Early Singapore check in experience?
Dec 27, 2019, 5:15 pm
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Early Singapore check in experience?
Hi all!
Does anyone have any experience of early
check in at Changi? We are on the late night 2315 flight and thinking about booking the Aerotel in Terminal 1 for the afternoon evening but I’m reading that we would need to check in at the “early check in lounge” and I’m getting a little confused. Any help and tips would be welcome. Thanks!
Does anyone have any experience of early
check in at Changi? We are on the late night 2315 flight and thinking about booking the Aerotel in Terminal 1 for the afternoon evening but I’m reading that we would need to check in at the “early check in lounge” and I’m getting a little confused. Any help and tips would be welcome. Thanks!
Dec 27, 2019, 5:19 pm
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Jewel Early Check-in | Singapore Changi Airport
Here’s some details on early check in. You can definitely check in early at The Jewel which is attached to T1
Here’s some details on early check in. You can definitely check in early at The Jewel which is attached to T1
Dec 27, 2019, 5:23 pm
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Thank you so much! So I definitely have to check in at the Jewel which actually works out great because we can explore that and then head over to terminal one and go through to the Aerotel. We will have lounge access but I don’t think I want to be in a lounge for 10 hours. The Aerotel has a pool etc which sounds nice. Thanks again.
Dec 28, 2019, 12:37 am
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I was there a few days ago, and carted all my luggage over to the Jewel check in to find no sign of BA. Just short of 4 hours before the flight. Lugged my luggage over to the premium checkin, and asked there and was told that after 5pm BA dont bother with having check in at Jewel since their own check in desks are open. No mention anywhere online of that of course, so great fun to be had pushing your luggage all over the place.
Dec 28, 2019, 1:03 am
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I was there a few days ago, and carted all my luggage over to the Jewel check in to find no sign of BA. Just short of 4 hours before the flight. Lugged my luggage over to the premium checkin, and asked there and was told that after 5pm BA dont bother with having check in at Jewel since their own check in desks are open. No mention anywhere online of that of course, so great fun to be had pushing your luggage all over the place.
From 3 hours to 12 hours before departure, from 0600hrs to 2359hrs.
Dec 28, 2019, 1:08 am
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Interesting to know. I used it when flying on QR and checked in at the early check in desk at The Jewel at about 3hrs 5mins prior to the flight. The Jewel website also states:
For BA. (See here: Jewel ECI Airlines)
For BA. (See here: Jewel ECI Airlines)
Dec 28, 2019, 2:05 am
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I was there a few days ago, and carted all my luggage over to the Jewel check in to find no sign of BA. Just short of 4 hours before the flight. Lugged my luggage over to the premium checkin, and asked there and was told that after 5pm BA dont bother with having check in at Jewel since their own check in desks are open. No mention anywhere online of that of course, so great fun to be had pushing your luggage all over the place.
Dec 29, 2019, 6:42 am
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I was there a few days ago, and carted all my luggage over to the Jewel check in to find no sign of BA. Just short of 4 hours before the flight. Lugged my luggage over to the premium checkin, and asked there and was told that after 5pm BA dont bother with having check in at Jewel since their own check in desks are open. No mention anywhere online of that of course, so great fun to be had pushing your luggage all over the place.
thats the site I looked at, in addition to it being displayed on the monitors in Jewel directly where BA should be. After walking around aimlessly looking for them, I walked over to one of the other airlines desks and asked where BA were. They said if there's no desk displaying the logo its because they've opened their check in in the terminal. Given that I was well within the timeframe I was a little irritated. If they are changing things that have been published it would be nice of them to say so somewhere.