Early check in SIN
Jul 21, 2018, 9:25 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 250
Early check in SIN
I have a flight 0220 from SIN to DOH but I would like to check in early. There is a flight leaving 2120. Would it be possible to arrive around 2000 and check in for the 0220 flight? I am flying in C and am a OneWorld Emerald
Mar 28, 2019, 4:53 am
#5
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: LHR
Programs: QR Platinum, WY Gold, Shangri-la Diamond, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,151
Qatar doesn't participate in the early check-in scheme at SIN unfortunately - and recently the OLCI for flights departing SIN has not generated the boarding pass - so you will likely need to go to the QR counters regardless if you have luggage to check. The counters open 3 hours before the flight, so plan accordingly!
Mar 28, 2019, 6:56 am
#6
Join Date: Jan 2017
Programs: qr
Posts: 262
cannot comment on SIN but my experience at another airport late last year that has multiple daily flights did not allow me to check my bags in early or issue BP. was told quite sternly that I had to come back 3 hours before departure time to check in despite the flight before being checked in as I stood and had the conversation. May be not like that at all airports but that was my experience.
Mar 29, 2019, 5:48 am
#9
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: CGK
Posts: 2,375
thanks for the replies everyone!
I arrived around 4 hours before departure and indeed the counter was open for an "early check-in". Though that said, only one counter was open and it was swarmed... There are no priority check-in counters at this time, only for them to open at T-3 hours. The queue was around 1 hour long and I ended up sitting by the Coffee Bean Stall waiting for an hour just for the Business class counter to open because there was no point in waiting. The J counters ended up opening T-3hours 15 minutes.
I arrived around 4 hours before departure and indeed the counter was open for an "early check-in". Though that said, only one counter was open and it was swarmed... There are no priority check-in counters at this time, only for them to open at T-3 hours. The queue was around 1 hour long and I ended up sitting by the Coffee Bean Stall waiting for an hour just for the Business class counter to open because there was no point in waiting. The J counters ended up opening T-3hours 15 minutes.
Mar 29, 2019, 5:51 pm
#10
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Frankfurt
Programs: QR Platinum
Posts: 256
thanks for the replies everyone!
I arrived around 4 hours before departure and indeed the counter was open for an "early check-in". Though that said, only one counter was open and it was swarmed... There are no priority check-in counters at this time, only for them to open at T-3 hours. The queue was around 1 hour long and I ended up sitting by the Coffee Bean Stall waiting for an hour just for the Business class counter to open because there was no point in waiting. The J counters ended up opening T-3hours 15 minutes.
I arrived around 4 hours before departure and indeed the counter was open for an "early check-in". Though that said, only one counter was open and it was swarmed... There are no priority check-in counters at this time, only for them to open at T-3 hours. The queue was around 1 hour long and I ended up sitting by the Coffee Bean Stall waiting for an hour just for the Business class counter to open because there was no point in waiting. The J counters ended up opening T-3hours 15 minutes.
Too bad. Sorry if I made you come earlier!
Apr 2, 2019, 9:33 am
#14
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Shanghai
Programs: BAEC (Gold), PC (Plat), HH (Gold), MR (Gold)
Posts: 2,729
No, there isn’t. My practice is to try to time my arrival at security so that the majority of passengers have gone through already and just queue a minute or two. Maybe 30 minutes maximum prior to scheduled departure time (I sometimes cut it slightly finer than that).
Apr 2, 2019, 9:55 am
#15
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: AMS
Programs: BAEC Silver, Flying Blue Gold, TK M&S Nobody
Posts: 2,456
Thanks, though there was in fact one last night at D34. Jumped a long-ish queue only to have the pilots pull even higher rank...! We were rather earlier than necessary though.