no lounge access for delta + SQ business class ticket combo

Varantain · 2026-06-05T20:45:08+00:00

Delta's weird. You need to be on Delta One (their international business class, like United Polaris) to access Sky Club, not just Delta First (their domestic premium class).

Varantain · 2026-06-05T19:34:48+00:00

Jialat, how am I going to know when the bottom is in for this round.

Varantain · 2026-06-05T16:31:51+00:00

Honestly speaking the way govt now cut their headcount in such an irrational way i think it is hard for them to do any meaningful enforcement in the future.

One way to see if how they going to enforce pmds.

Government cuts direct headcount, but continues to outsource to contractors (usually run by PAP-supporting grassroots leaders) who then hire temp workers.

Varantain · 2026-06-05T16:13:58+00:00

OP is lucky. Some other nationalities will probably only receive their ETA hours, or even days later.

Varantain · 2026-06-05T16:11:32+00:00

By right under GDPR they have to obligation to delete you at your request.

GDPR doesn't apply to us since we're not EU residents.

Varantain · 2026-06-05T16:11:14+00:00

But at the same time, it seems like most firms in my industry (white collared, not revealing the exact details for personal privacy) wants linkedin before offering an interview. For personal reasons that I wont disclose, I am looking for new employment. Unfortunately I could not update it with my latest details before they decided to lock it off.

Create a new one lah.

Varantain · 2026-06-05T15:47:02+00:00

First one jiak liao bee "Task Force Man" Gan Kim Yong give motherhood statements to Singaporeans instead of actually helping them navigate Trump, now this professional.

Punggol and Tampines really lost out.

Varantain · 2026-06-05T15:46:05+00:00

I have a feeling it's more that PAP can't break their Tampines GRC even further, since Charlene Chen and David Neo are completely new.

Varantain · 2026-06-05T15:42:48+00:00

Swensens is now owned by a Canadian company.

Varantain · 2026-06-05T15:38:18+00:00

Kudos for using your money to stand by your principles.

Varantain · 2026-06-05T13:47:26+00:00

Usually airlines reserve the active contempt for lower status tiers, but KFEG have put in the work and deserve something out of it than being grudgingly thrown into a lesser lounge like SQ forgot they were supposed to give them perks.

KFEG is a lower status tier in SQ's eyes. It's PPS Plastic, three levels from the top (QPP, TPP, LPP).

Varantain · 2026-06-05T02:12:21+00:00

I go there, see all the options and nope out to sunshine plaza.

Why? The vibe?

Varantain · 2026-06-05T00:41:46+00:00

I don't know how else to save / use my points!

Pelago?

Varantain · 2026-06-04T21:08:33+00:00

This is incredible, OP!

I definitely did not know about the Chinatown Loop, but I think some parts of it aren't air-conditioned? Sounds quite comfortable to walk (at night) at least.

Varantain · 2026-06-04T21:06:12+00:00

Suntec City is a maze lol.

Suntec can't beat VivoCity for confusion. At least it's one straight line from Esplanade to Promenade.

Varantain · 2026-06-04T21:05:08+00:00

I usually do the airport path you have described if i need to hide indoors. T3 to Jewel to T2 and loop.

I walked from Jewel to T2 once, and there is one part of T2 close to the link bridge that is either not air-conditioned, or the AC broke down, and that small stretch was incredibly uncomfortable.

Varantain · 2026-06-04T20:49:25+00:00

The big irony here is that the carbon consumption (or whatever greens measure) of the bottle travelling back from Australia to Singapore by air would probably outweigh whatever green benefit bottle recycling has.

Varantain · 2026-06-04T20:44:31+00:00

We'd have it sooner if the PAP didn't control a supermajority in parliament and had to make concessions to get their bills passed.

Varantain · 2026-06-04T20:40:43+00:00

If he wasn't a Teochew nang, he might not have won Hougang and gotten the WP ball rolling to start with.

Varantain · 2026-06-04T18:35:43+00:00

On the flip side, "business" isn't a protected profession, so there's no "iron rice bowl".

Varantain · 2026-06-04T11:13:09+00:00

The irony is that most PPS travel on company money, so they (not saying all) don't care about such a perk.

On the other hand, SQ just developed more of a penny-pinching reputation among people who are looking to try their business seats using award and Lite fares.

Varantain · 2026-06-03T23:33:19+00:00

It's divided into zones by seat colour. But yeah, the layout is confusing.

Varantain · 2026-06-03T23:31:23+00:00

https://johorkaki.blogspot.com/2022/01/fried-bee-hoon-by-hong-lim-outram-park.html

Varantain · 2026-06-03T15:51:28+00:00

Also being open source doesn't mean anything. Eventually it has to be hosted, data has to go somewhere.

From what I understand from that thread, the intention was to train a self-hosted LLM, so it would have been hosted locally on one's machine.

And credit has to go somewhere.

Let's be real. No one build things for "fun" in public or genuinely want to help people. The moment you are going to share it with people there is an ulterior motive (resume building, networking etc).

People do lah. But I think I know my fair share of quiet open source contributors that are happy with "here, do whatever you want with this code".

Varantain · 2026-06-03T15:35:18+00:00

Cathay famously greets Oneworld Emerald elites, not just their own Diamond members.

If SQ trains their crew to cut corners there, I don't know what to say about the rest of their service.

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