Best lounge at SIN?
Jul 17, 2019, 9:46 am
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Best lounge at SIN?
I have a five hour layover in SIN connecting from UA flight SFO-SIN to SQ SIN-PER. Separate tickets but luggage checked through to PER.
I am in J on both UA (paid) and SQ (award). I am a 1K with United and Star Alliance Gold. I also have access to AMEX Centurion lounges and have a Priority Pass card.
Which is the best lounge I can access, and how long would it take to walk from the lounge to my gate for PER? It has been 7 years since i was last at SIN. I am stopping over in SIN on the way back so do not plan on leaving the airport on the way to PER.
TIA
I am in J on both UA (paid) and SQ (award). I am a 1K with United and Star Alliance Gold. I also have access to AMEX Centurion lounges and have a Priority Pass card.
Which is the best lounge I can access, and how long would it take to walk from the lounge to my gate for PER? It has been 7 years since i was last at SIN. I am stopping over in SIN on the way back so do not plan on leaving the airport on the way to PER.
TIA
Jul 17, 2019, 6:44 pm
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Jul 17, 2019, 7:45 pm
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I have a five hour layover in SIN connecting from UA flight SFO-SIN to SQ SIN-PER. Separate tickets but luggage checked through to PER.
I am in J on both UA (paid) and SQ (award). I am a 1K with United and Star Alliance Gold. I also have access to AMEX Centurion lounges and have a Priority Pass card.
Which is the best lounge I can access, and how long would it take to walk from the lounge to my gate for PER? It has been 7 years since i was last at SIN. I am stopping over in SIN on the way back so do not plan on leaving the airport on the way to PER.
TIA
I am in J on both UA (paid) and SQ (award). I am a 1K with United and Star Alliance Gold. I also have access to AMEX Centurion lounges and have a Priority Pass card.
Which is the best lounge I can access, and how long would it take to walk from the lounge to my gate for PER? It has been 7 years since i was last at SIN. I am stopping over in SIN on the way back so do not plan on leaving the airport on the way to PER.
TIA
Jul 17, 2019, 9:47 pm
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Jul 21, 2019, 1:56 pm
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Jul 21, 2019, 11:27 pm
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Jul 21, 2019, 11:38 pm
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Maybe, but I have my doubts. Even their most exclusive lounge is way behind other first class lounges of 5 and even 4 star airlines in so many respects. And ground services are very limited in general. A mere refresh of the lounges probably won‘t do ...
Jul 22, 2019, 1:39 am
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There aren't (m)any *A lounge options in SIN (unfortunately and very surprisingly). SKL and the PP lounges (SATS & DNATA) in T3 are right next to each other. And depending on when you're flying the new temporary *G lounge maybe open.
But none of the lounges are anything to write home about. So unless you're a very keen lounge hopper I'd twiddle my thumbs in SKL until the time of the flight.
But none of the lounges are anything to write home about. So unless you're a very keen lounge hopper I'd twiddle my thumbs in SKL until the time of the flight.
Jul 22, 2019, 8:31 am
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If you're a lounge veteran, yes nothing too special. They're lounges. If you're not used to lounges they'll be good enough . Perfectly functional, acceptable lounges with a reasonable range of food offerings - representative of Singapore with a range of Malay, Indian, local Chinese and Western foods, all edible, but nothing that's got a wow factor. Also bear in mind that it's a business class lounge you'll be going to, not a first, so need to manage expectations. Whilst a few have more up to date furniture, and some have some good gimmicks - like's QF "prepare to order" (ie. "reheated to order") - or CX's noodle station - it's probably not really much worse than the most middle-top tier business class lounges I've been to (the three stand out exceptions that come to mind in my experience are TK's IST lounge and the whiskey bar at LX's ZRH lounge, and for networkwide consistency EK's lounges), but it all depends on what floats your boat.
And if you do want cooked to order food, at SIN, unlike many places around the world, airport food is relatively inexpensive, and plenty of good hawker and some semi-decent non hawker food for moderate prices, if the lounge doesn't meet your needs.
And if you do want cooked to order food, at SIN, unlike many places around the world, airport food is relatively inexpensive, and plenty of good hawker and some semi-decent non hawker food for moderate prices, if the lounge doesn't meet your needs.
Jul 22, 2019, 3:59 pm
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Also bear in mind that it's a business class lounge you'll be going to, not a first, so need to manage expectations. Whilst a few have more up to date furniture, and some have some good gimmicks - like's QF "prepare to order" (ie. "reheated to order") - or CX's noodle station - it's probably not really much worse than the most middle-top tier business class lounges I've been to (the three stand out exceptions that come to mind in my experience are TK's IST lounge and the whiskey bar at LX's ZRH lounge, and for networkwide consistency EK's lounges), but it all depends on what floats your boat.
SQ‘s lounges always seem to be a step behind, even at first class level.
Jul 22, 2019, 4:30 pm
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I enjoyed my visit to the Private Room last year. It's no FCT, but the food and service were very good. One of the agents noticed I was leaving a bit close to departure, called me a cart, and personally escorted me to the gate. I was on an award ticket.
Jul 22, 2019, 6:04 pm
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Having said that some of SQ’s outstation lounges are quite good for outstation lounges, such as BKK.
Jul 23, 2019, 1:37 am
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Mediocre may be too negative, but „average“ probably gets it and the food, even at the SKL F is not great. Singapore has such great food, how can the lounges get it so wrong...
Jul 23, 2019, 1:45 am
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That‘s really good service. On my last visit earlier this year, late in the evening, service was rather lackluster and the food was OKish, but not comparable to other top tier lounges, as you said. My last stop before TPR was the FCT and it ain‘t the same ballpark, it ain‘t even the same sport. (sorry to abuse some Pulp Fiction here)