VIETNAM AIRLINES 787-9 'Premium Economy' Seats!【Trip Report: Ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok】

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Watch this economy class trip report if you want to see what it's like to fly Vietnam Airlines' 787-9 in their Premium Economy seats on the short hop to Bangkok from Ho Chi Minh City. If you have status with SkyTeam or willing to pay a small fee, these seats are a steal!
🎥 In This Video:
-Tan Son Nhat Airport (Saigon)
-Check in Experience
-Vietnam Airlines Lotus Lounge
-Bussing to the Plane
-Boarding via Stairs
-Full Seat Tour
-In Flight Service
-Take off & Landing Clips
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Inclusions: Premium Economy Seat, 10kg Carry on, 23kg Baggage
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↪ Video Chapters ↩
0:00 Driving to Airport & Flight Info
00:57 The Future Long Thanh Airport
01:37 Arrival at Airport
02:13 The Check in Hall & Experience
03:12 Vietnam Airlines Lotus Lounge
04:07 Plane Spotting From Lounge
04:46 Vietnam & Thailand Routes
05:09 Heading to the Gate
05:32 Our Gate
05:56 Bus to Remote Stand
06:51 Boarding 787-9 via Stairs
07:18 First Impressions on Board
07:27 Full Premium Economy Seat Tour
09:46 Push Back & Taxi
10:34 Spool up, Take off & Flight Stats
12:02 Meal Service
12:42 In Flight Entertainment
13:20 Approaching Bangkok
14:43 Landing & Deplaning
15:55 The Flip Flop Score
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Пікірлер: 93

@killerqueen9298 6 ай бұрын

Hi, Kevin. Another great report. I don't know how you keep posting great report after great report. Whatever it is don't stop doing it. Thank you🤩🤩

@tfft 6 ай бұрын

Lack of sleep, likely 😂 Thanks for watching 🩴

@killerqueen9298 6 ай бұрын

@@tfft 🤣🤣🤣

@petek5523 6 ай бұрын

Boarding aircraft by stairs, especially covered ones, is so retro and luxe 🎉😊. Another great short and sweet flight. ✈️

@tfft 6 ай бұрын

Agree! Thanks for watching 🩴

@jon-ie4li 4 ай бұрын

Not when you you do it every week

@petek5523 4 ай бұрын

@@jon-ie4li weird flex bruv

@vietkhoa5916 6 ай бұрын

I love how you talk so much about aviation in your videos, such as about bamboo's crisis or the new Long Thanh airport. It shows the time and research you had spent for a video

@tfft 6 ай бұрын

Appreciate that!

@jimmyjames6492 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info + video!

@tfft 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 🩴

@thecatfromsingapore 6 ай бұрын

I really like your reviews! :)

@tfft 6 ай бұрын

Thanks very much 🙏🏻

@well-blazeredman6187 6 ай бұрын

Great video. Bonus points for the '-action', status-scoring advice, and comprehensive leg-room reporting. I think I would have bought that cabin option.

@tfft 6 ай бұрын

And plus, a literal sandwich! Haha

@hendrikdevries9725 6 ай бұрын

Agreed, pretty good flight! And the baording was awesome!

@tfft 6 ай бұрын

Sure was!

@jitkasemt.9548 6 ай бұрын

Thank you Kevin. Premium economy seems to be a nice choice.

@tfft 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 🩴

@RossBain-io4ns 6 ай бұрын

Hello . I am Ross from Brisbane Australia . I am #2 to like video . An excellent presentation

@tfft 6 ай бұрын

Thanks very much 🙏🏻

@charliebrown5 6 ай бұрын

Thank You ✈️

@tfft 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 🩴

@thomasmoore9421 6 ай бұрын

It would be good to see more premium economy content. Generally that would be the cabin I'd look at first. Depending on the airline, aircraft and route.

@tfft 6 ай бұрын

I'm always looking! Just waiting for something to actually be worth the price. I'd really like to try EK Premium Economy but they charge more than many carriers charge for business class for the privilege lol.

@sidthekid4730 6 ай бұрын

Brilliant video Kevin 📹 👏. Looking forward to Etihad videos, especially the Bangkok to Abu Dhabi. Well wishes 😊😊☺️

@tfft 6 ай бұрын

Thanks very much 🙏🏻

@pbateson 6 ай бұрын

Great video. I have never seen them use Dreamliner on short-flight SGN-BKK. Last year I flew from SIN to SGN and SGN-BKK both A321. SGN-BKK was supposed to be A359 but usually only A321. Very rarely big aircraft on short flight

@tfft 6 ай бұрын

It's generally used daily for one of 3 flights during peak seasons. Thanks for watching 🩴

@dtvu78 6 ай бұрын

Great vid... I have flown vn premium economy in their B787 and A350. I very much prefer the B787 PE to that of the A350. The 787 is 2-3-2 where as tge A350 is 2-4-2. The PE seats in B787 just feel a lot more spacious, comfortable and premium to that of the PE seats in A350

@tfft 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing ✈️

@KevinGamingPhan 6 ай бұрын

This seems pretty rare, tbh. A short route like SGN-BKK with a wide-body fleet is that insane; usually it is operated by A321 instead.

