You shouldn't need to apologize for treating yourself for a 20hr+ flight, but I (and probably a lot of your fans/followers) do appreciate that you care about us so much. Thank you for sharing this experience with us. I hope you enjoyed your flights there and back and you enjoyed your time at the wedding.

I enjoy that this video partially feels like she took Joey to Dubai and just left him there

Aki is free to spend her money however she wants! But if I had $20k I would use that to get a my own pilot license 😂

It's y'alls money and you bloody earned it. You are allowed to enjoy your success and I love seeing travel vlogs like that. It's fun to see for me personally!!! I am glad y'all had fun!!

Whoever that wrote the article where you eat caviar from your hands is a top tier troll xD. You just eat it on bread

To Dubai - calmness and relaxation; luxury To Japan - party or gamer room but in luxury Lol. The styles are completely different. And you deserve it Aki. Also, congrats to Luke and Sophie!

I just had no idea how wealthy you were is all, saving for 3 and half years to get you an unsponsored $20,000 flight is still really impressive 😅

The closest I’ve ever gotten to a luxury flight was my flight back from Japan to the US during the beginning of the pandemic and everyone in economy got a whole row to themselves so I took advantage of that and slept across all 3 seats.

loved the frantic googling "how to eat caviar" while it was chillin in front of you

I'm not gonna lie, $20k is a horrendous amount of money (especially in my currency) and just thinking about spending it on a flight makes me want to shrivel and pass out, but also screw it! You earned those money, you can do whatever you want with it, and I always thought that people should take all the opportunities they can to experience things. So don't be ashamed or embarassed, or scared, or guilty, or whatever, just enjoy living and trying new things :)

I can only dream to have an experience like this. It looks like you both had a ton of fun together and I'm glad you guys both spent it doing what you wanted to do and enjoy. No worries on seeming like your flexing because if I had an opportunity to do something like this I would jump on it too. Especially since the flight to Ireland is so long you might as well kick back and treat yourself because flights get so uncomfortable after a while. When I went to Ireland it was a 15 hour flight for me and I was on a class trip in economy but luckily I took Dramamine so I didn't get air sick and it knocked me out cold for the entire flight there so it felt like time flew by I closed my eyes and opened them and I was there. Best way I ever experienced a flight in my life especially in economy.

I’m glad you were able to take this trip. Covid has been hard on us all. Always make sure to take care of yourself 💗

Congrats to Luke and Sophie. I bet it was a blast.

You worked hard to earn your money Aki, whatever you choose to spend it on is your business it's not showing off its creating great content!! So don't let ANYONE tell you that spending your own money that you earned is showing off. I for one live vicariously through all of you in Japan, that's my dream vacation place and SOMEDAY, I will be able to travel there and spend every dollar I have on Gatcha, Umibo and all the weird things that Japan has to offer!! So from the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU for sharing with me!! Lol🤭🤗🥰

Sheeeeesh I respect aki for not wanting to seem like she's a show off for this but this whole video just emanates that feeling like feeling the presence of an enemy stand user.🤣😂 Looks amazin though.💙🖤

Girl you work for your money, don't apologize for earning your vacation. Thank you for doing this video, it's probably the only way I will get to experience it lol

I am so happy you took these flights! Thank you for sharing them with us. All of it was AMAZING!!!

Aki it breaks my heart you've clearly had experience that prompted you feeling you had to apologize. It was SO FUN and got me smiling and giddy to see how adorably wholesome your reactions were!!! I think it is amazing you treated yourself and got to enjoy things and got to do something so fun! Thank you for being so humble at the opening but please don't apologize for enjoying yourself

Apparently the lounge in Dubai between flights is supposed to be one of the best lounges anywhere with the best food.

I'm both jealous and super proud of you aki! Don't be sorry for getting 1st class. Seeing your growth and how much you have accomplished, you deserve it!!

In a way, many of us will never get to experience something like this ever. So its really lovely that you made this video to help share it with us. You're a lovely person Aki and it shines through in all of you videos which is why we appreciate how much you care about us. This must have been so much fun and I'm so glad that you could have these experiences, spend your money however you want to my dear, you've earn it!

We got only one life, a once in a lifetime treat shouldn't be bad, big or little. ☺️ So long as said experience doesn't make us worse people or is illegal. Don't feel bad Aki. Bless you.

I think it may be very smart to disclose that the video is not sponsored as you can now write off the ticket as a business expense. You are reviewing the flights as part of your job and therefore this is work not pleasure….hehe. Great stuff aki.

