In thinking about it Noel, have you ever done a sort of "Behind The Scenes" video of how you go about booking your trips, prepping for your trips, what the people or assistants you may have do to help you? I think it'd make for a rather interesting video.

The reason the fare was so high is due to the two landing fees incurred when arriving in Birmingham.

Flew Turkish this past July / Aug to Zurich (via Istanbul)…route was a bit backwards but that’s ok. Flights and staff were superb. Even though return from Istanbul to Miami was delayed 3 hours, gate staff handled things well, given the situation. Love the airline.

I flew Turkish last week IST-ATH and was very impressed! Shame it was such a short flight but I’ll definitely be returning 😃

The Turkish Airlines lounge at Ataturk was just amazing, we kept expecting to see James Bond saunter by. This new one looked more like an upscale food court. Not an improvement!

I was in that exact Lounge twice in April. On the way to Rome and on the way home from Barcelona. Seems a bit disorganized but I think they spread out the food to avoid congestion. Food is free and plentiful and lots of drinks. Enjoy.

Really enjoy your reviews, you look for the positives which makes it more enjoyable. So many of the airline reviewers are overly critical and dramatic about the smallest thing. Thanks Noel

Was on the 737-900ER with Turkish there a few weeks back in business class one of the best flight exp I ever had, lovely food, lovely coffee and drinks, good service could have anything I wonted, I think from Dublin I paid like 900 euros return in total to Antalya, There Turkish delights are amazing onboard had a plate of them to myself haha

I love the guy in the check in counter. %100 Turkish way of speaking English.. 😅

Great video! Loved the design of Istanbul Airport, despite the odd lounge layout.

That Meraj Airlines is actually an A300-600

Great video Noel. Glad to see you made it home after such a long trip. Missed your usual loo review. Can't wait to see your next video

Glad you're safely home Noel! Thanks for taking us all along on this adventure with you! I'm excited to see what you are planning next. Take care!

Your videos are full of interest. In some cases where you find problems affecting your journey you lighten such cases with your keen sense of humour. Always you appear cheerful even in the most trying circumstances.

Wondering how fresh a prawn is after biting into it is kind of silly, isn't it? It would be rather obvious by its taste.

Same impressions from a business lounge in Atatürk a/p RIP. A lot of food counters (mostly the same in every corner), quite noisy, a whole area with free arcade games, quite dark, not always clean and not many options to sit without being distracted. Great video!

Lovely views coming into the UK, thanks so much for sharing those -- nicely filmed!

No loo review! Always look forward to it.

Compare that with BA's business class and it's embarrassing for BA. Depending on the price, you'd be mad to fly that distance in CE when you could have a decent seat on Turkish Airlines.

A brilliant shot of EGBE/ Cov airport at 19:32. I used to have flying lessons once every 2 weeks from there between age 12-16 (1999-2004). I still recognised it instantly! I'm not sure if this is true but I heard that the runway is one of the flattest in the UK, The only other airport I've landed at is Sywell (with an instructor) when Sywell was just a grass strip and a bloody bumpy one at that! It's paved now I have read though.

8:30 highly motivated guy :D

love your adventure’s noel!

Oh no! Noel I miss your loo review! You might have needed to do it after that landing.

My local airport is Birmingham and when I landed from Antalya in July onboard corendon 737-800 operated for TUI the landing was just the same with the bumpy landing and coming in fast.

I did a Turkish airlines return flight to Istanbul pre covid. I had heard about their wonderful business class, their amazing seats. Out to Istanbul, I got the odd plane odd that had the standard European style Business Class - economy seats with the middle seat blocked off. But the flight back had the proper Business Class product, which was really good. Back in May, I went with British Airways, and it was no where near as good as Turkish. A lot cheaper than Turkish, but not as good. Turkish charge for each flight so in essence you are buying the equivalent of two one way tickets, and they were asking for roughly £500 per flight and BA was £350 return.

wow. Flew between Birmingham and Hong Kong with different airlines, so far my favourite is with Turkish. Can enjoy a meal on the Brum leg while having a proper long sleep w/ 2 meals on the Hong Kong leg. With Emirates I can't properly sleep and the Airport was filthy; with Lufthansa service was bad, there was no meal on the Brum leg and Frankfurt is sub-par; if not for the price I wouldn't have flown with Air France next trip. Istanbul was bright and charming, connection time was perfect (~3h) and everything was spotless. Love it.

