Singapore Airlines - SIA > Reviews > First Class Trip-Revised version

Author's product rating:   

Food Quality	Excellent
Customer Service	Outstanding
Punctuality	Always on time
Space	Outstanding
Value for Money	Excellent

Advantages:	Fantastic service and attention to details
Disadvantages:	PRICE !

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

In December last year, my fiancee and I went from Seoul to Australia, with Singapore Airlines. I went to Melbourne and she went to Perth. We both flew in First class to Singapore, and then I went on in 1st to Melbourne and she went in Raffles to Perth, as there was no 1st on that leg.

Well, the Sky Suite service was great, it was like being in your own small cabin. It was private, quiet and comfortable. The choice and quality of the food was like better than most airlines, and the Champagne flowed freely. There were three choices for starters and four choices for mains. Dessert was great too. Want a coffee? There is a huge choice of beans and styles, from Blue Mountain Jamacian to Latte.

With a maximum of only 12 people in the Sky Suite cabin, and four or five staff ( it was hard to keep track of them all!) you can be assured that you will be attended too. On our flight to Singapore there were only 5 other passengers in 1st class, and on my flight to Melbourne there were only 3 others, so it was almost one cabin staff member to one passenger.

The huge TV monitor in each suite was great, but the real advantage of course is VOD, being able to stop a movie when the meal is being served, and then starting where you left off!

My fiancee's onward flight to Perth was a real let down after First Class, but Raffles was still better than Korean Air's Prestige Class.

The downside was the price of course- it was 6x more that economy to fly first class, and 50% than 1st on MAS.

On the same ICN-MEL route, there is a lot of choice- JAL, CX, TG, MAS, GARUDA, KE, OZ and QF. Not all have first class on all sectors or direct to Australia, apart from CX and MAS. The stopover in Singapore was pleasant- the Ritz Carlton there is fantastic!

SO on this route one is really only able to compare the others with forst class. We have gone business with both Garuda and Korean Air, and in business Gauruda is great, though not as good as SQ.

I think though it was worth the money. We will fly First Class with Singapore on our next trip home to Australia, and when we go to London also.