This is one of my greatest problems with travel, especially wanting to go to Japan. I’m quite tall and have a mild fear of flights so the idea of being stuck in a seat in economy for such long periods feeling cramped just really puts me off. So if I were to one day go I would want to go business, sadly there is just very little chance I’d ever afford it

Aki being excited the hole trip is the cutest thing ever 🥺

I literally strive to be able to experience this, I’m so glad you were able to actually enjoy a 20+ hours flight! It must really uncomfortable in normal flights or even economy… The flight attendants sounded so nice and kind I really love how helpful they were (I thought they’d more neutral, but they sounded really kind)

When I went to the UK, I felt like I ate the entire flight. Crazy amount of service!

to be honest, I never thought a plain can be THIS luxurious, it looks amazing

Show off and enjoy girl! We're right here watching and enjoying every minute! On that last leg, I would have done the same thing. Cause why the hell not?!

That was cool to see! I had no idea plane rides could be THAT luxurious

Ayooo wait, that literally looks so fun xD!! It looks like you had an amazing time, thanks for sharing with us!

Im so happy to see you enjoyed yourself! I hope one day I can do something like this too

Shame they didn't sponsor you. I'm 100% convinced I need to fly on Emrites and Emrites only. I'm glad you were able to treat yourself. You guys more than deserved it.

Aki, seeing you makes my day a little better! Looked like such a fun trip! You deserved it!

are we all gonna ignore that AKI IS SO PRETTY I CANT

holy crap that flight is insane! glad you and joey enjoyed your trip :))

It's soooo cool to see this once in a lifeime!! And Aki please, never feel bad about something you worked hard for and therefore deserve. You are more than allowed to treat yourself! It looked so comfortable and amazing, I wouldn't think twice to choose this kind of flight above everything else haha 😆😍

Emirates' Flight Attendant: "Effective immediately, please observe the 'Aki Rule' at all times, and please enjoy your flight."

You deserve to treat yourself! I'm glad you shared your experience along with us to see how amazing it is to take those type of flights! This is a great video!

I literally can't express how happy and excited I was for you to have that experience! You were glowing on those flights! 💕💕💕💕

it's nice to see what these flights are like by someone you relate to and respect who is just overwhelmed and enjoying it like you probably would and not jaded or flexing about it. i fly back and forth from the uk to australia every year and man i'd love to do this at least once in my life lol. costs more than my yearly salary though so unless i fall into a pile of cash it probably won't ever happen. thanks for showing us the experience, it was really cool!

It’s definitely on my bucket list to fly like this some day

Thanks for showing how beautiful Northern Ireland is, it makes me feel proud of being from here ❤ ! I hope you all had a great time, the photos from the wedding look beautiful! No shame in treating yourself once in a while, you can see in the video that you are appreciating every minute 😊

As someone who has done the 24hr journey to NZ from UK & back in economy I'm a little jealous, BUT I'm really happy for you too be able to have this experience & thanks for sharing it all with us so we can live vicariously through you 💙

I bet you definitely enjoyed both flights on the plane coming back from Ireland, so amazing 🥰🥰🥰

You're killin it!!! every video is top notch, keep up the awesomeness!

I think it's really interesting that the newer planes have this almost gamer 1st class setup. It kinda shows the rise of influencers and streamers going for 1st class and Emirates trying to appeal to them.

I cannot be any happier than to see you live your best. It's inspiring. Keep kicking it off!

Seeing Aki happy is sooooo cool! You 100% deserve itttt!

Emirates is known for being boujie, but the fact that there is a step above this is hilarious. This is why I love watching the Points Guys reviews of these flights he's been in the ones with the showers and I'm always like "ohhh to be rich"

I flew JAL business class to Narita in 2019. $5K but so worth it for me. I'm 6'2" and I had leg room. It was similar to the Emirates biz class but no fridge. We boarded the plane, got free champagne. Took off, then the 5 course meal comes out. Then I laid the seat flat and went to sleep for a few hours. I woke up, watched a movie and ordered some a la carte food. Then went back to sleep. Woke up, watched another movie, had another snack and we landed. What we didn't take advantage of is we could have called JAL 48 hours in advance and they would have had a limo take us from the airport to our hotel.

I am happy for you guys to be able travel again! Also congrats to your friends wedding!

I just love your personality. You seem so comfortable being yourself and with your body. I hope it is real deal!

Woahhh congrats on treating yourself! Don't usually look at luxury travel so this was a neat insight

Awesome video. Glad you had such a nice experience. I fly to Thailand and Japan often enough. That 15 hour flight on economy is rrrrrrrough.

This was lovely to see and I'm so glad you and Joey had fun! Loved seeing your experience and glad you got to travel again 😊

Never feel you need to justify what your hard work has brought to you. Congratulations!

Spend your money on what you want. 20+ hours is a long ass flight. Have fun!

DAMN! YOU DONT SEE THAT IN THE STATES! Our food is always trash on flights (except for pretzels and shit)

You can do what you want with your money - you earnt it after all. Thanks for sharing in your experience - it's nice to see what you actually get and what the experience would be like!

