Visiting between classes
Dec 19, 2015, 4:48 am
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Exactly 
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Thanks fimo .
From Tassie .. Not surprising . Perhaps meet up in Saffire or Launceston when we return
So it ' s the portion over US airspace I ' m referring to .
Not sure of portion closer to HI - when it ' s international .
Take SQ 1 often enough , sometimes it seems to fly north up the coast then west & others it seems to head west early on . Can ' t recall if it depends on time of year ..
.Thanks fimo .
From Tassie .. Not surprising . Perhaps meet up in Saffire or Launceston when we return
So it ' s the portion over US airspace I ' m referring to .
Not sure of portion closer to HI - when it ' s international .
Take SQ 1 often enough , sometimes it seems to fly north up the coast then west & others it seems to head west early on . Can ' t recall if it depends on time of year ..
No issues on SQ 68 visiting F & R , perhaps 4 of us flying all TPP .
Perhaps best let cabin crew know at start of flight .
Dec 19, 2015, 10:26 am
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In Asia? There's a good chance an employee doesn't want any responsibility and says 'no', no matter what. If you are in F and you feel that what you are doing is socially acceptable you just do it. If it heavily violates a rule or breaks the law, someone will tell you. That way you remove that very broad hysteresis from the equation that employees usually don't want to take any action.
Dec 19, 2015, 10:37 am
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I really cannot imagine people actually saying and announcing here that they'd fly in F and their wife fly in J ! I would without a doubt do the opposite...
Imagine all the brownie points you'd earn by doing just that.. and spending some quality time with your son in J. Until he needs feeding, then bring baby up to be fed and you stay in J.
Imagine all the brownie points you'd earn by doing just that.. and spending some quality time with your son in J. Until he needs feeding, then bring baby up to be fed and you stay in J.
Dec 19, 2015, 7:55 pm
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I don't know what the rules are and I suspect even if there are rules, the 'reds' & 'purples' have some flexibility, especially when premium class pax are involved
Some of my observations (when in a similar situation & also from other pax):
- It is almost never a problem for the pax in the 'higher' class to go into the other cabin (eg First -> Business or Business -> Economy)
- It is almost never a problem for children in the 'lower' class to go visit a parent in the other cabin
- Adults in Economy asking to go forward tend to get turned down. Otoh, it seems that generally they will accommodate those in Business asking to visit family in First/Suite
As has been mentioned, try not to do this during meal service, it gets disruptive. If the cabin is full I would avoid doing it as well since you end up standing in the aisle, and blocking everyone else
Some of my observations (when in a similar situation & also from other pax):
- It is almost never a problem for the pax in the 'higher' class to go into the other cabin (eg First -> Business or Business -> Economy)
- It is almost never a problem for children in the 'lower' class to go visit a parent in the other cabin
- Adults in Economy asking to go forward tend to get turned down. Otoh, it seems that generally they will accommodate those in Business asking to visit family in First/Suite
As has been mentioned, try not to do this during meal service, it gets disruptive. If the cabin is full I would avoid doing it as well since you end up standing in the aisle, and blocking everyone else
Dec 20, 2015, 2:17 am
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Dec 20, 2015, 2:45 am
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Dec 20, 2015, 7:57 am
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On the SQ website they have a pic of two people siting holding hands and enjoying a drink in one of their suites.
I'm in J and wife is in F on 380 from AKL-SIN. So I could not go up to F and sit hold hands and enjoy a drink with her in her suite?
If not then that is false advertising by SQ as I got my wife the F suite because of what I saw in that pic!
I'm in J and wife is in F on 380 from AKL-SIN. So I could not go up to F and sit hold hands and enjoy a drink with her in her suite?
If not then that is false advertising by SQ as I got my wife the F suite because of what I saw in that pic!
Dec 20, 2015, 8:43 am
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On the SQ website they have a pic of two people siting holding hands and enjoying a drink in one of their suites.
I'm in J and wife is in F on 380 from AKL-SIN. So I could not go up to F and sit hold hands and enjoy a drink with her in her suite?
If not then that is false advertising by SQ as I got my wife the F suite because of what I saw in that pic!
I'm in J and wife is in F on 380 from AKL-SIN. So I could not go up to F and sit hold hands and enjoy a drink with her in her suite?
If not then that is false advertising by SQ as I got my wife the F suite because of what I saw in that pic!
Advertising is often misleading. For example, Emirates and their showers ad with Jenifer Aniston. Only good in first, and only on less than half of their aircraft.
Dec 20, 2015, 2:21 pm
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On the SQ website they have a pic of two people siting holding hands and enjoying a drink in one of their suites.
I'm in J and wife is in F on 380 from AKL-SIN. So I could not go up to F and sit hold hands and enjoy a drink with her in her suite?
If not then that is false advertising by SQ as I got my wife the F suite because of what I saw in that pic!
I'm in J and wife is in F on 380 from AKL-SIN. So I could not go up to F and sit hold hands and enjoy a drink with her in her suite?
If not then that is false advertising by SQ as I got my wife the F suite because of what I saw in that pic!
It is the same as buddy seats in other F cabins which are advertised as allowing two passengers to dine together. The passengers must however be traveling in the same class.
Dec 20, 2015, 7:50 pm
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Dec 21, 2015, 6:21 am
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But it is always good to see how others define the term 'problem'.
Dec 21, 2015, 8:04 am
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If a passenger makes a fuss and the crew acts on it, then the passenger has "some" power.
If a FA attendant makes a decision to enforce a rule (real rule or made up), then the FA has the power.
Yes, the Captain may have the ultimate power, but most if this stuff never gets to the Captain. And that is a good thing. He needs to be flying the plane and not dealing with some of the petty and trivial crap some passengers come up with.
Dec 22, 2015, 11:07 pm
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But in Asia passengers often disagree with FAs and resist instructions that appear nonsensical to them and there is hardly ever a follow up. That's a vast difference to North America.
But that isn't really the focus here: if a child's behaviour is ok for the crew but grosses out paying F passengers, I'd still call it a problem.
Dec 27, 2015, 3:26 am
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On the SQ website they have a pic of two people siting holding hands and enjoying a drink in one of their suites.
I'm in J and wife is in F on 380 from AKL-SIN. So I could not go up to F and sit hold hands and enjoy a drink with her in her suite?
If not then that is false advertising by SQ as I got my wife the F suite because of what I saw in that pic!
I'm in J and wife is in F on 380 from AKL-SIN. So I could not go up to F and sit hold hands and enjoy a drink with her in her suite?
If not then that is false advertising by SQ as I got my wife the F suite because of what I saw in that pic!