Most of the time I heard stories from others of how crappy a place their company made them put up at, when they were sent overseas for business. In order to save cost, especially when one company is on a tight budget, flight & hotel are often compromise.
Being newly employed & having to travel alone I of course have my doubts & reservations. However having said that, when your company have very little turnover, co-workers seem to work happily together & travelling takes up almost 60% of your work, it can't be that bad right so it's best to just put on a positive note & make the best out of your travel...
I flew SQ (Singapore Airlines) both ways & it's gonna be SQ for all my trips overseas in the near future. I don't remember when was the last time I flew with them, reason being it's generally more expensive so for personal trips I would have settled for an average priced ticket from some other known carriers like Emirates, Thai or even Jetstar. So tell me what is the reason of it being expensive compared to others again other than being voted the best airline by some travel magazine or paid auditing firm???...
I can even list out the things that can be improved upon & my bad experiences...I used to think they are the perfect airline with the perfect steward & stewardess, you know they always say they have the 'X' factor, & all those promises about going above & beyond on customer service...haha oh well not anymore..
I requested Muslim Meal both ways. The food that was served to me was definitely dissappointing both ways. I end up hungry throughout the 7-8hr flight as I could'nt finish my meal & when I glanced over there was my neighbour enjoying his....*sigh*
So this meal thingy, it bugs me...while normal economy class passenger gets to choose their meals why can't we with special meals choose ours??....Having work in an airline industry before as a Ground Rep & Flight Attendant, I'm sure this is definitely a workable solution...
If airlines are afraid of wastage on special meals they can maybe allow their passengers to choose their meals prior to boarding the flight like online or via sms within 24hrs. Meals are only boarded a few hours before flight anyway.
So during my return flight home...I was served an indian dish which consist of rice, chicken tandoori I think, potato curry & a dessert. Meal was ok but I did'nt even touch the dessert just coz it's way too sweet for my liking. You know those Indian dessert which is soaked in sugar syrup, only a true Indian would be able to eat that & I'm not one of them...
While I wait for someone to clear my tray, a steward goes around offering ice-cream...He skipped me & asked my neighbour instead if he wants an ice-cream...I then realise that the normal meal passengers do not have dessert in their set so the ice-cream is actually their dessert...I know that & I understand that the crew needs to finish their service first to ensure that all normal meal passengers get their ice-cream before they give the ice-cream to special meal passengers like me. But what I'm upset about is the reply the steward gave me when I asked for one " Sorry ma'am, this ice-cream is for normal meal passengers only, as your meal already have a dessert "....he pointed at the dessert which clearly have'nt been touched by me
Well he is not rude or anything but isn't there a nicer way to say it like " I'm sorry maa'am, the ice-cream is for normal meal passengers only but if you like one, maybe let me finish my service & if there's any extras I would be glad to give one to you "....
Like a small lil girl, not getting an ice-cream really made me feel like crying...haha
The rest of my journey home was OK...I slept, I watch movies, walk-around the exact same thing like any other passenger on a
boring oopss boeing 777 flight.... till part 2
xoxo, 'MakChiC'