You work hard for that money honey! I'm sure many of us with the funds (Or lack of impulse) would do the same in a heartbeat for a 20-hour flight. Thanks for showing us what it's like! They looked so cool!

wow! what a sick setup .. I totally don't blame you for splurging .. I'd want to if I ever get to come to Japan, myself

For those not in the know - most people you see on these flights rarely pay 20k for flights like these. You basically save up airmiles/points with credit cards or flights and use them up. A flight like this can be 100k-120k points, so with a few years of saving and credit card churning

Man that is sooo cool 👀 I hope one day I get to experience that 😳 also you definitely deserve to treat yourself to some luxury from time to time 😌

Girl don't apologize! This is solely a product of your years of hardwork! Enjoy it💖💖EDIT: Watching the whole video just had me smiling and kind of inspired me to work even harder to one day be able to take a flight like this😂

That looked really nice, shame it's so expensive. I've paid extra for my train rides to get a private bedroom with shower before, but it's like $300. comfort really helps the travel experience. Loved the night lights too!

It is nice too see how does the business class look like from your perspective because you are always naturally normal and you looked excited, I wouldn't enjoy watching this clip if you were like "it's normal and I'm not impressed with this"

daaaaamn aki, you have no right to be that good at flight reviews 👀

Those flights look fantastic, you deserved to treat yourself. Hope you enjoyed your trip to NI for the wedding, was so weird seeing where I live briefly in your videos. Good choice of hotel too! :)

Love this. I always fly economy so this was fascinating. Glad you showed us the video Aki! And it is not showing off.

I love how relatable you are, Aki. I would have done the same with the caviar. I'm not bougie at all (not gonna lie I have champagne taste with a fanta pocketbook), but I would have gotten all the luxury, upscale, schwanky things and then closed the door to watch me marvel at it (and not embarrass myself) as I will never be able to do it again. Love your content and I am happy you are able to share this experience with us.

Hard work truly pays off

Honestly Aki you never, NEVER, fail to make me laugh like full on laugh. Always come here for a feel good time, please never stop being you😁❤❤

i’ve wanted to visit japan for a while and my family and I have been working on saving up for the trip and me and my Dad always joke about how expensive the 20+ hour flight is going to be. I sent this to him and it’s all he can talk about

The reason why I don't skip ads on Aki's videos is so she can film stuff like this and I can live vicariously through them~

Finally an honest review of a girl that treated herself to something special after years of COVID restrictions. And I like her being cheeky in her seat. Much more classy than the mile-high one.

Yasss 💕 Forget the haters and live your life girl 💅🏾 you deserve to treat yourself!

its not showing off or whatever if you are this excited about it you thoroughly appreciated and were excited about everything you experienced! im happy you got to experience that! also im so jealous you went to the giants causeway its been on the to go to list since i was like 2!

It's honestly so worth it on these long hauls. I am larger and sitting in coach is just a nightmare for me. Domestically I'll sometimes just get an extra seat in coach but for these international flights sometimes the upper classes are cheaper than doing that. But I will say... it kind of ruins you forever and makes taking economy (even premium econ) feel real bad man

WOW!! That looked like so much fun! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. It's on my bucket list for sure!

I got upgraded when I came back from Japan as I broke my foot. It was amazing! This brought back memories haha.

and here I am, impressed by my 15 hour economy flight with JAL hahaha. glad you had fun

I am so happy for you guys, I was smiling the whole time ❤️

I really hope your ok

I really enjoyed seeing this, I’ve seen people show their experience with this but yours was so much better

I work for an airline, and we always say about the people of japan they leave the aircraft cleaner then when they entered😅 they are always so neat and polite

Aw man, I greeted Aki at the airport in Dublin and she's absolutely sweet!

This is the true definition of Treat yo self

Dude, your time/energy is worth what you choose, sista! Never apologize for compensating yourself as you see fit... You both are appreciated!👍👍👍

Glad to see thay you enjoyed the trip, that looked like quite the experience.

I didn’t get the opportunity to see Northern Ireland when I went to Ireland, looks stunning, definitely need to go back.. I wanted to see the Giants Causeway so bad!!! So glad you got to go there

im watching this while eating a mcdonalds meal... and i really enjoying both the meal and your video aki, cheers.

I bet all the flight attendants you interacted with were more than happy to have you onboard. You seemed so genuinely excited and grateful I’m sure they’re often used to jaded rich people so it was probably nice for them to have you as a passenger

IF iT WAS ANYONE ELSE THIS VIDEO WOULD HAVE PISSED ME OFF BUT aKI & jOEY SO DESRVE THIS SPECIAL TREAT

Thank you for sharing your experience with us! It is the only way I would ever experience it! I am glad you enjoyed it so much!

Hope you enjoyed yourself here in Ireland!x

I would love for you to post a Spotify playlist of the songs you use, I could definitely vibe to them :)

I loved this video so much! Aki taking us along

I really hope the airlines see this and offer you 1st class flights to review from now on.

the way she eat the caviar had my laughing for ages