Is there a ROW 13 in this Singapore Airlines plane

[Cecil Lee]

Last week, I was seated at the 14th row of a Singapore Airlines - Business Class seat and I stared up at the overhead compartments.

I counted Row 11, Row 12... and then Row 14. There is no Row 13!

Numbers are like: one man's meat is another man's poison! To some 13 seems unlucky.. to others lucky.

Even to some Chinese: 4 or 44 or 444 seems unlucky. For others... ok, neutral or even lucky....

Thus numbers are considered more personal to a person, this culture and even his experience with it.

Perhaps, Singapore Airlines felt that for commercial reasons, some numbers are not good for business!: Majority of 13 Rows are frequently unoccupied?

Even banks e.g. DBS Tower 1 has certain flows that are not office buildings.. e.g. maintenance levels ... when you are next at DBS Tower 1, Shenton Way, take a peek at the lift numbering...!

[Cecil Lee]

To some who are superstitious, No. 13 is considered inauspicious.
But to others especially Chinese Cantonese dialect group,instead, 14 is considered inauspicious. As 1 = Sure and 4 = die. Thus when we add the two together symbolises: SURE TO DIE.
Thusauspicious or inauspicious numbers arehighly subjective!

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On 12/2/2009 5:09:26 PM, Anonymous wrote:
Last week, I was seated at the
14th row of a Singapore
Airlines - Business Class seat
and I stared up at the
overhead compartments.
I counted Row 11, Row 12...
and then Row 14. There is no
Row 13!
Numbers are like: one man's
meat is another man's poison!
To some 13 seems unlucky.. to
others lucky.
Even to some Chinese: 4 or 44
or 444 seems unlucky. For
others... ok, neutral or even
lucky....
Thus numbers are considered
more personal to a person,
this culture and even his
experience with it.
Perhaps, Singapore Airlines
felt that for commercial
reasons, some numbers are not
good for business!: Majority
of 13 Rows are frequently
unoccupied?
Even banks e.g. DBS Tower 1
has certain flows that are not
office buildings.. e.g.
maintenance levels ... when
you are next at DBS Tower 1,
Shenton Way, take a peek at
the lift numbering...!

[Cecil Lee]

Many Chinese are neutral to the number 13.
But instead, some Chinese have a dislike the number(s) 4 or 44 or 444....

However remember this adage applies: "one man's meat is another man's poison applies".

Quote

On 12/2/2009 5:09:26 PM, Anonymous wrote:
Last week, I was seated at the
14th row of a Singapore
Airlines - Business Class seat
and I stared up at the
overhead compartments.
I counted Row 11, Row 12...
and then Row 14. There is no
Row 13!
Numbers are like: one man's
meat is another man's poison!
To some 13 seems unlucky.. to
others lucky.
Even to some Chinese: 4 or 44
or 444 seems unlucky. For
others... ok, neutral or even
lucky....
Thus numbers are considered
more personal to a person,
this culture and even his
experience with it.
Perhaps, Singapore Airlines
felt that for commercial
reasons, some numbers are not
good for business!: Majority
of 13 Rows are frequently
unoccupied?
Even banks e.g. DBS Tower 1
has certain flows that are not
office buildings.. e.g.
maintenance levels ... when
you are next at DBS Tower 1,
Shenton Way, take a peek at
the lift numbering...!

Source & Credit:

[Cecil Lee]

To some Chinese 4 means "to die" (death)

For this Pernakan (Nonya) restaurant; it proudly displays 04-04

Thus the adage: One man's meat is another man's poison applies...

[Cecil Lee]

In the Japanese culture

1. In the Japanese society; number 4 has identical meaning. As number 4 sounds like "die" in their written language.

2. Thus, in many hospitals and hotel rooms in Japan, they avoid both levels 4 and even in some instances numbers 4 or 44.

3. In addition, the Japanese also avoid the number 9. As to them it is interpreted under their language as "suffer" or "suffering".

4. In Japan houses or hotel rooms numbers lke 49, 499 are avoided.

5. Also please avoid giving 4 pieces of gifts: e.g. 4 ceramic plates.

6. By coincidence these two Japanese unlucky numbers 4 + 9 = 13.

6.1 Where 13 is more of a western unlucky number.

6.2 As mentioned in an earlier post.. Singapore Airlines or SIA does not have a row 13 for any of the seats in their fleet of airplanes.

 

[Cecil Lee]

Many Japanese and Chinese (Cantonese) don't like the number 44

For sure, one might not find any Japanese PRs staying in this block of HDB 

[Cecil Lee]

Devil’s number to some Christians.
But to some Chinese especially Hokkiens number 6 sounds like Luck. Thus 666 sounds like Luck x3

[Cecil Lee]

On 1/12/2017 at 7:23 PM, Cecil Lee said:

To some Chinese 4 means die.

For this Pernakan (Nonya) restaurant; it proudly displays 04-04

Thus the adage: One man's meat is another man's poison applies...

Went to the location recently Beauty World. Already closed for good.

[Cecil Lee]

Source and Credit: Yahoo.com

Which airlines skip row number 13 etc..?

Ryanair, Air France, Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Qatar Airlines, Emirates, KLM and Iberia all skip row 13 on certain planes. So does German carrier Lufthansa.

“Rows 13 and 17 are missing because these are considered unlucky numbers #bettersafethansorry,” Lufthansa said in a 2017 tweet, accompanied by a wink emoji.

United Airlines doesn’t have a row 13 or 14 either, with row 14 considered unlucky as it sounds like “will die” in Chinese.
 

[Cecil Lee]

SIA again...

No SEAT 13

A350-900

[Cecil Lee]

Business class starts from seat 11 … followed by 12, 14, 15...

On Boeing B787-10

Seat 12 and 14…

Clearly seen, here: 12F and 14F, Photo taken from seat12K

Boeing B787-10