Non-SQ Business Class check-in
Jul 14, 2017, 4:59 am
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Non-SQ Business Class check-in
I know at least Terminal 1 has a separate business class check-in lounge that's run for a few airlines. I've used it for Xiamen and China Southern or Eastern (not sure which). This is where you can sit down and "take a load off" while they process your check-in.
Do T2 and T3 also have a similar business class check-in lounge at the back of the check in desks? Or do you check-in with the airline at the normal check-in rows?
Specifically I'm flying CI next week and just wondering if there's a sit down business class check-in area or not.
Thanks,
RM
Do T2 and T3 also have a similar business class check-in lounge at the back of the check in desks? Or do you check-in with the airline at the normal check-in rows?
Specifically I'm flying CI next week and just wondering if there's a sit down business class check-in area or not.
Thanks,
RM
Jul 15, 2017, 2:26 am
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No such checkin lounge for all the airlines that I've flown out of T2/T3 even when they do have at other airports. Never flown CI so don't know but would be surprised if they do. That said, I've never had check-in take more than 2 or 3 minutes so hardly a need for sitting down.
Jul 16, 2017, 8:48 am
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I was just curious if other terminals had this feature. I don't actually sit down when they ask me to because I think it speeds up the check-in process.
I'll report back if I find one in T3 tomorrow.
-RM
Jul 17, 2017, 12:23 am
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I completely agree. I think it takes longer to walk to the back of the terminal and find an agent to help you than it is to go to the regular check-in counter. Only once did it actually save me time.
I was just curious if other terminals had this feature. I don't actually sit down when they ask me to because I think it speeds up the check-in process.
I'll report back if I find one in T3 tomorrow.
-RM
I was just curious if other terminals had this feature. I don't actually sit down when they ask me to because I think it speeds up the check-in process.
I'll report back if I find one in T3 tomorrow.
-RM
In T2 the only thing you will find it is the SQ Suites check in room at the rear wall for pax flying to CGK for example.
Jul 17, 2017, 8:06 am
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CI check-in is all the way at the end of T3 (door 8 / row 11) so even if there was a separate business class check-in, it would have been down around row 2 or 3. I walked the "back corridor" before departure immigration just to check it out as I had time to spare. No check-in as reported.
I didn't have to wait more than 15 seconds for an agent to assist me. She even let me "come around" and check the screen as I asked for a seat change on my connecting flight. Dnata seems to have very nice agents. Most of the airlines I use at Changi are serviced by SATS.
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Jul 18, 2017, 4:48 am
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The specific business class check-in counter at the back is T1 is manned by SATS and hence used only by SATS-managed airlines.
There used to be 1 in T2 also run by SATS near Row 5, but I don't see it anymore on the map.
There used to be 1 in T2 also run by SATS near Row 5, but I don't see it anymore on the map.