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We arrived into Moscow around 35 minutes late with a layover of 45 minutes instead of the scheduled 80 minutes. Before exiting, the lead flight attendant personally came over to thank me for flying and reminded me that all information regarding my broken in-flight entertainment system had been communicated senior citizen florida bus tours to the ground staff in Moscow and that I should remember to pick up my new boarding pass with an updated seating assignment. Upon exiting, transferring passengers are given transfer cards and directed to the transfer area by very large Singapore Airlines transfer signs. However, the transfer area was locked and there was no one at the door. As one of the first ones off the plane, I headed back towards the gate and asked where we should proceed with the gate locked. I was told that if the transfer area was not yet open, I would need to proceed through customs. That did not sound right (especially since we had arrived late) so I looked for someone else to ask while I waited for the rest of the passengers to filter out. Sure enough, everyone was lining up in the customs line (which is adjacent to the transfer area). I did not enter the line, instead asking two additional Moscow airport workers. They too directed me to the customs line. I finally saw one of the flight senior citizen florida bus tours attendants and told him that we were being sent through customs instead of the transfer waiting area. Within a few moments he was able to find someone and get the transfer area opened. No announcement of any kind was made and several of the first and business class passengers were already in the customs line. I walked over and informed everyone that if they were transferring they needed to get off the line. As the rest of the passengers continued deplaning, senior citizen florida bus tours the line to enter the transfer area grew quite long. There was only one woman with a printed list of transfer passengers and upon reaching her, she would take your transfer card and ticket and then look very slowly for your name on her sheet. Once she spotted your name on the list, you were then allowed to proceed through to security check. There was one other woman who was in charge of crowd management and she was doing a pretty poor job. Luckily, I was near the front of the line and only waited 10 minutes. You next pass through a metal detector and your carry-on bags are re-scanned. You do not need to take your shoes off or take your laptops out of your bag. Upon completing the security check, senior citizen florida bus tours you exit into the departure gate area and can proceed to the International Business Lounge (business and first customers). By this time there was only 20 minutes left prior to departure, so I darted to the lounge to quickly snap some pictures. The lounge was quite a distance from the transfer security check and a brisk 5-10 minute walk. It s nothing great and if you are short on time, you are not missing much. There are uncomfortable wicker chairs and small tables (no power outlets), free wifi, assorted pre-made mini-sandwiches, salads, desserts, and assorted beverages. The highlight of the lounge is really the view outside.
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The pilot announced that the flight would be a short 9 1/2 hours to Singapore with no expected turbulence once the plane was de-iced. The first class cabin was all but empty except for myself, two Point Me to the Plane readers, and four Russian passengers who boarded senior citizen florida bus tours in Moscow. The dinner, snack, and breakfast menu was at the back of the previous senior citizen florida bus tours IAH-DME flight menu and included some excellent senior citizen florida bus tours choices (be warned senior citizen florida bus tours though, you ll still be full from the IAH-DME flight).
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After dinner I intended to recline my seat and relax a bit before trying to get back to sleep. However, there was a problem with my chair. It would not recline at all. The controls were not functioning and the seat had to be reset. They tried several times without any luck and then told me they could manually recline the seat or I could once again switch seats. I didn t feel like moving again and already knew that one of the open seats had a defective in-flight entertainment unit. Instead, I had them make the seat into the bed and I went and changed into the PJs. Again, they were very apologetic and quite embarrassed. I said it was no big deal but asked that they document the problems. I was thinking once again, I m happy this is an award flight and I didn t spend $8000+ on two flights with defective TVs and seats.
As I mentioned senior citizen florida bus tours in the last report, as someone who is rarely able to sleep on flights (no matter how long or comfortable they are), I was shocked to again be able to sleep. I loved the bed, each time I would get up to go to the bathroom, someone would come by and re-make the entire bed. It was very comfortable and large enough to fully spread-out. While the bed had three different pillows, I really liked the normal size pillow and was able to grab another two from some of the empty first class seats. In-flight KrisWorld entertainment was quick, responsive, and had great selection of new releases and all time favorite movies and tv shows.
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I was planning on going straight to the Private Room @ Silver Kris Lounge Terminal 3, but detoured first to Terminal 2. Upon arriving, an agent was already waiting for me and invited me to sit down. I didn t need to do much as she already had reports from both crews. She wanted to know my email address, my United senior citizen florida bus tours MileagePlus number, and how many miles I spent on the ticket. I provided all of the information and she told me I should hear back in 3-5 days. I received senior citizen florida bus tours no response my entire senior citizen florida bus tours time in Bali and for the first week+ back in the US. I then sent an online message to Singapore Airlines customer service and received this response:
I have not received any response back but will send a follow-up message at the end of the week. If only these were the worst of the problems. senior citizen florida bus tours Unfortunately, it all went downhill on the connecting flight to Bali. Several of the passengers senior citizen florida bus tours (20+) including four Point Me to the Plane readers became extremely ill, apparently from the food on the DME-SIN flight (it only struck connecting passengers). The flight included passengers running senior citizen florida bus tours back and forth to the bathrooms and sick-bags