Using Velocity points to fly in Business from LHR to SYD with the choice of EY or SQ available on the A380 - which do I go for? In this instance I'm not looking at the cost (I know EY is c.$900 compared to c.$400 on SQ for taxes) but the overall experience. What are your thoughts? Cheers!
Last month I travelled to London on the Etihad A380 and returned on the Singapore Airlines A380.
For me, they were both very comparable in terms of service and seats. I would have to say however that overall I enjoyed the Etihad experience more. I am fairly tall (186 cm) and found the SQ seat to be not quite long enough in bed mode. In terms of food and service, I found them both to be excellent. I would say you'll be very satisifed with whichever airline you select.
I did the EY A380 in J a few weeks ago and its a fabulous hard product.
But the other posters are correct, the service is very hit and miss. We sat up front in the bar for a while and the staff almost seemed to go out of their way to ignore us. When we finally flagged one girl down to get a champagne, she looked horrified that I had dared ask for a drink in the bar.
An Etihad J redemption from Australia to Europe costs 280,000 velociy points round-trip.
If you transfer Velocity points to Singapore's KrisFlyer program, and book your redemption online, you would only need 304,000 Velocity points for a return trip in Singapore's Suites class. If you have the 24,000 extra points, I can vouch that the Suites are a lot nicer than Etihad or Singapore J, plus its just more fun on such a long trip to go all out.
A great option! Unfortunately the first available Suite on the LHR > SIN leg is 3 days after I need to leave London, so in this instance the timings don't fit, otherwise I'd be there!
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EY or SQ A380 Business LHR > SYD?
adygry
adygry
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EY or SQ A380 Business LHR > SYD?
adygry
adygry
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Member since 04 Jul 2015
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Using Velocity points to fly in Business from LHR to SYD with the choice of EY or SQ available on the A380 - which do I go for? In this instance I'm not looking at the cost (I know EY is c.$900 compared to c.$400 on SQ for taxes) but the overall experience. What are your thoughts? Cheers!
adygry
adygry
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Edit - meant EY not EK!
Yaf
Yaf
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SQ, odds on EY will loose your luggage
adygry
adygry
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I'll be sure to carry it on!
Panord
Panord
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The Etihad A380 is excellent in terms of hard product in business and probably better than SQ (have SQ installed their latest seats on the A380?)
Personally I would go SQ as I have found their in-flight service to be more consistent. I am not a big fan of the ME3 airlines.
adamkiwi
adamkiwi
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Last month I travelled to London on the Etihad A380 and returned on the Singapore Airlines A380.
For me, they were both very comparable in terms of service and seats. I would have to say however that overall I enjoyed the Etihad experience more. I am fairly tall (186 cm) and found the SQ seat to be not quite long enough in bed mode. In terms of food and service, I found them both to be excellent. I would say you'll be very satisifed with whichever airline you select.
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I did the EY A380 in J a few weeks ago and its a fabulous hard product.
But the other posters are correct, the service is very hit and miss. We sat up front in the bar for a while and the staff almost seemed to go out of their way to ignore us. When we finally flagged one girl down to get a champagne, she looked horrified that I had dared ask for a drink in the bar.
adygry
adygry
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Member since 04 Jul 2015
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Fantastic, thanks for the feedback. I've booked with SQ A380 all the way. Hope the SIN lounge is decent...
RealKid
RealKid
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Another option you might not have considered:
An Etihad J redemption from Australia to Europe costs 280,000 velociy points round-trip.
If you transfer Velocity points to Singapore's KrisFlyer program, and book your redemption online, you would only need 304,000 Velocity points for a return trip in Singapore's Suites class. If you have the 24,000 extra points, I can vouch that the Suites are a lot nicer than Etihad or Singapore J, plus its just more fun on such a long trip to go all out.
adygry
adygry
Virgin Australia - Velocity Rewards
Member since 04 Jul 2015
Total posts 21
A great option! Unfortunately the first available Suite on the LHR > SIN leg is 3 days after I need to leave London, so in this instance the timings don't fit, otherwise I'd be there!