Flight/Trip Report: Taipei-Singapore-Bangkok-Zurich (stopover)-Montreal-Toronto

The return trip is much more complicated - 4 airlines, 4 aircrafts (A333/B773/A346/A333/A320), 5 segments, and 6 airports. Door-to-door took 45 hours

Photos: Taipei-Singapore-Bangkok-Zurich-Montreal-Toronto (I stopped over at Zurich for few hours)

Taipei - Singapore Lounge at Terminal 2

Food - Many hot food (the best lounge in terms of food in this Mini-RTW trip) and Taiwanese drinks (I love it)
Service - They cleared the plates and re-filled food quickly
Hardware - Average, there are sofas, magazines, computers, no shower I think

Overall - Great to get in for its great choices of hot food and drinks.

SQ877 Taipei (TPE) Singapore Changi (SIN) 333 Executive

4.5 hours, 3219 km

Seat: 12A moved freely to 14K. Half-empty, 2-2-2 layout
Food - Average+. The beef entree was okay
Service - Love it, SQ totally deserves its reputation, very attentive and friendly with smiles. Asked to take pictures for me and gave me some SQ souvenirs (cards, postcards, pen). I took pictures with them
Hardware - Comfy business class in leather and color. Big TV, angled-flat seat. AVOD is good

Overall - Flying on Singapore is the best, enough said.

Singapore - Thai Royal Silk Lounge at Terminal 1
Food - Lacking, some dim sum items and all else sucks
Service - Average. Needs to borrow converter to use the power outlet
Hardware - Small, crowded, Internet slow

Overall - Shouldn't be called a lounge at all.

TG410 Singapore Changi (SIN) Bangkok (BKK) 773 Executive
2.5 hours, 1442 km
Seat: 14K (upgraded 3 days before departure). Full, 2-3-2 layout
Food - Looks like Economy food, served in rectangular box.
Service - Average.
Hardware - Old-style business class seat. Okay for short-haul, big TV and good AVOD

Overall - Average, and disappointment continues from the lounge, as I had high expectation for Thai

Bangkok - Thai Royal Silk Lounge at Concourse C
Food - Average, I enjoyed the hot buns and desserts
Service - Average, cleans quickly
Hardware - Not crowded, few computers to use, sofas, cool temperature to relax. I used the shower

Overall - Average+. I did relax after the spa and shower

Bangkok - Royal Orchid Spa at Concourse D
Food - I liked the cool Green jasmine tea a lot (they served those to clients)
Service - Good 30 minute Neck & Shoulder massage
Hardware - Spacious, relaxing, no shower though.

Overall - Best part of BKK airport service.

TG970 Bangkok (BKK) Zurich (ZRH) 346 Executive
12 hours, 9022 km
Seat: 11K. Half-empty, 2-2-2 layout
Food - Looks like Economy food, served in rectangular box.
Service - Average. Seems textbook and no personal attention even at half-empty.
Hardware - Newer-style business class seat. Angled-flat but not comfortable to sleep in at all due to the angle (vs. lie-flat). I did sleep 7 hours though combined. Good AVOD

Overall - Unfortunately, Thai business class are not worth it.

Zurich - SWISS Business Lounge
Food - Lacking, only good choice was tasty fried rice and chocolate treats. Movenpick ice creams weren't Haggan-Daaz.
Service - Average
Hardware - Crowded, Full, confusing. Shower long waitlist. I'd actually rather be outside instead

Overall - Sad to see a completely-full lounge is worse than no lounge

LX86 Zurich (ZRH) Montreal Trudeau (YUL) 333 Executive
8 hours, 5992 km
Seat: 5D moved to 4K at gate. 80% Full, 1-2-1 layout
Food - Average+, not my Asian-preferred styles but good.
Service - Attentive and friendly. Let me into First Class Suites and take photos for me :)
Hardware - I liked SWISS's single-seat. Almost lie-flat to sleep on. AVOD is good, LCD is smaller than SQ

Overall - Good experience on a Western airline

Montreal - Maple Leaf Lounge at Domestic Terminal
Food - Same as Toronto. Salad/Nachos/Chips. Drinks and beer tap
Service - Average
Hardware - Average. A bit crowded

Overall - Average, nothing to write home about.

AC421 Montreal Trudeau (YUL) Toronto Pearson (YYZ) 320 Executive
1 hour, 505 km
Seat: 1F. Full, 2-2 layout
Food - Cheese tray, nothing worth writing
Service - Average. We were delayed 1 hour due to waiting for 2 must-wait mechanics.
Hardware - Average

Overall - Worst part of my entire trip. Delayed 1 hour and in future avoid domestic Business class.

Movies Watched (many more as I had more hours)
Kung Fu Panda 2
Midnight in Paris
Fast Five
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
X-Men: First Class
Thor
Win Win
Last Night
Water for Elephants


Will conclude in a separate post ........