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Old Dec 19, 2023 | 11:27 pm
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Originally Posted by germatory
Changi requires a paper boarding pass to enter the airside zone, so a mobile boarding pass via online check in can't get you in to airside.
Since when SIN DO 2023: 13 - 15 January 2023: USA Martin Luther King Jr Day Weekend ?!

Originally Posted by percysmith
What happened to me after I left the dinner:
I am on MH602 06:00 tomorrow. There was uncertainty whether I can get into Qatar Singapore Premium (Business) lounge, as my flight is exactly 6:00 the next day (oneworld access rules state “before 6am”).

OK first - scramble for a boarding pass
Malaysian Airlines at T1 Row 12 refused to print even at self check in kiosk because last flight has departed
Jewel Early Check-In was wasted effort because it closes at 8:00pm https://www.changiairport.com/en/air...in-online.html (dinner didn’t end til 10)

The solution was to generate an Apple Wallet BP.
Wasn’t an obvious option at the OLCI. Also, I am a bit negatively trained by CX not to expect a OLBP post-pandemic. Takes a bit to unlearn these presumptions.

First hold of breath for the evening at ICA checkpoint when the Apple Wallet BP had to be scanned.
It did.
But the ICA officer took half a minute to carry out name check against my passport. I know he is the man with the gun but I was really holding myself back from asking him to hurry up:


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