With Canberra opening to international flights in recent years, Singapore Airlines had introduced a Sydney to Singapore flight via Canberra. This meant extra availability and when there are 5 of you in a family, you jump at anything that became available. Unfortunately only 4 business class seats were available and poor Malcolm had to take one for the team and travel in...First Class!
Some musings and observations on our experiences in no particular order...
The poor woman at the Sydney SilverKris lounge who couldn't decide which was worse, to have our children all under 18 by themselves in the Business Class section having unlimited access to alcohol or to have them supervised with us in the First Class section (which was empty by the way) when Malcolm could only technically take in one guest. In the end, Malcolm and I shortened her misery and kept our visit to the First Class section short and left shortly after enjoying our a la carte selection which was delicious.
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| Prawn Laksa on the a la carte menu in the First Class section |
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| The chairs facing the runway, where we sat for a total of 14 minutes... |
We like the booth like seats in the Sydney Krisflyer lounge which was comfortable, practical and private.
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| Private booth |
Rather impressed that they managed to serve a "snack" on the 32 minute flight to Canberra.
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| This was the First Class snack. The business class plebs got a pre-made sandwich like you would get from 7-11 albeit a bit more gourmet. I wished I had a taken a photo of it! |
Not sure how anyone could enjoy a "scented candle" onboard?!?
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| The First Class amenities kit. Noted the "scented candle" |
The stop at Canberra airport ended up only taking about an hour. However, they seemed to be disorganised and everyone was boarded together.
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| Hanging out at Canberra airport |
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| The "holding pen" for everyone |
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| Just to proove that Brett Lee was on the plane! |
Malcolm had Brett Lee as one of his first class buddies and all he could manage was "You first Binga" as they left the plane...
Lara was offered champagne on the flight...numerous times!
Jonah became pals with his flight attendant, Jamie, with multiple rounds of high fives. She then also proceeded to offer him toys closely followed by coffee with his meals.
Jonah suffered a minor (and short) episode of bleeding nose onboard. We were offered to be greeted by a medical team on arrival. I was so tempted to say yes just to see what would happen. Common sense took over and I politely declined.
We were asked to choose whether we would prefer to have our meal served as supper immediately after take off or as a breakfast closest to landing. I loved this! I chose breakfast which worked as I was very sleepy by the time we took off from Canberra
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| Breakfast number 1 |
Not much is open at 5am in the morning, not even at the mighty Changi airport. This included the newly opened Jewel, located at T2 and requiring us clearing immigration. The family deemed that too much work which brings us to....
Malcolm being kindly offered to bring his family into the First class lounge! The riff raff were let loose and the children had their second breakfast of the day. The Haagen Daaz ice cream were also a hit as were the tea & coffee trolley which came to them offering hot chocolate. Lara chose to utilise the showers and reported the provided towel's were big soft and fluffy. Mal had access to a "private room" where we couldn't follow...while they he waved to Brett Lee
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| If you ever wondered what the First Class section in the SilverKris Lounge looked like at Changi... |
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| Made to order Prata. Mmmm |
As we sit here waiting for our flight London, we had to remember to relish every moment as this experience is likely not to be repeated and it would not be easy to revert back to being a pleb in economy!
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