Originally Posted by
A_Lee
Almost not worth making this post as SIN is one of the best airports in the world for transfer passengers and I didn't expect any problems and didn't have any. I did have my return boarding pass issued at BKK, for this BKK-SIN-BKK turnaround. Arriving on-time, I made the long walk to the TG lounge, spent 10 minutes there, then the boarding announcement was made and made the long trek back. Hardly worth it to make the walk for only 10 minutes. On arrival back at the gate, I was pleasently surprised to see that I was op-upped from Y to C. My first ever international op-up with TG despite having hundreds of flights while being ROP Gold. I hope this trend continues. With or without your return boarding pass, I don't see that you'll have any problems doing a SIN turnaround on TG, or probably any carrier.
Sin on UA was a breeze. 6.5 hours between 12:30-7am, an amazing airport to wander around. Starbucks at 3:27am is something you'll likely experience noplace else. Extremely efficient transfer desk. BUT... things in Singapore go by the rules. I decided it would be nice to get a passport stamp, since the place was
empty (nobody at immigrations... not one person, zero) at 5:02am. Looked pretty safe to walk out and re-enter. Nope. They looked at my flight time and said no way, can't do, your flight leaves in less than two hours. Again, nobody there. Not a soul. The people telling me I couldn't do it were the same people who would be running me through.
High marks for the Transit Hotel. Not fancy, but nice bed, nice shower, great place to take a shower before continuing. About $58.