Dennis, you are so right about the tiny footwell which is incredibly uncomfortable for sleeping. My wife and I recently flew MEL-SFO via Singapore return. Four flights on the A350. Everything was superb but seriously let down by a glaring fault with the seat design, as you so correctly observed
A great review as always, Dennis. As someone who has never been up the pointy end, and rarely gets the opportunity to fly, it's great to see what it's like through your videos!
Flew them last year but was too tired for the main course. The lovely FA said she would keep cheesecake and serve it with coffee for me when I woke as despite being an overnight flight no breakfast is served. True to her word as soon as she saw me rousing I had the cheesecake and coffee in front of me.
Great to see you back again Dennis - you are one of the reasons I chose Singapore Airlines to do a long planned and saved for trip to Australia - I found a travel agent that specialised in discount business class fares and managed to a great deal on a LHR - SIN - PER - BNE - SIN - LHR ticket - it was a blast! A380 - A350 - Virgin Partner 737 - A350 - 777 - every flight was amazing (book the cook lobster thermidor on LHR - SIN route was stunning). Best overall was the A380 - best for sleeping the 777. The A350 perfect for mid length flights. When pushed it's got to the A380 - it's just amazing in every category
@@neilrmartin1984it's the worst. A great seat ruined by the diagonal foot hole. It's so uncomfortable when lying back and watching the screen or sleeping.
Great video. Fully agree with the footwell. The other flaw I find about the seat is the lack of legrest. So you can only put your feet on the floor when you are in an upright or semi-upright position. Also without a legrest, the metals below the seat gets exposed and sometimes they will scrape your legs when you come back to your seat from the toilet. If you are wearing shorts, the scraping against bear skin can lead to bleeding
Loved the B1 B2 joke at the beginning! Here in Ireland my daughter watched Bananas in Pyjamas. We even had it on dvd! Hadn't heard that reference in a long time (my daughter is 19 now) so thanks for the memories 😊
The a350 is a nice plane, so quiet I was surprised. I agree the seat is w i d e. So wide that I didn't know what to do with my elbows. The 777 first class is even wider. Glad I was in the bulkhead seat!
great review as always. Can’t wait for SQ to start flying their A350-900 into Cairns next month and then flying to Manchester in May. Looking forward to another SQ flight.
Dennis, it is a pleasure to watch your videos. You can make any airline seem elegant. It is your soft, comforting voice and manner that makes for the pleasant experience watching your videos. Keep doing what you do. Thanks! :-)
Your “one legged pirates” comment caught me off guard. I laughed out loud with my wife looking at me strangely as she couldn’t hear the video. Great video as always!
Flying Singapore was always one of the best parts about living in Southeast Asia. 20 years ago they had full Pokemon games on KrisWorld, kept me entertained for those transpacific marathon flights.
The reason your windows fogged is because Melbourne weather is becoming like Sydney - unusually lots of humidity and rain this summer. & a 15 -20 minute wait on baggage at MEL is pretty good given recent experiences. It can be a lot longer.
Hi Dennis yes I find your reviews very informative especially as we thinking of travelling to either Australia or New Zealand next year to celebrate a special wedding anniversary and Singapore Airlines is at the top of our list
A solid review of a great airline Dennis, agree with your comments on the sleeping position; it's not as good as some other carriers in that respect. (If you get a seat in a bulkhead row this isn't a problem BTW.) But in nearly every other respect SQ remain just excellent and so consistent - I can't help returning for more. 😃
Great video! Brings back memories. I lived in Singapore for 10 years and we'd go to Melbourne all the time since my husband had projects there. Now we're based in Canada and only go back to Singapore every 2 years and we haven't been back to Melbourne for 10 years.
Took this from Frankfurt to Singapore last year on a B777. I found this seat to be great if you were in the bulkhead seat (which I somehow got). It was a great seat and was a great experience overall. Honestly though, I thought that the best buisness class in Singapore Airlines was the A380 buisness class.
