BA15 / 16 (LHR-SYD-LHR) - best strategy for 1.5 hour stopover in SIN
Jan 2, 2018, 10:37 pm
#46
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Did BA15 recently in J, had enough to time in the QF lounge for a shower and bite to eat.
Was in the lounge for around 40 mins, and by the time we got back to the gate, the flight was boarding.
QF shower cubicles are quite big and the freshly prepared food was very nice.
Will try the bar out on the return
Was in the lounge for around 40 mins, and by the time we got back to the gate, the flight was boarding.
QF shower cubicles are quite big and the freshly prepared food was very nice.
Will try the bar out on the return
Jan 3, 2018, 12:26 am
#47
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This is why I preferred the QF rotation via Dubai because it is feasible to stay awake for the first leg and then get a really good long sleep on the 14 hour second leg. And yet I heard many a time that people preferred the Singapore stopover. For me LHR-SIN-SYD is very difficult for sleep and jet lag management.
Personally a morning departure with an evening arrival regardless of routing taken is the best for minimising fatigue after the journey
Jan 3, 2018, 4:37 am
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Aren't Qantas stopping all via Dubai routes from March 2018 and doing same as BA via Singapore? Will this spell the end for Emirates partnership and more importantly make the QF lounge at Changi much busier.
Jan 3, 2018, 5:28 am
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No (supposedly!)
Undoubtedly!
But it's a return to what it was like 5 years ago when QF left Singapore for Dubai. It's Asian connections will probably be retimed so that more people can connect there.
Last edited by dddc; Jan 3, 2018 at 1:22 pm
Jan 5, 2018, 1:08 am
#52
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QF showers every time for me. They’re quieter at that time (in my experience) and you can normally just head straight in.
The BA showers are not as big and have had to queue a couple of times as everyone heads for the lounge at the same time.
The BA showers are not as big and have had to queue a couple of times as everyone heads for the lounge at the same time.
Jan 6, 2018, 12:50 pm
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BEST STRATEGY FOR RETURN TO THE UK?
Thanks all for a very interesting thread. We have done UK-Australia in First on various routings over the years. In March, we will be on one of the first QF A380s returning to the SIN-MEL leg, so we are looking forward to that.
However, our return is on BA16 SYD-SIN-LHR. I know the QF First Lounge in SYD is stunningly good, so we'll start off with lunch there. But I wonder what fellow travellers think is the best strategy for eating/sleeping for the rest of the trip; and for the fairly brief stopover in SIN?
Thanks all for a very interesting thread. We have done UK-Australia in First on various routings over the years. In March, we will be on one of the first QF A380s returning to the SIN-MEL leg, so we are looking forward to that.
However, our return is on BA16 SYD-SIN-LHR. I know the QF First Lounge in SYD is stunningly good, so we'll start off with lunch there. But I wonder what fellow travellers think is the best strategy for eating/sleeping for the rest of the trip; and for the fairly brief stopover in SIN?
Jan 6, 2018, 1:16 pm
#54
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I was on the 16 last week, and managed quite well by getting up a little bit later on the morning of departure from SYD, staying awake the entire SYD-SIN (and eating as normal on board) and then on the SIN-LHR slept about 3 hours in until 30 mins to landing. Managed to stay awake until quite late that evening! Some people however were up at 2am UK time having breakfast... so no-one seems to have the right strategy.
Jan 6, 2018, 3:34 pm
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It's easier to be more disciplined on the return to UK, stay awake on the SYD-SIN leg, and sleep on the second leg after the meal. Avoid breakfast if you can to maximise sleeping on UK time, otherwise you end up eating brekky at 2am as the above poster said which is somewhere over far eastern Europe and still a ways to go yet.
The layover in SIN is a good time to get some duty free quickly, otherwise, just take it easy is what I generally do.
Yes, the QF Flounge is my favourite lounge in the oneworld network.
The layover in SIN is a good time to get some duty free quickly, otherwise, just take it easy is what I generally do.
Yes, the QF Flounge is my favourite lounge in the oneworld network.
Jul 10, 2018, 11:42 am
#56
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Plenty of time to get a shower, especially if you're in F and therefore able to get off the aircraft faster than most.
It is worth going to the Changi airport website and looking at the PDF map of the terminal so you don't get lost on the way to the lounge. BA usually uses onf of the gates in the range C11-C26 (which are marked like that on the map). Follow the signs towards arrivals, but do not go down the escalators towards arrivals. Instead, carry on through the shops along the crosspiece of the H (you'll understand this when you see the map), and then go up the escalator towards the BA lounge. The Qantas lounge is almost next door, up the same escalator, which helps with navigation and swapping between lounges if you need to.
It is worth going to the Changi airport website and looking at the PDF map of the terminal so you don't get lost on the way to the lounge. BA usually uses onf of the gates in the range C11-C26 (which are marked like that on the map). Follow the signs towards arrivals, but do not go down the escalators towards arrivals. Instead, carry on through the shops along the crosspiece of the H (you'll understand this when you see the map), and then go up the escalator towards the BA lounge. The Qantas lounge is almost next door, up the same escalator, which helps with navigation and swapping between lounges if you need to.
I found the map that Globaliser mentioned, but I could not work out which escalator was being referred to, so I attach a screenshot of the map where I have circled three candidates. As a newbie, I couldn't upload images so here's a Powerpoint. Please could ask I which escalator it is - I will be passing through SIN on the BA15 soon and want to optimise as much as possible the run from aircraft to shower in the limited time available. Thanks in anticipation!
Jul 10, 2018, 12:57 pm
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I couldn't open that file, but I have found another map on which it is easier to point to the correct escalator.
On this image, it's the escalator near shop number 17:-
[Clicky.]
Or try via this link - works best if you click once and then click on it again.
On this image, it's the escalator near shop number 17:-
[Clicky.]
Or try via this link - works best if you click once and then click on it again.
Jul 10, 2018, 1:04 pm
#58
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Use this map: http://www.changiairport.com/content...%20Transit.pdf
Look for the BA and QANTAS lounge and follow the linking blue line to the relevant escalator position on at the gate level. It is between the shops numbered 16 and 17. Up the escalator BA is to the right, QANTAS is to the left and round a corner.
Look for the BA and QANTAS lounge and follow the linking blue line to the relevant escalator position on at the gate level. It is between the shops numbered 16 and 17. Up the escalator BA is to the right, QANTAS is to the left and round a corner.
Jul 10, 2018, 1:16 pm
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@globaliser @flatlander thank you so much! That is exactly what I wanted to know. (My guesses by the way were completely wrong.)
Jul 10, 2018, 2:45 pm
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@globaliser @flatlander thank you so much! That is exactly what I wanted to know. (My guesses by the way were completely wrong.)