@tfft 6 ай бұрын

787s and occasionally 359s are on the route multiple times per week during peak seasons. Thanks for watching 🩴

@AmolNimbalkar 6 ай бұрын

For the first time I saw The Flip flop traveler not wearing flip flops ☺️. I am sure there are videos with shoes on but I just noticed it today. Great video as always!

@tfft 6 ай бұрын

There are many videos with both lol. Thanks for watching 🩴

@get2dachoppa249 6 ай бұрын

Ah, someone replied before I could. What’s also ironic is the guy sitting next to you was wearing flip flops.

@robertbarnier45 6 ай бұрын

We should all wear proper shoes on a flight for the reason of safety & the comfort of fellow passengers

@DeniseSommerRoque 6 ай бұрын

Such a stunning livery, one of my favourites! Nice to fly wide-body on such a short hop. Unfortunately the ticket prices are indeed sky high (no pun intended) at the moment. Thank you for the review and look forward to the next video of the Regent 🤩

@tfft 6 ай бұрын

Yes, I put this extra video out today simply to bring the Regent release forward haha. Thanks as always for watching 🙏🏼

@ESC_ChrisM 6 ай бұрын

Guessing for the letters it's YYZ to LHR in Air Canada Business. Could be any canadian airport I guess though, and could be domestic, but taking a punt :) Hope you're well and thanks for another great video!

@tfft 6 ай бұрын

✅

@randompersonasdfgh 6 ай бұрын

hey Kevin! Thank you for your review!! I personally do think that vna is probably the best airline now to fly from sgn and han to bkk now! I look forward to your EY reviews to LHR too!! (oh yea, if you happen to do a lot of repositioning flights to/from saigon/hanoi on vna, could you please do a review on that too? Thank you!!

@tfft 6 ай бұрын

Posting every repositioning flight is a lot of work for a little payoff 😉

@randompersonasdfgh 6 ай бұрын

@@tfftohh that's understandable! all the best for your channel and payoff, Kevin! i'm sure all your hard work and meticulous efforts will pay off very soon!

@ChannelHypermach 5 ай бұрын

5:52 i would like to correct that if the market expands the likelyhood of HVN flying to VDSA/SAI (Siem Reap Angkor intl) is high as the airport can handle up to 747. Also i remember eating that exact sandwich in august 2023 when i went to Bangkok for a tournament, surprised it didnt change lol.

@tfft 5 ай бұрын

No need to correct, it was a joke lol.

@ChannelHypermach 5 ай бұрын

I would like to correct you that here in Vietnam Airlines the narrowbodies are workhorses. As you may know the Hanoi Saigon corridor is one of the busiest and at a time in the pandemic the busiest air route in the entire world, and most of HVN's widebodies don't return from overseas flights until the late morning-lunch time, which means in the morning rush its almost entirely a321s handling the rush. i would like to say as a person who is familiar to the carrier that it is quite 50/50 here, cause the narrowbodies do still operate medium haul and the widebodies do operate medium-short haul alongside intercontinental routes. again nice video i really appreciate this review

@tfft 5 ай бұрын

Oh you enjoy these corrections lol. Work Horse to me is the most productive… in that case, I consider the wide bodies to be the work horses on the HAN-SGN route since the majority of pax are carried by them on a daily basis.

@hoinam80 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video Kevin. Could you please expand on how you get Skyteam elite status with the BoA Air France card? I don't see that being stated on the website.

@tfft 5 ай бұрын

It displayed as a normal promotion when I signed up, but apparantly it was limited or targeted. Thanks for watching 🩴

@shaunpierce4174 6 ай бұрын

I'm considering flying direct with them LHR-SGN next month, I think the 600(ish) GBP price one-way is pretty decent.

@tfft 6 ай бұрын

One way for Premium Economy? Yes, decent. For economy that's expensive. If PE, just make sure it's true PE and not their 787s with 'fake' PE.

@aamaadmitopics7628 6 ай бұрын

Sublime

@tfft 6 ай бұрын

Thanks very much 🙏🏻

@thienluan1010 6 ай бұрын

Where did you book this flight omg. On their website it only shows A321 to Bangkok

@tfft 6 ай бұрын

During peak seasons it's a regular occurrence. Thanks for watching 🩴

@A380_Flyer 2 ай бұрын

Hi Kevin, I will be taking the Emirates 5th freedom from SIN-PNH and the Qatar 5th freedom from PNH-SGN in June. After a few days in Saigon, I want to fly to Bangkok on Vietnam Airlines (that is how I found your video lol). However, is one of their daily flights to BKK always on the 787 or does it change to a narrowbody sometimes?