The Turkish guy at the check-in mentioned a country called "United Cities" and Noel took Kevin James for Simon Wilson!

Glad you are home safe looking forward to the next adventure. I loved watching all your videos

My favourite part of the Bulgarian coast at 11:28, from Sozopol on the right to Burgas on the left

What a wonderful flight and a great video as always.

Good heavans that was a landing and a half Noel! Lovely vid dispite it. Glad you enjoyed it all things considered.

Great video Noel , I am guessing the mountains at 15:31 are the Julian Alps in Slovenia? Looks similar to Mt. Triglev in Triglev National Park, fantastic to visit there and Lake Bled. I guess it could also be the Swiss Alps, anyway great scenery. What an awesome new Neo plane you flew on!

Noel...do yourself a favour mate....take all those old barcode stickers off your checked bag. They're the number one reason for lost bags - mis-scans cause the bag to wind-up in the wrong location. Great video as always. Cheers!!

I kind of miss when you flew with the regular people...LOL!

Great video Noel!

Food looked great onboard Noel 👍

Landing with a tail wind means you have to maintain a higher than normal ground speed to avoid stalling before you touch down.

Had a bad landing like that back in the 80s on an Eastern Airlines L10-11...flight attendant was announcing welcome to Miami while passengers further back were hit by ceiling panels and wires hanging down. Bad crosswind landing. Was headed to Key West. On the return we flew out of EYW on an Eastern Express DC-3. One of the smoothest most comfortable flights ever but was weird climbing up the aisle to row 1. Engine was bubbling oil like tge Beverly Hillbillies. Lol

Another wonderful vacation courtesy of Noel! Much love to you and your family Noel on a safe move to Houston!

I enjoyed the business lounge at both the Attaturk and the new one.

I was on QR back to Doha and went to its lounge, which is shared w others. That lounge was enormous, but the food was terrific once you found it. Istanbul International is GORGEOUS and very, very big.

The frequency of your trips is absolutely insane. I wonder how to often do you change your passport.

I love your hard work. Will join the patreons. And thanks for confirming exactly what I thought of the new TK lounge in IST 😂 Looking forward to your next trip!

Thanks for another great video!

Great video noel ! I also started my flight report channel recently do u have any tips ?

Comes with disco lights, so cool!

That surf board placement though 👌🏼

Welcome home but I have to say my favorite 321Neo so far has been MEA. Don’t know why I really liked the seats and the service was over the top. Hope your back feels better 😂✈️

Great video Noel

I once had a crosswind landing at a DFW, and there were thunderstorms in the area. We made quick corrections at the end, and I heard from nearby "Don't check the pilot's underwear." And I still remember a late night flight OAK-LAS on Aloha Airlines. I wanted to ask if he knew who shot him down. I can only assume we stalled 5 feet above the runway.

👍Awesome flight report Noel,as alway's.,"there are business class lounges & there are those business class type of lounges"

And yes, I totally concur about the new TK lounge at IST. The one at Attaturk was WAY better. Better layout, more beautifully designed. Felt like part of Topkapi palace, whereas this one feels, well, like an airport lounge. and yes, I know - totally a first-world problem 😅

I my self went to the business class lounge 2 times and still cant find my way in it.Its a downgrade conpared to the old istanbul airport lounge.That one was beautiful and i almost missed my floght when i went. the cancelling of the air albania flight is weird because on floght radar it may appear that they have a flight planned from istanbul to tirana but if you try to book it its not there.If you want to fly air albania some time later you should book a morning flight

@12.42 - does look like Simon to be fair 😂😂 - Noel and Simon Wilson the best travel accounts

Excellent content Noel.

@ Check In counter, 2 Backpacker’s spotted! I thought they be traveling in cattle class😂

We had our first ever lounge experience coming home from Malta the other day in the LaValette Club at Luqa Airport, only thing that made the awful 3hr delayed Ryanair flight to Stansted bareable was paying the €35 to have a comfy chair and something to eat and drink! Have you ever been to this little lounge Noel, be good to hear what you thought? 😄

Fantastic airport, Istanbul. Flew through there also on TA in 2019. Great experience.

I flew on the TC-LTC

I hope you had a great time in the city, greetings from Istanbul !

Cool Video!! Though I believe the Meraj Airlines was an A300. An even older plane!

