Advice needed: CX or SQ in Y?
May 31, 2015, 1:41 am
#1
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Join Date: Mar 2001
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Advice needed: CX or SQ in Y?
Dear all,
I'm planning to travel from FRA to MNL and back from CEB in mid-June. My choices are either SQ 25/910 and SQ 5477/26 or CX 288/907 and CX 926/289 in coach. I have *A Gold status with TK and no status at all with OW. The flight times with CX are significantly better and I realize I don't have much a chance for an upgrade with either airline, but at least *A should give me access to the lounges in FRA and SIN, as well as priority check-in. I have never flown CX and it has been more than a decade since my last flight with SQ, so I'm wondering how you would rate the seat, IFE and service in coach on both airlines, since I assume this will be the decisive factor.
Thanks for any hints and happy skies!
Arnur
I'm planning to travel from FRA to MNL and back from CEB in mid-June. My choices are either SQ 25/910 and SQ 5477/26 or CX 288/907 and CX 926/289 in coach. I have *A Gold status with TK and no status at all with OW. The flight times with CX are significantly better and I realize I don't have much a chance for an upgrade with either airline, but at least *A should give me access to the lounges in FRA and SIN, as well as priority check-in. I have never flown CX and it has been more than a decade since my last flight with SQ, so I'm wondering how you would rate the seat, IFE and service in coach on both airlines, since I assume this will be the decisive factor.
Thanks for any hints and happy skies!
Arnur
May 31, 2015, 5:21 am
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May 31, 2015, 10:14 am
#6
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May 31, 2015, 8:20 pm
#8
Join Date: Apr 2003
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If you need bigger baggage allowance, go for SQ. Also, the food on the long-haul sector on SQ would be more satisfying than that on CX.
If you want to choose your flights based on the in-flight experience alone, you may even want to consider Emirates.
If you want to choose your flights based on the in-flight experience alone, you may even want to consider Emirates.
Jun 1, 2015, 12:07 am
#10
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: HKG
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Always fly where you have status, if only for the lounge and check-in.
Both CX's and SQ's Y are some of the best around, so I can't see any advantage flying CX (other than timing, as you mentioned). You can end up on an old rig on CX to MNL as well. Been there. Go for SQ!
Both CX's and SQ's Y are some of the best around, so I can't see any advantage flying CX (other than timing, as you mentioned). You can end up on an old rig on CX to MNL as well. Been there. Go for SQ!
Jun 1, 2015, 12:39 am
#11
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 220
Y is Y...not much diff between the two I would imagine. I've flown both in Y and CX in business and I would choose based on departure and transit times. Also, I much prefer Changi to the soulless Chek Lap Kok airport so SQ would get the nod. (And those Singapore Girls really know how to fill-out those cheosams they wear.)
Jun 1, 2015, 4:26 pm
#12
Join Date: Dec 2008
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But timing on a long haul is always a consideration so it's really up to how one chooses the trade-offs.