Singapore Airlines Business Class JFK-FRA-SIN Trip Report【4K】+ JFK Lounge Hopping
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- Опубликовано: 31 май 2024
- Join me on a trip report flying from JFK New York to Singapore via Frankfurt in Singapore Airlines Business Class. We will take a look at four meals, three lounges and two flights on Thanksgiving Day. As always we'll show you which seats to select and which to avoid as well as our honest Flip Flop Score.
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Featured in this video: JFK American Express Centurion Lounge, Virgin Atlantic JFK Clubhouse, JFK-FRA Business Class with Supper & Snack Service, Frankfurt Lufthansa Senator Lounge, FRA-SIN Business Class with Dinner & Breakfast Service, Spool Ups, Take Offs, Sunrises & Sunsets and more!
--Chapters & Time Line--
0:00 Intro
00:36 Aircraft & Routing
01:07 JFK Checkin
01:37 JFK Documents Check
02:24 AMEX Centurion Lounge
03:16 AMEX 1850 Speakeasy
03:56 Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse
04:52 Boarding & First Impressions
05:34 Seat Selection Tips
07:06 Takeoff from JFK
08:24 Supper Service
09:13 Sunrise & Snack Service
09:42 Descent into FRA
10:17 Frankfurt Taxiing
11:04 Plane Spotting & Lufthansa Senator Lounge
11:56 Boarding, Taxi & Takeoff
13:00 Full Dinner Service & Sunset
14:12 Amenity Kit
14:27 Breakfast Service
14:53 Descent into Singapore
15:20 Landing & Taxiing at Changi
16:33 The Flip Flop Score
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What a great video..almost my video of the year 2021:) Really comprehensive, systematic, great photography, no stupid music, great graphics, great narrative ..wow..really top notch. So why not video of the year? I just missed the menue and the wine list..seriously..they are a must on such a top notch video. But then..hm..i still rate this one VIDEO OF THE YEAR despite those little shortcomings. And why? You did something i never saw on any other video: the seat map indicating the seats without windows..my most hated seats!!! So great!! How can we get every trip reporter to do this? I admit: also on my vids i never did this, but just for the lack of technical skills (any idea to help me?) . Finally: at 10 am typically we dont have beer in Germany (I like the joke of course)..its just the business people in the LH Senator Lounge, probably..though, there it is 24(24 beer o clock:) PS: your channel name made me think you are a hippy travelling to Goa, hehe. Admittedly, my channel name is even much worse:)
You know, I read your comments and I was thrilled to read such kind words... but then, I looked at your name! I have been a subscriber to your channel (through my personal account) for at least a decade. I've seen every single one of your plate rotations and probably every plate rotation 'tip of the hat' from countless other creators. Honestly, it comes to mind every time I'm served a nice meal on a plane- and that was the inspiration behind adding the seating chart graphics (trying to create my own signature). Thank you for really being a pioneer in this niche which I'm excited to become a part of.
For the menus, SQ isn't using paper menus at the moment! All of their menus online can be accessed by anyone. I have J flights on OZ, NH, QR, CX, WY, LA, AA, TK and F flights on NH and CX coming up this year and I look forward to including their menus in some way :)
Thank you for your comments and I hope to see more content from you soon!
@@tfft Wow..i am speechless!! What a totally wonderful and sweet comment. I am really grateful for your nice and warm words. I am a big fan of your videos and i hope from now on you will include the seat maps with your annotations in all forthcoming flights. As to myself: i have planned trips on EK (F) and AF..but might postpone them given Covid. And new videos from me? Not sure. I was the pioneer, but since the world moved on there is a whole new generation of video makers like yourself who do it so much better than i ever did and i ever will be able to do. Yes, my gift to the world of aviation has been adopted widely (but they all dont know how to do it lol) ..just as the champagne against the window hehe. Maybe i will do one or two..and be it just for nostalgic reasons for longstanding video friends like you. I hope you had a nice Christmas and i wish you a happy and most above all: healthy 2022!!!
