suites on SQ

[Guy Betsy]

I don't think this is quite accurate.
Op ups (involuntary upgrades when the flights are overbooked) do happen on SQ from Y to Biz or from Biz to First. As far as I know, they would try to accommodate everyone on the flight before they will bump people off.
However, rumors said that no op ups to Suites are to be done on the A380 flights.

We're talking about SQ employee staff tickets.

SQ does not allow staff on holiday travel upgrades to even the Business Class cabin. Only very senior management staff have access to the Business Cabin. They would need to be approved to buy into F travel but I doubt the Suites would be accessible on a discount.

Even TAs need to be approved before they could buy into Business Class. Once upon a time ago, I wanted a business class ticket on TA discount. Boy, the loops one had to jump and the approvals between departments and company. Finally SQ said that they would make this a special one time exception. Route: SIN-PEN !

[StarG]

We're talking about SQ employee staff tickets.

I just re-read ycp81's post above - you are right.
My apologies.

[matt_will_fix_it]

SQ does not allow staff on holiday travel upgrades to even the Business Class cabin.

What about staff on official SQ business? not for holiday travel...

[TAZ MAN]

What about if they need to send a crew member to New York? Would they send them via Frankfurt on economy? Or send them on the all business class flight??

[Dent@SUB]

I've done 3 sectors on the suites and none of them were full to capacity but they were more than half full.

Just done it once, NRT-SIN on Oct 5, it was full house, with 1 children and 2 teenagers! (not mine ) (looks... even young explolers want to sit at Suites... )

[b777jubilee]

yes, not upgrades allowed for suite class, even for solitaire. For staff, only directors are allowed Suite class. Capts, if business class is full, and suite is empty, have to travel in economy.

[shopaholic]

rumors are true never an upgrade on a380 i was told by check in and never if u have kids

[ycp81]

What about if they need to send a crew member to New York? Would they send them via Frankfurt on economy? Or send them on the all business class flight??

Yup, on economy, unless Y is overbooked in which case the crew may travel in biz.

[Danny Bhoy]

We're talking about SQ employee staff tickets.

SQ does not allow staff on holiday travel upgrades to even the Business Class cabin. Only very senior management staff have access to the Business Cabin. They would need to be approved to buy into F travel but I doubt the Suites would be accessible on a discount.

Even TAs need to be approved before they could buy into Business Class. Once upon a time ago, I wanted a business class ticket on TA discount. Boy, the loops one had to jump and the approvals between departments and company. Finally SQ said that they would make this a special one time exception. Route: SIN-PEN !

Things sure have changed. Know someone who was one of the founding staff of SQ and worked there all his career (in fact he was in MSA before the split). The so-called University of Paya Lebar generation of SQ staff. Worked his way up to managerial level from a mere artisan (he only had O Levels I think). Not particularly senior, just middle management at most in the Engineering division, but by the 80s he could fly J and later F on subload for staff travel (almost always longhaul in his case either to Airbus or Boeing). Holiday perks were fabulous too in those days: one free return trip a year up to F class for him and his family (to any SQ destination but of course on subload) and pay only 10% of the fare for other return trips). Obviously, SQ got rid of these perks (as a shareholder I prolly would have balked too). Don't know as a retiree if he gets free or discounted travel still altho I think he does because he.

[Verbal]

There are a lot of empty Suites flying around.

Source or just wishful thinking as usual?

[nursalimLPP]

I have been upgraded from business to first class couple times when Business was overbooked from LAX.

I am a life though maybe thats why. I dont know.

[leo]

Even TAs need to be approved before they could buy into Business Class. Once upon a time ago, I wanted a business class ticket on TA discount. Boy, the loops one had to jump and the approvals between departments and company. Finally SQ said that they would make this a special one time exception. Route: SIN-PEN !

I can never imagine getting an AD50 / AD75 ticket with SQ, even in economy LOL...

[andySYD]

I have been upgraded from business to first class couple times when Business was overbooked from LAX.

I am a life though maybe thats why. I dont know.

But not from J to R, correct?

[jjpb3]

But not from J to R, correct?

No R yet from LAX, right?

As StarG mentioned, SQ will not op-up to R. I heard from a reliable source that SQ changed the overbooking threshold for A380 J, so that there would be no chance of having to op-up to R.

[Dr G]

Just for reference today's load in Suites Sin-Syd = 7
I love Singapore Airlines