8 Hours in Swiss Air’s $15,000 First Class

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6 ай бұрын

Every one knows the Swiss for big banks and rich elites but today we seek to find out how those lucky few fly by taking a very exclusive flight on Swiss Air’s First Class. Swiss Air is known for some of the nicest and most exclusive lounges in the world including the one covered in todays video and known for their incredible seats. They are some of the hardest flights in the world to book on points but in todays video I will share how I was able to pay far less than the typical $15,000. I have to say the whole Swiss experience really blew me away and was well worth all of the hoops we had to get through to book this flight. Today you will see a full review and tour of the Swiss First Class experience starting in the lounge and making our way into the plane itself for a full 8 hours of luxury and in flight fine dining.
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@IonasalSdorica 6 ай бұрын

I was on LX First April last year! Lovely experience it was. Upgraded from J to F on check-in, didn't regret one bit.

@noamgal4947 5 ай бұрын

I booked it via bidding an upgrade from business on a very long roundtrip of Zurich to Shanghai and back. I really enjoyed it

@well-blazeredman6187 5 ай бұрын

Great video, Ricky. One of the few airlines on my bucket-list.

@TeunLos 6 ай бұрын

Great video man!

@AdventuresWithAria 6 ай бұрын

So awesome!!! I love it! I hope I can try this one day too!!

@daleschreyer1161 6 ай бұрын

Good work Ricky..... nice lounge in ZRH....quality airline

@itsehsanh 6 ай бұрын

Flew LH F this week and it was incredible. The First Class Terminal in Frankfurt and the Porsche transfer to/from your plane was incredible. Definitely want to try Swiss sometime soon too!

@johnk6657 6 ай бұрын

Great video. The one thing I find a little deceiving is that rarely do people book one way fares, so roundtrip this flight is priced at $8,500 for virtually any day for the next several months. In reality the flight you took was just over $4,200 and not $15,000. Looks like a great product and the cabin is much more 'luxe' feeling than their brother-airline over the border in Germany.

@matthewnirenberg 6 ай бұрын

Booking one-way tickets isn't that uncommon. Many people from countries where people travel a lot (i.e. not the USA) do it often for the savings. Australian's and New Zealander's do it often as getting to Europe is very expensive and takes a long time, 24-30hrs (longer with lay-overs) - sometimes it can be 36hrs if you get a lay-over or a connecting flight delay. The other reason some people don't get one-way tickets is because they aren't legally allowed to. Some countries citizens are required to have return (or in some cases outbound) tickets before even being allowed in. Using Australia and New Zealand as examples - many of their citizens have citizenship to countries in Europe, in Asia or the Middle East. Say an Australian citizen has an EU citizenship as well, they are permitted to get one-way tickets to Europe. If however they only had Australian citizenship, they'd be required to have a return ticket as the EU doesn't permit outbound tickets (only return) for those without citizenship or a long-stay visa (long-stay visa holders are the only one permitted to enter with an outbound ticket and in some cases without an outbound ticket if the visa is valid for years).

@eddy67 6 ай бұрын

For award flights in premium cabins, booking one way is the norm because of limited availability. It doesn't make sense imo to compare it to one leg of a roundtrip

@yvr2002rtw 6 ай бұрын

The last minute one-way fare is usually used by youtubers in either their title or thumbnail of their videos to get more views. It is essentially clickbait. When you plan your trip properly and choose your point of origin wisely, you can often save on First Class tickets.

@eddy67 6 ай бұрын

@@yvr2002rtw that's all well and good but there's almost never first class award fares available far in advance on LX, except maybe one or two days per month

@nihils9342 6 ай бұрын

Your videos are very inspiring, greetings from germany!

@_Ricky 6 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

@theazraaiazuha 6 ай бұрын

I was offered CHF1,800 to upgrade from J to F, ZRH-NRT but declined. Now after watching your video kinda regretting not to upgrade... 😣 Great video, keep 'em coming!

@COOCOPUFFER 23 күн бұрын

Thankful it seems good, I'm flying with Swiss Air to Brazil soon!

@MattNav 6 ай бұрын

Awesome job as always Ricky and great job snagging Swiss F without having to resort to using a bijillion Lufthansa Miles and More miles and HON Circle status 😅👍🏻😎

@_Ricky 6 ай бұрын

Finally checking off this bucket list item :)

@apple4youngsters874 6 ай бұрын

Unpopular opinion but I think Swiss has the best First class out there.

@elevat1on 6 ай бұрын

Hehe boiii! Nice video :)

@theSingingMole 5 ай бұрын

Love your glasses. Where are they from?

@farshid71 4 ай бұрын

Nice review. The hotel room in the lounge , can we make reservations online or through their customer support on the phone or you have to be at the lounge ?

@雷秉天 25 күн бұрын

Holy smokes, this is the epitome of luxury! If I are all that decadent food, then would have to be carried off the plane!!

@yvr2002rtw 6 ай бұрын

One not about upgrades at check-in. They are not always offered!! Ricky probably got lucky because the Zurich-Montreal route is considered to be a low yielding route that happened to be operated by an aircraft that has a First Class cabin. In these cases, paid First Class passengers are more rare and seats often fly out empty. Try doing this on more premium heavy routes such as JFK-ZRH vv or LAX-ZRH vv where the First Class cabin can sometimes be full - hence no paid upgrades available.

@wanem1622 6 ай бұрын

0:42 My Favourite lounge..

@jefuryo 6 ай бұрын

Best redemption of Alaska Airlines miles to Japan and… Go!

@joenyc 6 ай бұрын

what are the key differences between business and first that make it worth 1400 CHF more?

@TravellingNomad81 Ай бұрын

Should've kept shoes on for take-off!

@steer766 Ай бұрын

Swiss is Nr One

@garciatunion 6 ай бұрын

Very classy, I love it, the food was so European. Much better than Business class, it looks so outdated,

@TheNewGreenIsBlue 6 ай бұрын

Guy @7:12 in the BG thinking... oh man... another KZfaqr who's flying on points. Curious if you've ever had negative interactions with other passengers who are paying money for these flights. When I flew Swiss in J I was with someone who upgraded himself to F in the lounge... I think he had status and wondered if most of the F passengers were doing it on their own dime or not.

@_Ricky 6 ай бұрын

I had a great conversation with this guy about the work I do. I find most fellow passengers are great to pass the time with!

@leannemccumber 2 ай бұрын

Great synopsis but the chomping sounds are annoying AF.

@centaurihoney 2 ай бұрын

Too bad, their administration couldn't afford my honeys price tag

@noamkagan9019 6 ай бұрын

Ricky, I really love your videos, but I feel like this video was...just regular-old good. I remember watching some of your older videos, specifically the ones to and from Dubai, and being absolutely blown away by how well-shot, and well-edited the videos were. They made me feel excited for the flight, even like I was there with you because of the editing magic, and how well put-together everything was(especially the takeoff edits). But this video really lacked that, and it was more like every other reviewer. By no means was this a bad video, but I felt like you lacked what set you apart and what put you another level above everyone else. I hope you understand that this isn't hate on your vids, but I really think you should reconsider the direction your channel has gone.

@melanieglenwright881 6 ай бұрын

Agreed. And he didn't film himself shirtless on every possible occasion before, either. :(