Imagine for a moment, the mystery that are/is RUclips algorithms and being introduced to this channel on a post-Christmas flightathon in North Eastern Scotland. Behold one extremely informative and entertaining and recent marathon flight all the way around the world. Very impressive not just the SQ product and service but also the quality of the review. Then, then !! Take a scroll through the comments and there is homer3152, the Grand Father, the First, and the pre-eminent pioneer of YT Flight Reviews posting here ! On a channel with a mere 2k subs so far. Long before there was a Chui, a Bunnik, a Cahill, a Trek Trendy, a Stewart, a Points Guy, a Stewart, and a myriad of others, there was and is a homer3152 - the first, the original and still the best giving this Channel Video of the Year ! It's like Martin Scorsese telling you you made a great film. Homer3152 is always going to be my favourite channel, but I have subscribed here. There is a God !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was indeed a shock- and an honor- to see the comment myself! Still is! 😃 Lot’s of content coming this year, aiming to keep on improving the quality as I go. Thanks for commenting and subscribing 🙏🏻
Wow the legend Homer with his signature plate spinning.
I agree with you about Centurion lounges. They’re just okay. I prefer JFK’s skyclub over Centurion. 🤷🏾♀️
Excellent narrative and presentation. Probably the best air travel video I have seen so far. No fuss.. no frills.. just what we want to see and experience. And ofcourse loved the voice too. Clear and crisp !
Thank you so much for the very kind words. Hope you equally enjoy all of the content coming over the next months. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Singapore BIZ is definitely on my list of must try! Thanks for the info + video!
Thanks for watching 🩴
Aside from take-off engine sounds, the low moo when the engine starts during or after push back is music to my ears.
I absolutely agree with you! Too often though it’s covered up by cabin announcements or boarding music- but a happy surprise when we can get it loud and clear. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Love the review and your honest opinions. And thank you for including the spool up clips, love this noise too. Look forward to more of your videos!
Thank you for the kind words and for watching 🙏🏻
I came across your vids randomly and am now subscribed. Loved this report. Great filming, clear commentary and you've a refreshing, down to earth attitude. I'm in Australia and going anywhere overseas is a long way away for me with our current situation so appreciate your vid even more. Keep up the great work mate.
Thank you very much for the kind words. Will continue to make as much good content as I can as traveling where I live (Vietnam) is also quite the hassle. Here’s to a stable 2022 and thanks for subscribing 🙏🏻
Hi Michael, feeling your pain from here in Melbourne 👍
Very informative and immersive video. Thanks for highlighting the jiggle.
Love that jiggle! Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Great review! Really enjoy your style, different to other reviews. Totally sure your follower count will grow immensely!
Thank you so much for the kind comments and watching 🙏🏻
Great video, really informative and clear. Look forward to the next, thanks!
Thanks for the comment and watching 🙏🏻
Here's a tip if you want to see the city skyline on final approach. In general, you'll want to be flying into Singapore around winter, and sit on the left. Around summer, you'll want to be sitting on the right, but the view won't be as impressive.
It seems I’ve by chance been doing the opposite of this for the past 10 years 😂 Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Best "flight review" video ever. Was choosing the seat and really appreciate the insight!
Thanks very much for watching 🙏🏻
Great review, clear and detailed, I like it, continue your great performances.
Thanks very much! Have around 50 other flight reviews coming this year and look forward to evolving the style but keeping it to the point as I go. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
It is nice to see that SQ does not follow the pandemic trend of serving everything on one tray. Thanks for the great, informative video.
They’ve recently (end Oct/early Nov) reintroduced the full meal service. Was very nice to have compared to my flights in September. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Overrated. Try Malaysian
It always comes with a side of turbulence for you. Anyways, I flew SG A380 business class from SIN-LHR way back in 2012 and that was by the best flight experience of my life. During that work/business trip, I went to SIN on United Business Class which was BLAH. However on the SG flight the service from the flight attendant blew me away. I kid you not, everytime she would come by, kneel beside me, place her hand on my arm that was resting on the arm-rest and addressed me "Mr Ip" and asked if I need a drink or whatever the service was. The first time that she did it, I was like whoa...I blanked out for a second, cause I was in a state of shock in a good way. Til this day, everytime I watch a SG flight video I would think back to that experience. Also the flight, food and experience was so amazing, I didn't sleep on the 12 hour flight and when it landed, I thought to myself, let me stay on, I don't mind another 5 hours in the air!
