SQTraveller

Generally both of these flights park at Terminal 3;
You can work it out by using the Changi arrivals page

gilly 16

Wifie

Many thanks. Transfer should be fairly easy then, May even have time to visit the lounge!

lokijuh

That may depend on your personality Note that SQ gates at SIN close strictly 10 mins before departure, and not when boarding starts, which can be quite early! I do acknowledge many people do prefer to get to the gate for the start of boarding, but if you do want to enjoy a visit to the lounge, just aim to be at the gate 20-25 mins before departure time and it will be fine, that gives you 10-15 mins up your sleeve!

SQTraveller

And some gates can be quite a walk away (even with travellators) so try to work out how far you have walk, or else it might be run!

Wifie

Thanks for all the info. Just one more question please. I understand that security screening is done at each boarding gate. In general, how much time should we also allow to get through screening when the boarding gate is announced? We are on a SIN>MEL flight if that helps?
Many thanks.

w4rd

10 minutes for security maybe? I generally get to gate 30 mins before departure and often walk straight through. A few gates share screening so cannot always assume everyone ahead of you is on the same plane, though It's pretty obvious where that is the case.
In general it is a much less stressful process than the big US or European airports.

lokijuh

Yes there is security screening at each boarding gate. However, with one exception there is no need to worry about how long you will take to get through. The closer to departure time, the shorter the line will be, to the point that if you inbound flight is really late, and you only get the gate 12 mins before the flight leaves, I expect there will be no-one at security (except others from your late flight) and you will get through in one minute. With SQ flights, if you reach gate 30 mins before it might take 5 minutes. If you reach gate an hour before it might take 10 minutes or so (also note they don't make boarding calls in lounge, but the boarding status on displays will progress from GATE OPEN to BOARDING to FINAL CALL to GATE CLOSING - the latter two are when you need to make a move).

The only exception is if you happen to go from a shared gate area and there are longer queues for later flights. If this is the case and it is <20 mins to departure then mention this to security staff (that you're on the flight departing in 15 mins, not the one departing in an hour!) then they will get you through ahead of the others.

SQTraveller

I agree with both these assessments and would add, that if you are actually at security at the 10 min deadline, I have never ever been turned away.

lokijuh

Agree, nor have I at 10 mins.

rtaheri

I have a 55-minute connection at SIN on Monday. Normally I might be a little nervous about that but not lose sleep over it, but somehow, Singapore airlines is changing the take-off time of flight 31 SFO-SIN from 10:30am to 11:30am starting Sunday, when we depart, without changing the landing time!! I called them, and they said, Yes, we plan to have a flight time that is one hour shorter. Doesn't leave me with a warm and fuzzy :-(
Inbound flight is SQ31 landing at 7:10pm, outbound is SQ502 leaving at 8:05pm. I cannot find a gate number for recent flight 31s, but the terminal shows up as T3, the same as flight 502. How worried should we be? (We are flying on U and C tickets; I read somewhere that they will provide assistance at the game depending on the ticket code)

Thanks,
Reza

chisquared

rtaheri

Yes, same ticket. I write this as I sit on the plane. We are going to be at least 40 minutes late, and I will likely miss my connection. Fuming!!
I am hoping they will hold the next segment's plane for a few minutes seeing as it will land in Bangalore at 10pm, and probably not many passengers, if any, will connect onward

chisquared

lokijuh

Both arrival and departure seem to be at A gates, so that's a positive. But OP'a inbound as ETA of 38 mins late right now, leaving 17 min connection. But SQ 37 from LAX also running similarly late, I wouldn't be surprised if they hold the BLR flight. Would expect both flights to have significant connecting traffic to India, IIRC they even have Indian option as standard option on the in flight menu.