So, I was lucky enough to land an upgrade to SQ Suites class, and thought that justified taking some photos of the food/service, and the seat, to document what is definitely a special occasion for me.

I was headed to Singapore for a day for work, with a side trip tacked on at the tail end to check out the temples of Angkor Wat, Siem Reap and Cambodia over Easter.

A few days before my trip to Singapore I was contacted about a special offer to upgrade to Suites class on the Singapore A380. I hesitated for about 5 minutes before jumping at the chance, and am definitely glad I did!

Below is a recount of my trip.

SYD-SIN SQ232 (9V-SKL)

The big bird (at Changi on arrival):


Priority boarding working no problems at SIN (though F pax were called pretty late in the game, I got to the gate when the last of Y was boarding), I didn’t experience any of the “greeted by name” service that I have read other Suites passengers reported. Not that I think that’s a problem, just a data point.

I received a very warm greeting on board and was shown to my Suite (3A). Suites had 7/12 seats taken, I was the last seat to be ticketed (having checked earlier) so it seems only 1 of the special upgrades were afforded. Lucky me!

On boarding I was happy to see the dark leather seats, which according to Lucky indicates this was a recently refreshed bird. Score!

SQ A380 Suite 3A


The suite itself is very large, definitely roomy, spacious, and elegant. Not at all over the top.
I was immediately offered a welcome drink (2006 Dom or Krug); I hadn’t tried Krug before, so I started with that.

SQ A380 Suite 3A


Amenity kits, slippers, blanket and PJs were brought around promptly, as was a selection of magazines and newspapers. Unfortunately I had some work I needed to tackle, so I was going to have to use all my reading time doing work (boo). But oh well.

Krug in hand (delicious by the way), I checked out the menu while the final phases of boarding completed. There were two couples in 2C/D and 3C/D. Pax in 3C/D seemed to be friends of ground/technical crew, who spent about 5 minutes on board chatting with them.




Menu & wine list


Justine (green dress) and Cheryl (red dress) were my go-to flight attendants during the trip, and both of them were excellent. It’s clear from the service I received that Singapore Airlines treat their F passengers with all possible due attention and care to make their trip pleasant and special. No sooner had I gotten to the lower third of my champagne before I was offered more. And who was going to say no to that?


Onto the Long, Luxurious Lunch service (yum)

After take off I was offered more Krug, but decided that a taste-off was in order, so I ordered a sparkling water, a top up of Krug and a glass of Dom to compare. (Justine amusingly - to my childish mind - referred to Dom as “D.P.”, completely innocently).

I’ve had Dom before and while it certainly isn’t bad, it’s not the be-all and end-all for me. After two glasses (just to make sure) I switched back to Krug which I stuck with as a refreshing bubbly the whole way through my meal.

Table is set!


I started with the Chilled Malossol Caviar (with iced vodka) and Krug - an excellent combination. The serving was generous, and this Caviar definitely had a very pronounced flavour. The condiments it came with worked well, especially the chopped onion and shallots (?) which helped balance the caviar. While I’m sure plenty would disagree with me, I thought the vodka was unnecessary and stuck with the Krug which was more to my liking.

Caviar, condiments. Incredibly buttery garlic bread


On Justine’s recommendation, I had the Oriental clear chicken broth, which was light and refreshing.

Clear chicken broth


As the salad of mesculin, dried cranberry, shaved fennel and parmesan (with balsamic) was being prepared, I struggled with the choice of which Red to have with my main course.

Mesculin salad


I was torn between the Canberra Shiraz (I love a good Shiraz and was heartbroken when there was no Penfolds RWT on this flight) and the French red blend. As any well reasoned human being would do, I had to have an objective comparison, so had two half glasses with the salad course. (PS, France won this battle!)

Wine tasting


Main was the Seared Angus beef fillet (I was worried about it being dry and overcooked, but Justine assured me that it’d be OK, and I’m happy to say it was pretty good!). The shallot tarte tartin and the jus definitely brought this meal up from being “alright” to being “very good” (still no comparison for a steak cooked on the ground though).

Angus beef


With main out of the way (and plenty of work done in between courses) it was time for something sweet. The Flourless orange cake with almond ice cream was next. The cake was light and fairly dry, the candied (?) orange slice was a nice touch, and the ice cream flavoursome. The port was very nice (apparently it’s got a nutty flavour with hints of sweet mature fruits and orange peel - so it definitely goes with the dessert course) and I had a second glass while I pondered cheese, and more work.

Flourless orange cake


Unfortunately (for my productivity) by this point the quality of my output was starting to suffer, requiring far too much concentration, so I had to cut my losses and make sure I had at least a well formed to-do list for the next day. Clearly I was over-indulging by this point. Good thing I don’t have access to unlimited funding, else this kind of thing could get addictive and dangerous!


Cheese time! This was definitely the greatest cheese plate I’ve had on a plane. The goats cheese was out of this world, and with a blue brie as well as a blue, I was definitely in a happy place. (Alcohol had nothing to do with it guys, for reals. Well just a bit).

Outstanding cheese plate


By this point we were somewhere over Queensland (Australia is pretty!) and I watched a movie while I hydrated (alternating sparkling water and Krug).

Somewhere over central Australia


Justine offered kindly to make up 2A as a bed for me to take a nap after I finished the movie, and I didn’t hesitate to agree to being woken up for the “light refreshment” before we landed.

One of the best beds in the sky


As it happened I didn’t sleep for a long time (I think maybe 90 minutes? - my internal body clock needed to make sure I didn’t waste time sleeping in the suite!). I have no doubt that this bed would be immensely comfortable for a long haul flight, this is definitely one of the best ways to fly. In terms of bed quality, it was hard to find much of a detectable hint of this being on a plane, the width, length, and comfort was the best I’ve had (though my comparison so far is really only between QF F and this so far.

The “Light Refreshment” service began with more sparkling, and a gin & tonic this time. I didn’t take a photo of this page of the menu, but the choice was between a Chinese style chicken, mushroom & noodle soup, and smoked salmon and smashed avocado on toasted loaf.

I ended up having both :-$

Chicken & mushroom noodle soup & Salmon and Avocado


Writing that now I’m amazed I ate all of it (horrified might be a better word :-o), but it went over the span of several hours, and I’d only had a very small breakfast about 5am Sydney time, so I feel it was justified. Or at least excusable. Or at least it was a once off, special occasion, and just meant I didn’t have to have dinner in Singapore!

I finished off my “snack” with two coffees, and got a bunch more work done (sleep + caffiene -gin = productive!) the second being served in a SQ branded takeaway cup as we were close to landing into Changi. Landing was smooth and uneventful, and with that it was all over.

Coffee time on descent into Changi


I need want to do this again. Everyone needs suites in their life. I desperately want to send my parents somewhere special in suites class, I just need to save about a billion points so that I can use them for redemptions. Until then, I’ll just daydream about the next time I’m lucky enough to experience anything near as to complete and absolute luxury, attentive service and feeling like a rockstar. One can dream, right..?

I will continue posting a few photos of my trip, though it’s not that exciting — MI J to Cambodia + SQ ‘380 J home, with some time in Cambodia sightseeing and generally relaxing after an intense time at work.

And now I’ve got a nice set of SQ Suites PJs which will serve me well for my redeye in J home

Time to head to the airport soon. Until next post!