Really enjoyable review Dennis. Never travelled on Singapore Airlines, but looks really good. Wouldn't want to sleep on the flights with footroom like that though. A great start to a Saturday morning here in Britain, watching a new video of yours
I love Singapore Airlines and always fly with them! Great Business Class! But I never go with business class it’s expensive! Great video and thank you for sharing 😍😊👍
I’m off to New Zealand in a couple of weeks, slumming it in business class with Singapore Airlines on their A 380… the leg from Changi to Auckland was originally going to be on an A 350 but at some time they changed the equipment, so it looks as though I’m going to miss this bird. Somehow I think I will survive the experience 😊great video as always and I’m really looking forward to the trip with SQ.
I loved the A350 business class. Really comfortable and very wide. The best part of flying Singapore Airlines, though, is always the service. Looking forward to my 787-9 flights on Singapore Airlines later this year.
Flew this from Seattle to Singapore and back last summer, and just booked a flight from Singapore to Seattle for next winter. The trick is getting one of the bulkhead seats, which become available 48-96 hours before departure. I don't sleep much even on long flights, but the extra space is so nice.
We flew SFO-SIN in late October, returning in early December in Business on the A350. I’m 6’2” tall, with size 12 US feet and I could not agree more about the footwell. It put my body in a pretty awkward position for sleeping. We’ve flown business with this seat configuration on other airlines and it’s the same. Best seat I’ve found so far, at least for sleeping, is JAL’s 777-300ER with a 2-3-2 configuration is business. The seats all face straight ahead, not at angles and they have huge foot wells. In all other aspects, however, SQ is in a class by itself in Business. Food service was insanely good. I had a fish entree out of SFO that was restaurant quality. Most times, particularly out of SFO, fish entrees are overcooked and dry. This was cooked perfectly and very, very moist. Same out of Changi, but with a steak. Cooked perfectly. Also, a shoutout to SQ’s in-flight entertainment. I’m hard of hearing. ANA and JAL have a few films each flight that are close captioned. On SQ, they all were, and on a 17+ hour flight,that was very nice for me.
One legged pirate? 😂😂😂. Fantastic, uplifting and funny video as always. Love your sense of humour and attention to detail. I flew SQ biz lately and even though it was a 3.5 hour flight on the A350-900, the crew were fantastic. It was a red eye flight and I didn’t sleep but I didn’t care. The crew barely sat down to take a deep breath so I know what you mean.
SQ Biz still lagging behind many others, sadly they use those same seats on their Singapore-JFK Non-Stop, it’s so uncomfortable! So many better business options with all the extras at a far lower price too. EVA biz my #1 now, truly impressive.
@@DennisBunnikTravels you will be amazed! They have non-stops from BKK to LHR and AMS on B-777. Flights through Taipei get the B-787, both are equally great experience - free PJ’s, Book the Cook, anytime dinning, 2006 Champagne, amazing bedding, amenity kits, incredible staff, star alliance points, and and and…give it a go! 😎✈️
Happy that you recognised the superiority of the MAS satay!! ;) I mean, SIA does most everything else better, but gotta give it to MAS for keeping the satay consistent for decades.
I flew in the same flagship business class just three weeks ago and agree with everything you said. Because of my height (6'4'' / 194cm), I made sure to grab a bulkhead seat (11A). Reserving the bulkhead is a hassle as they are mostly reserved for SQ top-tier frequent flyers but I managed to do it and had a great time. I was unfortunately ill on the flight so couldn't take too much advantage of the lovely catering but I did manage to sleep 9 of the 13 hours to Copenhagen, which is a testament to the comfort of the seat and the bulkhead especially. On another note, I caught the Bananas in Pyjamas reference, even as a non-Australian😁 It seems to have had some spotty popularity across different countries and it was certainly on the telly in the mornings here in Denmark when I was a kid
Yep, had one of these seats last year, absolutely hate the sleeping position - and having to get up off the seat to fold the seat back forwards to make a bed. I will not go out of my way for this if I’m on an overnighter.