I don’t mind a bit of turbulence tbh haha. For SQ service though- yeah I agree. They’ve been getting a lot of flack in the past couple of years mostly due to some cut backs with the meal service, but the service is always on point. I never have to worry about that no matter that class I’m flying on SQ.
Bravo, thoroughly enjoyable and full of info. And you voice is quite likable.
Thanks very much for watching 🙏🏻
This vid was right on time. I'll be transiting through FRA in a few weeks on LH, so now I have a much better idea of the biz lounge situation there.
Glad it was useful! Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
bravo on interesting video yet very detailed info. thanks for upload
Appreciate the kind words. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
great review
Thanks very much 🙏🏻
Very well done video!
Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
SQ won't be heading anywhere fast if they continue to cancel flights and suspend entry into Singapore!! I've never heard of a speakeasy had to Google that one, how awesome though! Breakfast would honestly be my least favourite meal at 40,000 feet, regret living in Melbourne on your return from anywhere near or far outside of Oz that's the meal you get, cold cuts plate a much better option👍 10am Beer heck yes please and thankyou in advance😉 Another solid review, glad l stayed to hang out👍
So many airlines these days are taking the brunt of their government's flack- CX probably being the most extreme case. SQ is in a rough position and whether or not the government's decisions are reasonable or not, I appreciate SQ's 'steady hand' at least throughout ASEAN. I will tell you I enjoy going to Singapore but have never lived there... But on my first flight leaving Saigon, when the SQ Safety Video came on and I heard that music, it felt like I was back home. SQ has a very unique position in ASEAN... they are like our "mother" airline in a way that TG, VN, MH, etc could never be. I'm sure many disagree, but that's the internet for ya :) Anyway, tangent over, thanks for watching!
Excellent Video
Thanks very much for watching 🙏🏻
Thanks so much for this video. I hope to take this flight in 2022 and really appreciate the preview.
Safe travels and thanks for watching! 🙏🏻
Nice flight report.
Thanks very much for watching 🙏🏻
Thanks for the no nonsense yet fun review. I'm surprised there was no breakfast before landing in FRA. That "snack" didn't look all that appetizing to me. Glad to see you went with the cold cuts though...my next choice as well if offered. Now that SQ has resumed YVR (for the time being at least), looking forward to my next trip to Singapore. cheers!
Very much appreciate the feedback, no nonsense or 'fluff' is the direction I'm trying to go in. As for the pre-arrival meal... yeah it wasn't that great, but it was a shorter flight and 4 hours later we had a full meal on the next sector. Thanks for watching!
Very nice. Thank you. I did that flight in 2009 in the upper deck of SQ's 747. They still had the old wedgie seats but it was still a sweet ride. And I don't remember who they partnered with for the lounge back then but it sucked. I felt like I was in the Port Authority bus terminal on 8th Ave.
It's incredible how quickly business class seats have evolved in the industry in that time period! Thanks for watching 🙏
Loved it, funny too
Thanks for watching 🙏
I like these flights (SQ25 and SQ26) because these routs had been operated by A380 before COVID-19. I enjoyed your great video.
Yes! And the A380 is coming back soon to these flights as well. Hopefully the VTL suspension does not delay it too much. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Greetings from Papua New Guinea! Thanks for this trip report. I use Singapore as a base for travels to europe, asia and the middle east, but I've never caught an ultra long haul direct to JFK (I doubt I ever would). But I would definitely try SIN-FRA-JFK. I enjoy SQ's business class, but prefer the a380 or a350 over the 777 because it's so damned noisy, and I dislike wearing noise-cancelling earphones for long periods. Thanks again for your efforts in bringing us this report.
Thanks very much for the kind words. Yes generally I don't prefer the 777 (except for the spool up) as I always arrive much more well rested on an A350/380 or 787. Also presumably thanks for being my first comment from PNG :) I have it on my list, hopefully in the next 2-3 years. Thanks for watching.
Top notch video and editing. One request: keep the take-off at normal speed.
Thanks for the feedback and watching 🙏🏻
Cool
Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
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If you’re vegan just look at the carrots 😂
Ohh you’re digging back far haha.