I used to do international credit authorizations to 30 different countries in 10 different languages every day and the Turkish people were among the nicest on planet Earth. I trust you had a great time in Istanbul. All good wishes!

Fantastic vid again!

Excelent video Noel. Greetings from Costa Rica

Hey Noel, I'd love to know - What is your hands-free camera setup when you're walking through check-in? Thanks!

I love the new lounge. I use it about 15 times a year and it’s much better than the old lounge.

We flew bhx - Istanbul - cape town return in February 2020 before Covid..agreed regarding Istanbul airport is a huge sprawling town on a par with Dubai but the customer service not so good..very chaotic. Fare not bad in premium economy around £43o return.

Great video Noel. As a professional video blogger could you do a video on how to go about claiming for flight delays ? Had the misfortune to be travelling on a 3 hour flight yesterday which was an eye watering 4 hour 40 minutes late getting to destination. Knackered.

Lol the Lift safe distance is funny. Imagine if people follow that haha

That landing was a "love tap" Now the real thing is when you hit the first time, bounce up and come down about 100 feet further down the runway with a THUD! In the Air Force the crew would look at the navigator as we went to the crew bus. We wouldn't say anything but just look at him until he took the blame.

Me at the end getting the Potable Water off the screen at L1 for the loadsheet 😅

BHX is always an interesting landing. I have flown many times around the world but BHX is always a demanding landing.

TK business class is excellent. I just hope they update their 777’s at some point soon. 2-3-2 isn’t ideal!

Nice view of 🍝 junction!

When you said does that look like Simon Wilson 😂😂

Thank you

Love what you do

it 100% is, I've flown Turkish more times then I can remember, 8 times just this year and they have amazing seats, ife selection, and especially food, I will admit the crew vary lots from flight to flight though

The airport looks amazing! Breakfast looks good! A lot of movies! Cheers 🥂

Class channel 👏🏽👏🏽

I love watching your videos, what about the Caribbean.

Can you please review royal air Maroc business class on the 787-9

Yeah but tell us, what did u think of the lounge? I think u may have mentioned it but I didn't catch it....

Great Burgas view @11:28

I mean really nice video, loved the review. But i would want more info on why the lounge was bad. Is it just because of long distances

I would have liked to see the Biz class loo on Turkish!!!

It’s great that you know the directions and wind on your home airport.

Noel, do you have any plans to go to new zealand, austalia region and test their airlines?

Never knew how stunning Istanbul airport is! Must have been a joy to have some air conditioning haha.

almost took that you had a Winnipeg Blue Bombers shirt on

Awesome video

Have you tried the domestic terminal at Sapporo (New Chitose) yet? Everything is before security. A million restaurants/cafes, a chocolate factory and a cinema on site. It'll put that business lounge to shame with all its little areas, shops and cafes.

Another great video, I'd love to know which airport is seen at 18.51 though 🙂

Well done Noel, great one!

Another great & informative video can't get enough of them! I am off to Thailand on 7th October with Eva Air. I am 65 and have travelled many times but this will be my first ever experience of business class. I have always promised myself at least 1 trip in business (Little funds in my younger years) and looking forward to it. I will get 45 days visa exempt and then another 30 days extension so plenty time for travel and experiences. Have you ever travelled with Eva Noel?

Noel - have you ever flown LEVEL AIRLINES in and/or out of Barcelona? I'd love to watch one of you video reviews on this airline.

Hi Mr.Philips great video, Istanbul Airport, I was expecting a posh lavish looking Business Lounge at IST, Shame it wasn't, I have to admit DXB is on another level when it comes to Business Class and IST doesn't come close, Turkish Airlines themselves, hmmm..... interesting flight entertainment system for sure, even I wouldn't get bored 👍👍, the Business class itself, well I think it's alright for a 3 hour flight, though I don't think I would like to fly more than 4hrs another 👍💺✅️, overall Turkish Airlines does fly to Seychelles and I have got some positive feedback from people who travel on them though the price from SEZ to somewhere like UK might be very costly indeed, but I'm curious do they have promotions like Emirates at times??🤔, wouldn't mind trying it myself if they do.

Comparing this to British Airlines where I flew to the opposite corner of Europe, Turkish Airlines looks amazing. We had no inflight entertainment screens, no complimentary food and the seats were so shitty. The quality BA offers is basically the same as any other budget airlines with the exception of the ticket price

Nice review as always - although you seemed a bit grumpy today- more than usual 😂

They offer a good service overall