Flew to Hokkaido last month for the first time and baby chloe's first time flying was onboard SQ business class! Would have never been possible without my trusted mile credit cards to rack up my miles over the past few years. I had enough miles for us to fly one-way biz class and economy class back. As SQ does not fly direct to New Chitose Airport, we had to transit in Narita and take a connecting flight to CTS.
Our SQ638 flight from SIN-NRT was at 11.45pm and we were kinda worried that chloe would be crying throughout the flight since it was her first time flying but thankfully it went better than expected. Except for the part where she was fussing because she didn't like being strapped in while the plane was taking off, she slept almost for the full duration of the flight and only woke up at breakfast time.
The aircraft type was initially a 777-300 ER but after that I got an email informing the change to the latest 787 to be used for regional flights.
The seats were pretty comfortable and I booked the much coveted seat (seat 11K) which is a bassinet seat. There are only 2 bassinet seats in biz class for this aircraft and It came in really handy for travelling with our 15 month old baby.
Business class seat on the new 787, you can slide the seat all the way down to full flat bed mode using the automatic controls (below pic). This was Kelvin's seat haha.
Next to the seat was a small handheld controller used to change the channels and adjust settings
Noise cancelling headphones used for business class, was pretty good quality compared to the ones at economy class!
Bassinet seat 11K - top view to show the bassinet seat storage space!
Our flight stewardess who took good care of us during the flight, she was explaining to Kelvin how to use the seat belt for Chloe during take off i think
More than ample space for you to relax and stretch out your legs, wish i could travel business class all the time lol
Pre departure drinks - glass of apple bliss and a small packet of almonds/cashews
2nd drink - orange juice. ikr, why am i wasting my time on all these drinks when I can order champagne and red wine etc The joys of being a mother lol
The menu card was placed in front of the seat pocket
Drinks menu
Note: The apple bliss is a must try! i read from another online review that it was good and true enough, it was a refreshing and tasty drink, didnt regret ordering it haha
Since it was a red eye flight, it was a sleeper service menu for the main course.
I was torn actually, I wanted to order Book The Cook (BTC) beforehand since this is something special only for business/first class on SQ but i also heard that the Hanakoireki japanese set (which is not available as a selection on the BTC) was good. In the end i went for the Hanakoireki set.
Tadah - my Hanaroikei set.
Actually to be frank, i kind of regretted ordering this and not going for the lobster/steak on BTC instead. Some of the small side dishes were nice but the octopus and okra/pickles tasted a little weird (and I eat Japanese food all the time!)
Finally, a cup of red wine! Had it after Chloe fell aslp haha
Chloe fell aslp for most of the flight which was a huge relief!
Time to try to get some sleep..tough luck, i couldnt fall alsp as always. It's a bane of my life not being able to sleep onboard planes (or anywhere for that matter)
Hot cup of cappuccino for breakfast
Baby chloe just woke up in her bassinet seat and sitting happily
Post weaning meal for baby chloe's breakfast - she managed to finish quite a bit of the food so guessed the taste was ok! Lol
Toiletries in the business class cabin, it was kind of sad looking if you ask me. SQ should seriously do something about not giving out inflight amenity pouches for business class!
Overall I enjoyed the business class flight (my first time!) but if I had to pay for this, I think i would have been disappointed. My next goal is to rack up enough miles for business class redemption on other airlines!
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