Slept a good 3 hours on the 6.5hr flight from Singapore.
Category: Singapore
Uh oh. Wait, I should be immune now
Just down the street from my hostel in Little India, Singapore
Rainy Sunday morning. Being lazy; still sleeping strange hours. Napped for 3.5 hours (most of that with 10 minute snoozes) at 6pm, arrows out for a quick late light dinner, and was up at 6am.
Sitting comfy in Thai lounge at HKG
After a day tootling around Hong Kong, inc a quick trip up to the peak, I’m safely ensconced in the comfort of the Thai lounge with tasty snacks (tom ka gai with extra fresh chilies) and a mango screwdriver.
And waiting for my turn at a refreshing shower.
Also still awaiting an upgrade – I might get the last seat in biz.
B777: UA vs AC smackdown, I mean, comparison
Last week I flew AC1 YYZ-NRT and UA803 NRT-SIN (and vice versa on UA804 and AC2)
Flights on each airline were on similar 777 aircraft.
All my notes below (except the obvious) are for Economy/Plus.
Air Canada
- 777-300ER, 2 class config: a double Excecutive First lie-flat, then Economy
- Economy is 3-3-3 seating
- 18AB and 18JK are great seats because there is no 3rd seat and the bulkhead gives lots of leg room
- Tight legroom in economy
- Power ports at 2 out of 3 seats, inc. a USB port
- Personal TV/IFE
- All alcohol free
- Food was better than expected
- Friendly flight attendants
United Airlines
- 777-200 premium, 3 class config: lie flat in Global First, lie flat in Business First, then Economy Plus and Economy
- Economy is 3-3-3 seating
- 20AB and 20JK are great seats because there is no 3rd seat and the bulkhead gives lots of leg room
- Good legroom in Economy Plus (but tight in regular Economy, also known as E-Minus
- Power ports, but no USB port
- Personal TV/IFE
- Beer/wine free, but not hard liquor/liqueur
- So-so food
- Pleasant flight attendants
Overall, the experience on Air Canada was better, though if I didn’t have the bulkhead row, I’d prefer Economy Plus on United for the extra legroom.
Respectable economy breakie on UA
Breakfast in SIN @ SATS contract lounge in T3
Very tasty breakfast buffet, both Western and Asian foods.
Like my duck congee, dumplings, nasi goreng with seafood, scrambled eggs with olives and tomatoes plus turkey bacon and tomato concasse. Mmm!
Booze was available this early (5:00am) but alas no Baileys for the cappuccino 
SIN KrysFlyer Gold lounge in T2 at 2:00am
Actually they took away the food at 2am, but not the drinks nor snacks. I just managed to grab a bite before they cleared it, as I had slept through dinner on the plane.
I was the only guest there (it’s open 24 hours) and the have fast Wi-Fi but there was a lot of construction (jackhammer) noise from the terminal
SIN airside transit hotel budget room
Budget room has nice shared showers and WC (private within the washrooms), for S$47/US$38 for 6 hours (min).
As it turns out, I didn’t really need it as I slept on the previous flight and am trying to keep my body on EST.
No Wi-Fi in the rooms (actually I did get a weak signal) but the power outlets we’re multi national.
Let the insanity begin: 2 day mileage run YYZ-NRT-SIN-NRT-YYZ
Won’t even be leaving the airport, as I have a 6 hour room booked inside SIN airport (S$47/US$38 for budget single, i.e. shared bathroom)
19,448 miles round trip.
Interestingly, YYZ now has a Nexus security lane even at the international (non-US) departures, at least in T1 from where AC flies.
The Maple Leaf lounge puts out lunch (and alcohol) at 11am, so I’ll have 15-30 minutes to enjoy that before heading to the gate.