Can you believe two one-way First Class tickets from Singapore to Hong Kong is cheaper than paying AC one-way Business class from Regina to Toronto? First off the seats are 4 times bigger, tonnes of room, real hot plates during meal service. Six different ways for your eggs....
As a grand finale to Audrey's 40th b'day celebration, I splurged for two one-way First Class seats to Hong Kong. The experience began at the Singapore airport; there is a different drop-off for First Class passengers; dedicated porters from the airline greeted you at the curb, took you and the bags to the check-in counters just next to the immigration hall. The Check-in counters were actually a huge lounge. Nothing was rushed. Every details were taken care of for you. After we had thru immigration, we went to lounge - against all tradition of calculating everything to the last minutes, WE actually HAD time to use the lounge. The First Class lounge was separated from the Business Class lounge. As I step into it, I couldn't believe. There was a chef there making Laksa (a Malaysian noodle) for you. That was today's feature; there were also fruits, sandwiches, and some local Indian b'fast. You could tell things must be doing well in Singapore, at 7:15am, the First Class lounge was busy. Packed actually...
After we got on board, the service was like any other higher class of service. But we were served using real china; plates were warmed up; not the icy cold as AC would have done. Coffee, I was stunted; upon asking for coffee, I got 4-5 choices to choose from. Sorry, Dave, I had cream and sugar so could not really tell you what Blue Moutain coffee really tasted like. The headsets we had, were in surround sound mode. I was hoping that the 777-300 we were on had been remodeled using the newer and wider seats; but no such luck. We were already lucky having two wonder seats. Too bad, didn't get a chance enjoying the features. We spent too much time readying all the newspapers we got our hands on. By the time I settled in to watch movies, time to land. That was after 3 hours and 20 minutes later.....
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