flying singapore air - transit hotel

[brucesbabe]

Hi.
Has anyone used the transit hotel rooms in changi airport ? We plan to and I had a concern about the fact that they either require payment from the credit card you booked with ( that account will have been closed ) or cash. I thought it might be a problem getting a small amount of singapore dollars and wondered if you could pay in aus dollars ?
Lisa

[snifter]

You can easily get Singapore $$ from any exchange. Just check with them the exchange rate and how much you'll need, put in the order and you should be fine to collect within a day or two. Most places have some in stock but if you want a larger amount then just order ahead.

Just don't get it at the airport as they give crappy rates.

Also iirc they take major currencies at the airport. I've paid in Aus, UK and US$$ at Changi. They convert through the till at time of sale and you get change in Singapore $$.

[sharons dream]

Hi do you mean the sky lounge at Singapore? We have booked that over the Internet using our debit card. Cost us £50 for all four x

[trevorpayne]

We stayed there the one at t3 with the pool.
Excellent especially if you have kids it breaks up the day for them.
its a bit like a hotel resort pool with the bar and being outside.
The Airports massive plenty of shops, cafes etc.
We where there13 hrs and it flew by plus the fact you only have around 7 hrs flight to Adelaide.

[teamV]

We stayed there the one at t3 with the pool.
Excellent especially if you have kids it breaks up the day for them.
its a bit like a hotel resort pool with the bar and being outside.
The Airports massive plenty of shops, cafes etc.
We where there13 hrs and it flew by plus the fact you only have around 7 hrs flight to Adelaide.

We are going to book that ,it will just give us and the kids a break ,also if the kids are a pain on the first flight, we should be with different people on the next flight ,who won't be sick of us already

[Baggienurse]

Hi, we stayed at the transit hotel, booked two rooms for the four of us. We kept an UK account open so paid with that but you could pay with Singapore dollars. they will confirm the price and you could exchange what you need + spending for food, shopping etc. its a great place to get your head down.

Lisa

[Baggienurse]

Hi do you mean the sky lounge at Singapore? We have booked that over the Internet using our debit card. Cost us £50 for all four x

Its not the same place Sharon. The transit hotel books rooms from 6hrs bookings to allow you to sleep, shower what ever takes your fancy, lol.. i dont know about the lounge. There are plenty of places there to sit and relax, watch telly etc we were that relaxed we were last to get on the plane. + we didnt have to pay for the pool cause we had booked a room.

Lisa

[Tyke]

Hi.
Has anyone used the transit hotel rooms in changi airport ? We plan to and I had a concern about the fact that they either require payment from the credit card you booked with ( that account will have been closed ) or cash. I thought it might be a problem getting a small amount of singapore dollars and wondered if you could pay in aus dollars ?
Lisa

We use the Transit Hotel regularly. . Try and get into the Terminal 3 Hotel - newest and best.I reckon they will take cash. Try and book in advance,they do get busy.

[brucesbabe]

Great, thanks everyone
Lisa

[pixie7]

We tried to book in once we arrived in Singapore and they were all full! :( we were destroyed by the time we got on our next flight so my advice is definately book it!