This is crazy I went on this same flight on the 22nd of December From Ny to Frankfurt to Singapore then to Bangkok it’s pretty good experience from Ny to Singapore is the same plane for me even with the lay over from Frankfurt the business class seat is a huge seat but lacked leg room and the food was not my favorite on board but the best service I ever received from an airline
Small world, I believe the 22nd was my original date of departure before I needed to make a small delay. Glad you enjoyed the service and thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Nice trip report. I’m booked in the new Suites SIN FRA JFK in July for this route with best fare ever thanks to some currency devaluation… hopefully the private room renovation will be done… heard there was some delays.
Thanks for watching 🙏
hey great video man!! just a quick question about that bulkhead seat,, was the entertainment system being a few inches higher a very big issue? i’m doing a flight from singapore to london in sq business on the 777 and so i was wondering if the ife system being higher created any major problems (i.e. neck pain) during the flight
It was definitely noticeable on the 777 (on the A350 it wasn’t btw), but it wasn’t much of a bother to me (I’m 1m81). It was even better when I flipped the seat. I rarely actually lie flat sleep on flights but on SQ I frequently flip the seat into bed mode and then just sit with my back against the shell. This being a little higher and a light further away from the screen made it even better. That said, still worth the trade off to get the bulkhead. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
You mentioned the A380 to take over on this route but it’s Sept 2023 and it’s still a 777. I have booked this route next year and it’s scheduled to be a 777. I can only hope we get an aircraft change !
You seem to be late to the party lol. It was served by an A380 from March 2022 until May 2023... It is not expected to be an A380 anytime in the next year.
Seems like Virgin Clubhouse is now exclusive to First Class Passengers, and business class have access to Air India Maharaja lounge or Prime Class Lounge. So maybe i'll just end up going to Centurion.
Sounds about right
So much paperwork to be done at that time. It looks tiring. You're lucky to get a Star Alliance livery plane
Happy travel is back to normal!
Nice video, thanks. Background music got a bit old and repetitive. Content was excellent!
Well noted about the music 😂 Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
What's that big truck you can see from 1:07 to 1:13? Is that an armored personnel carrier or something?
Extra security for the holiday I believe. Nothing was “happening” per say. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Quick question, if you “buy up” to Business Class with “MySQS Upgrade” 72 hours before flight, are you entitled to use the lounges in both airports?
To my knowledge SQ doesn't have any Business fare classes that don't include lounge access.
I am just wondering how I can request Penhaligon’s kit from them. I am planning to take SQ23 - SQ708 (JFK-SIN-BKK) with business class on Jan 25. Thank you.
There will surely be one waiting for you at your seat when you board your JFK-SIN sector. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
@@tfft thank you so much. I hope Thailand won’t shut down again (more than 7 days for quarantine).
Thank you so much can you tell me when was the date and also do they gave you the menu? because without a menu it's difficult to choose and I remember before they had aperitif service cocktail service before dinner but what happened to that? and can you make review with Finnair business and also Aeroflot Russian airlines thank you again.
This was 25/11. SQ does not use paper menus now, you can access on your device at inflightmenu.singaporeair.com - as for the cocktail service, prior to take off they’ll take your drink order and you can choose to have it with dinner or just after take off. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
@@tfft they don't use the menu now or they just removed it completely or its because of covid?
They are not using them currently, whether they will bring them back later on or not, we will have to wait and see.
@@tfft : Cheers for the link, fun to virtually pick what l would eat!!
Which Business Class Seat do you recommend when flying with a child?
Child or no child, I recommend the bulkhead seats when flying with SQ. Thanks for watching 🩴
Just to confirm, if we're required to disembark in Frankfurt airport and we intend to roam around, we won't need a transit visa, correct?:-)
That was the case for me on my trip, I highly suggest you check with a tool like Sherpa to make sure the same applies to you based on your itinerary, nationality, vaxx status, etc. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
14:10 Riyadh?
Still not 100% sure even with the route map haha, but I believe it may be Unayzah.
I was hoping to see how the seat looked in flat bed mode.
Don't remember not putting it in this review- but it is in my newer ones of the same seat.
Singapore Air is known for its great food. Looks like you had a bad experience. Pork belly looked horrible along with other food choices you made.
Perhaps you don’t enjoy melt in your mouth pork belly, I thought it was exceptionally good :) Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
You pay thousands for a flight and WiFi doesn't even come with it. Stop the ridiculousness lol
Until I own my own airline, I need to take what I can get 😆Thanks for watching 🙏