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What is it with asian airlines?
What is it with asian airlines? I really need to reassess the opportunities to cross from one hemisphere to the other without them and seriously looking at alternatives to avoid them completely in future. Singapore airlines used to be one of the best but now they've joined the torture airlines which don't even allow a bottle of water to be taken on board. This used to be ok when there was actually service oriented staff on board. Now you're supposed to sit there for 12+ hours without service. When dry mouth from the air conditioning gets too much you can buzz for someone to bring you 5cm of tap water in a plastic glass for relief. Wow if I were in a prison I'd expect the same. No snacks either - oh we have dessicated peas and crackers. Yuk. No thanks I had those and they were aweful. Most western countries have boarding lounges with outlets that will sell you water, food, coffee whatever you need to plan some comfort for your long haul flight. All the Bangkok Singapore Dubai Doha boarding lounges etc treat you like a terrorist, all the while there is little to diminishing service on board to accomodate this fact. On my last flight not only did I have 50 minutes to run from one side of the airport to the other, catch a train and keep running dragging luggage with wheels across carpet in 30 degree indoor humid heat at Changi, but the single water fountain where you can refill your empty water bottle in the boarding lounges was also gone. So no water either. Seriously. I will honestly look at other airlines in future that are not these Asian airlines that don't understand what it's like to do long haul repeatedly under these conditions. Torturous.