BA15: deplaning at SIN is optional?
#31
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Thanks for the replies.
I was particularly interested to find out of there would me more Security queues at the SIN layover. Sounds like there will be.
I was going to go cabin baggage only on this trip. Instead I will just take the bare essentials on board with me, and check-in my main bag.
I can't stand the faff the taking my main bag off at SIN to go through another Security round.
I was particularly interested to find out of there would me more Security queues at the SIN layover. Sounds like there will be.
I was going to go cabin baggage only on this trip. Instead I will just take the bare essentials on board with me, and check-in my main bag.
I can't stand the faff the taking my main bag off at SIN to go through another Security round.
What you absolutely MUST know is that Australia does not permit duty free liquids purchased at LHR to be carried over onto the flight from SIN onwards (in addition, you have to get your duty free purchase at SIN gate-delivered if over 100 ml), so you must not buy duty free liquids unless you can fit it into a 100 ml container in a 1 litre resealable bag or you have a particular desire to lose it at SIN...
Given the very rough handling that baggage is often given at SYD, if you are in a position to travel HBO, I recommend doing so.
#32
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Agree totally on the Pj's. I have absolutely no hesitation in changing in to a sleeper suit from first or another airline when I'm in CW, or other business class cabins that don't have them.
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Agree there we always do the BA11 and BA15 and in reverse BA16 and BA12, on both sectors out and back you get plenty of time for a shower and totally freshen up and a bite to eat, also getting on a different aircraft makes it nice change of scenery albeit a metal tube. We always use the QF lounge find that nicer and showers are good, only get Veuve but often find am not need too much more bubbles as consumed quite a bit on either the LHR leg or QF F lounge.^
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Darling, sitting there and ripping to shreds what other pax are wearing IS a way to survive long haul flights!
#35
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If transiting at SIN, you had to get off whether you were flying BA or QF.
But if transiting at BKK, you only had to get off if you were on a BA aircraft. If flying QF, you didn't have to get off if you preferred to stay on board, and you could leave cabin baggage on board even if you did get off.
#36
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I'm not sure there are many, if any, international flights where you don't need to get off the plane when transiting even if it is the same flight - Singapore, Bangkok, Hong Kong and Dubai are ones where I have gotten off. I know Los Angeles needs pax on NZ1/2 to get off and I believe they even have to fill in immigration forms even though they are not landing in the US!
#37
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I always find it strange that people don't check in their bags more often. I travel about 60-70 times a year and I like to check everything in. I've never had a bag missing (and now I'm sure my next flight will miss my bags )
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Thanks for the replies.
I was particularly interested to find out of there would me more Security queues at the SIN layover. Sounds like there will be.
I was going to go cabin baggage only on this trip. Instead I will just take the bare essentials on board with me, and check-in my main bag.
I can't stand the faff the taking my main bag off at SIN to go through another Security round.
I was particularly interested to find out of there would me more Security queues at the SIN layover. Sounds like there will be.
I was going to go cabin baggage only on this trip. Instead I will just take the bare essentials on board with me, and check-in my main bag.
I can't stand the faff the taking my main bag off at SIN to go through another Security round.
The earlier you arrive at the gate, the longer the queues will be. Arrive just before the gate closes (ie the time printed on your boarding pass... 15 or 20 minutes before departure) and there'll likely be nobody waiting.
Note that the flight monitors are particularly aggressive at SIN... they seem to show 'gate closing' about 45 minutes prior to departure. If you follow that advice you can arrive to long queues for security and to find boarding hasn't even started. So you can arrive a little later than that.
#39
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Security is conducted right at the entrance to the waiting area of the boarding lounge. There are usually two lanes processing passengers, no priority for premium.
The earlier you arrive at the gate, the longer the queues will be. Arrive just before the gate closes (ie the time printed on your boarding pass... 15 or 20 minutes before departure) and there'll likely be nobody waiting.
Note that the flight monitors are particularly aggressive at SIN... they seem to show 'gate closing' about 45 minutes prior to departure. If you follow that advice you can arrive to long queues for security and to find boarding hasn't even started. So you can arrive a little later than that.
The earlier you arrive at the gate, the longer the queues will be. Arrive just before the gate closes (ie the time printed on your boarding pass... 15 or 20 minutes before departure) and there'll likely be nobody waiting.
Note that the flight monitors are particularly aggressive at SIN... they seem to show 'gate closing' about 45 minutes prior to departure. If you follow that advice you can arrive to long queues for security and to find boarding hasn't even started. So you can arrive a little later than that.
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#42
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You might not of noticed because in my experience there is no practical difference - usually half the flight if not more has access via cabin or status ! But as others have said the plane won't leave if you are in the queue, so it isn't a big stress point
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HKG-YVR-JFK, yes you have to get off because US Border requires it.
JFK-YVR-HKG, no because HKG immigration does not.
Similarly, with LHR-SIN-SYD and vv... the destination country requires that security checks are done.
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Getting off at stopovers is not up to the airline but up to the destination country's requirements.
HKG-YVR-JFK, yes you have to get off because US Border requires it.
JFK-YVR-HKG, no because HKG immigration does not.
Similarly, with LHR-SIN-SYD and vv... the destination country requires that security checks are done.
HKG-YVR-JFK, yes you have to get off because US Border requires it.
JFK-YVR-HKG, no because HKG immigration does not.
Similarly, with LHR-SIN-SYD and vv... the destination country requires that security checks are done.