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1. Introduction
2. Airport: Changi Terminal 3
3. Lounge: SIA Krisflyer Gold Lounge in Changi T3
4. Flight: SQ32 SIN-SFO in Economy - Airbus A359 Long Haul
5. Impressions of post-COVID San Francisco
6. Hotel: Marriott San Francisco Union Square
7. Dining: Cheesecake Factory @ Union Square
8. Run: Golden Gate Bridge to Crissy Field and Ghirardelli Square
9. Dining: In-N-Out Burger @ Fisherman's Wharf
10. Bar: Irish Coffee @ The Buena Vista
11. Airport: San Francisco International Terminal
12. Flight: SQ31 SFO-SIN in Economy - Airbus A359 Long Haul
13. Final Reflections
Introduction
Twenty four hours after stepping off SQ351 from Copenhagen, I was back in Changi Airport to catch SQ32 to San Francisco. The previous day, I had flown 12 hours on Singapore Airlines Airbus A359 in Economy, and that morning, after a day in Singapore, I was about to fly another 14 and a half hours to SFO, once again in Economy on an SQ A359. That's a lot of time to spend in a Y seat. And yet, risk of DVT aside, I was looking forward to it. San Francisco was, after all, one of my favourite cities.
On this trip, I had been looking forward to something else even more. I was originally booked to fly UA's nonstop SIN-SFO-SIN in their new Premium Plus service (The equivalent of Premium Economy) on their Boeing 787-9, but on Sunday, the day before my flight, I received a message from my travel agent that indicated my flight the next morning would be delayed more than 3 hours. Upon further checking, it turned out that UA2 that day would be delayed by 11 hours. The inbound aircraft would apparently be departing (Or had departed) SFO 11 hours late, which meant a Monday evening departure out of Singapore, rather than Monday morning.
That delay would have messed up the schedule for my business trip, so I had to make a call to my travel agent on a Sunday to quickly cancel my UA flights (And submit them for a full refund) and rebook myself on SQ32, which was still on schedule for a 9.20am departure on Monday morning. While I was entitled to fly Premium Economy on such a long sector, PEY on SQ32 was full, so I bit the bullet and booked myself into Y. The Trip Report on United's Premium Plus would have to wait....
1. Introduction
2. Airport: Changi Terminal 3
3. Lounge: SIA Krisflyer Gold Lounge in Changi T3
4. Flight: SQ32 SIN-SFO in Economy - Airbus A359 Long Haul
5. Impressions of post-COVID San Francisco
6. Hotel: Marriott San Francisco Union Square
7. Dining: Cheesecake Factory @ Union Square
8. Run: Golden Gate Bridge to Crissy Field and Ghirardelli Square
9. Dining: In-N-Out Burger @ Fisherman's Wharf
10. Bar: Irish Coffee @ The Buena Vista
11. Airport: San Francisco International Terminal
12. Flight: SQ31 SFO-SIN in Economy - Airbus A359 Long Haul
13. Final Reflections
Introduction
Twenty four hours after stepping off SQ351 from Copenhagen, I was back in Changi Airport to catch SQ32 to San Francisco. The previous day, I had flown 12 hours on Singapore Airlines Airbus A359 in Economy, and that morning, after a day in Singapore, I was about to fly another 14 and a half hours to SFO, once again in Economy on an SQ A359. That's a lot of time to spend in a Y seat. And yet, risk of DVT aside, I was looking forward to it. San Francisco was, after all, one of my favourite cities.
On this trip, I had been looking forward to something else even more. I was originally booked to fly UA's nonstop SIN-SFO-SIN in their new Premium Plus service (The equivalent of Premium Economy) on their Boeing 787-9, but on Sunday, the day before my flight, I received a message from my travel agent that indicated my flight the next morning would be delayed more than 3 hours. Upon further checking, it turned out that UA2 that day would be delayed by 11 hours. The inbound aircraft would apparently be departing (Or had departed) SFO 11 hours late, which meant a Monday evening departure out of Singapore, rather than Monday morning.
That delay would have messed up the schedule for my business trip, so I had to make a call to my travel agent on a Sunday to quickly cancel my UA flights (And submit them for a full refund) and rebook myself on SQ32, which was still on schedule for a 9.20am departure on Monday morning. While I was entitled to fly Premium Economy on such a long sector, PEY on SQ32 was full, so I bit the bullet and booked myself into Y. The Trip Report on United's Premium Plus would have to wait....
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