There's something special about Changi Airport especially when you haven't been there for a while. It's the right sort of place to relax after a long flight from Europe or the USA and onwards to Australia/NZ. To me a good airport is one that is not only functional for aircraft but has a good ambience because we all need to spend time connecting between flights, often for hours at a time at funny hours.
Definitely! I think Changi is a great airport and love the fact when you arrive you are straight into the terminal not herded through endless corridors to security. Security before you board your connecting flight is much easier as far I'm concerned.
Seats look good Dennis , bit odd with the foot room but a lot better than I remember the last time I flew Singapore Airlines business class . I can,t remember what type of aircraft it was but the business class seating was very underwhelming and really dated like it came out of a 1970,s Boeing 747 . Still think the best business class seats we ever had were Austrian Airlines from Bangkok to Vienna , comfy and like Turkish Airlines the chefs come up and take your order for meals plus the aircraft was immaculate in every way even the uniforms for the crew were impeccable . PS Dennis…. We are in a few weeks going to New Zealand for a few weeks flying Air New Zealand business class on their 777 so we will let you know what that was like ( doing Air New Zealand on your recommendation ) . And no nether of us have a foot fetish 😊 .
i was on singapores 787 business, PERTH>SG>BKK RETURN and wasnt that impressed, the legroom was ok but the footwell was awquard and not so comfortable would fly again but would travel in day time rather than the overnight service and not sleep during flight
I first visited Changi in 2017 and was surprised at the amount of carpet in the terminals. Really cuts down on the noise levels. It's a great airport. The wide SIA seats always make me jealous, but that legroom looks poor for sleeping.
Singapore Airlines business class looks very nice, and the airport at Singapore is slso good. As far as airports go it would be one of the easier ones to transit.
Great video Dennis. Singapore Airlines Business Class looks lovely and very comfortable. I highly recommend that you watch the Singapore Airlines documentary on RU-vid.
Great video as always. I'd love to try Singapore especially during daytime but for nighttime/sleeping that footwell space/angle is an issue. I think I'd prefer an aligned footwell space with a slightly narrower seat but it's all personal preference.
A huge benefit with SGA compared to that well known Australian airline Qantass is I find it easy to book a business class flight with points and only double the points compared to an economy flight booking
Im 191 cm (6'3") and have flown business class on Singapore Airlines A350 and B777. The A350 had the foot well directly in front of the seat. It was too close to sleep on my back and too narrow to sleep on my side. I did not sleep well. The B777 had the footwell offset from the seat and I was able to get a good night sleep on my side (my normal sleeping position)
I flew in December and January SQ BC from Germany to Brisbane and back . I really like the service,tge crews and meals. I dislike the space for my feet and that I need support to make the bed modus. I prefer the elder A 350 machines ,where you can do it with the Button by yourself.
As I spent a good amount of time last year bouncing between the US and Bali I decided to use SQ, I have to say, my feelings after the flights was pretty much on par with yours. For reference I did 4 round trips SFO-SIN-DPS, so in total 16 flights. The food was good, with the exception that on the 16 legs I managed to get garlic bread exactly once, well that is not 100% true, the 2nd time they somehow managed to not serve the right hand side of the J cabin ANY bread, when I pointed this out it was very politely explained to me that I was mistaken, I equally politely asked the cabin manager to look down the aisle and count the bread dishes with bread on them or any evidence of bread having been there. Now, I will say, he did an excellent job of hiding his irritation when it was clear there was no bread on that side of the cabin, and in reality this really is a 1st world problem and he did show up a few minutes later with some garlic bread that I guess they had managed to scavenge from somewhere, but after throwing it back in the oven to reheat again it came out like a rock. I will say the food other than the lack of garlic bread was great, on most trips I would order the Nasi Goreng and peppered beef, both outstanding dishes. The real issue though is as you say, the footwell, if you are more than 5'8 or have more than one foot (I have 2 and they are size 14 US) there simply is no room to sleep, in this regard and honestly now that I think about it, the seat in J on the 787-10 is far superior.
