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    • Giving yourself only one hour is asking for trouble. Please do not assume that flights, even on the best airlines, arrive on time. The number of times that I have experienced a delayed departure from a US airport is beyond counting. It's not the fault of even the best airline. It's the sheer unremitting craziness at US airports. All it takes is a 30-minute delay in departure from SFO, and your one-hour is gone. If I remember correctly, Changi Airport closes gates 30 minutes before the scheduled take-off time. So, what you think is one hour is only 30 minutes to make the transfer. Moreover, I've flown good airlines which have had to fly against unexpectedly strong headwinds, or told by air traffic control at destination to circle around due to congestion, leading to delayed arrival. In an 18-hour flight, a five percent delay due to headwinds or circling around means fity-minutes additional flying time.  Giving yourself only one hour is a decision you will regret. The more important question is how long you will need to not suffer a heart attack if even a small thing goes wrong. And that depends on the answers to @thaiophilus questions. If yours is a through-ticket SFO to BKK via SIN, brought directly from Singapore Airlines, then you can check your luggage all the way to Bangkok. All you need to worry about is to allow time for these: 1. Disembark (how long depends on whether your're on Business Class or Economy Class, and the size of the aircraft but personally, I plan for 15 minutes, because I have known planes going around in circles looking for the right gate - Schipol, I am looking at you!). Or the plane is parked remotely and passengers have to wait for the bus. 2. You'd probably want to do a quick freshening up if you're flying Economy. Allow another 15 minutes. 3. Get yourself to the other terminal. Allow 15 - 30 minutes (you may get lost and have to retrace your steps, allow for that!) 4. Go through hand-luggage security (Changi Airport does this at individual boarding gates, not upon entry into the airside of the airport, unlike most other cities). Allow 15 - 30 minutes. All the above must be done at least 30 minutes before the scheduled departure time of the connecting flight. If it were me, I would allow a minimum of 2.5 hours. I'd rather have extra time with a coffee (after an 18-hour flight) than have to rush around under stress. --- If yours is NOT a through ticket bought from the same airline (i.e. if you bought SFO-SIN and SIN-BKK as separate purchases) then it gets even more complicated. This is because I think you won't be able to check your luggage through to Bangkok. Maybe others can chip in, because I have never done this (NOT buying a through ticket and somehow expecting a quick transfer). If you have to retrieve your luggage in Singapore and check in again for the SIN-BKK flight, then I suspect you will have to enter Singapore through Immigration, go to the bags carousels, wait/retrieve your bags, find your way to the other terminal, find the Departure floor, check in for your BKK flight, go through Immigration again, find your gate, go through hand luggage security.... all this must be done at least 30 minutes before the scheduled departure of the Bangkok flight. But as I said, I don't have personal experience even trying this kind of thing, so maybe others can advise better.  How long will you need then? Hard for me to say because I'm not sure if my assumptionns about the process are correct. However, I think @jimmie50 was probably referring to a through ticket, so all this may be moot.
    • To remain thematically consistent, staff at Jungle Boy should be in loincloths like Tarzan of venerable fame.  
    • Thank you for all replies. It is even better. I thought only serviced apartments offer these services. Did you contact owners via email, messaging apps (Line, Watsapp ect.) or just call them directly? Have you not experieced any difficulties communicating with them in english? I just hope it will not take more than 3 days to find where to stay for those 8 weeks. Have any of you used renting agencies in Bangkok maybe or it's just better to stick to rental listing websites?
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