time in T3 and its basement floors. I was denied access to any *A lounge because MI flights apparently don't allow one to reap the benefits of *G, alas you will have a more tolerable experience (I hope/reckon) with your onwards SQ biz ticket.
Thanks... I think I'm definitely going with the travel hotel, but I'll be working it hard with the lounge access, too. :-) BTW great travel blog! Looks like you have really covered everywhere in Asia!
Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
Reserve the transit hotel for a block that will let you get the sleep you need, for example nine hours if you want to sleep for eight hours. There is a transit hotel in each terminal, although I've only used the one in T3, which is the newest. One of the other transit hotels was recently closed for renovation, so it's had some modernization and upgrades. At least one offers budget rooms without private/ensuite toilet and shower facilities.
This is really what's tipped me over. It looks like flights from Vietnam and departing to the Maldives both go in and out of terminal 2. Can I get from T2 to T3 without going through any checkpoints (immigration, customs, security)? Or do I have to go through those before I'm able to do this? Sorry, I'm very confused about how all this works! My flight is arriving from SGN at night and leaving early to MLE the next morning. So technically I never need to enter the country of Singapore, I just need to use their airport overnight :-)