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

It’s generally VN607 which has a wide body operating some times per week. Might not be easy to find a wide body scheduled based on the time of the year but if you do find it it would be unlikely to be swapped out. Lost count of how many flights I’ve had on VN and have never had an aircraft swap- especially now that so many of their 321s are grounded.

@russellgray1426 6 ай бұрын

Is the answer Vancouver to London Heathrow on Air Canada in business, I can’t think of any other airports that end with an ‘R’ ( I’m not saying they don’t exist though, just my limited knowledge of airport codes🤷‍♂️) That sandwich really looked lovely!👍🏻

@tfft 6 ай бұрын

You've got one piece of the puzzle incorrect lol.

@ab4113 6 ай бұрын

Stravanger in Norway

@randompersonasdfgh 6 ай бұрын

also, YYZ to YVR on air canada in business?

@tfft 6 ай бұрын

Close, but no lol

@artitaji9955 6 ай бұрын

Awww, unfortunately HCM was taken by Eyl airport in Somalia already. What else could be possible as Long Thanh code?

@tfft 6 ай бұрын

Had to look that up haha. Seems you're correct, but considering it's literally a strip of sand with no buildings (and no flights) serving a very small town, I reckon they'll be willing to part ways with "HCM" for a bit of cash lol.

@artitaji9955 6 ай бұрын

@@tfft haha sure!!

@Vinay-fk4oy 6 ай бұрын

Kevin, you caught me off guard with a non scheduled release😮. Hope the extra work has not eaten into your family and leisure time🤞🏽. I'm all for background and airport stories but I feel the flight time in the video was too less. I also feel some element is missing🤔, maybe you could have gone on to explain bit more about premium economy seat, real feel and is it worth it for short haul flights or anything else inflight to make it feel more wholesale. Honestly the review felt like short haul economy review. Sorry if I've offended you😢

@tfft 6 ай бұрын

That's because it was a short haul economy review lol. Also why I use quotes around Premium Economy in the title. I can't make the flight longer 😂

@brianyehvg 6 ай бұрын

I don’t think the Bank of America Air France card give skyteam elite status for free. You have to reach minimum spend and flights to each it

@tfft 6 ай бұрын

Upon approval you get 40XPs, when you hit the sign up bonus spend, you get 60 XPs more. 100XP = Skyteam Elite, no flying required.

@tarzanboy461 6 ай бұрын

You only get 60XP when approved for Air France KLM World Elite Mastercard. How can that be enough for Silver Elite status? Silver needs 100XP. Is this right?

@tfft 6 ай бұрын

When you reach the sign up bonus spending, you get 40 more XPs.

@tarzanboy461 6 ай бұрын

@@tfft I still don't see it "automatically" as you said. Because Terms &Conditions did say that you do get additional 40XP during your anniversary year only if you spend X amount ;)

@tfft 6 ай бұрын

I’m not talking about an anniversary year. Maybe mine a couple months ago was a targeted offer but my card had a 75k signup bonus after $3k in spend within 3 months. In addition to the 75k sign up bonus,I also got 40 additional XPs which was part of my sign up offer. Best offers for AF cards are always on the checkout page when booking a J ticket.

@tarzanboy461 6 ай бұрын

@@tfft Must have been targeted offer; current offer is 60xp upon opening plus 50K after reaching $2K spending. Thank you

@normanmcleod7169 6 ай бұрын

A good brisk short haul review, and the carrier delivered. Thank you. I presume you know about Qatar banning Josh Cahill and firing the cabin crew following his unfavourable review. What do you think of this and how might it affect you?

@tfft 6 ай бұрын

Josh admits clearly in his video that he has absolutely no confirmation the crew were fired. 10 seconds later he shows a random comment on his video which claims they might be fired (it was a general statement, not specifically about his crew), from that point he claims he knows they were fired. I have no idea what happened- banning someone isn’t appropriate- but his video is full of contradictions… He shows an email he got long before his flight saying his itinerary was cancelled, but he still shows up at the airport and acts surprised his flight was cancelled. Then needs no rent a car (a Maserati) to drive to DXB in the middle of the night. No one rents a car to drive between AUH and DXB, it’s an easy taxi ride. The whole thing stinks. Just don’t know which side it’s coming from.

@normanmcleod7169 6 ай бұрын

@@tfft The plot thickens...maybe there is more to come

@kevbrown1867 6 ай бұрын

Not sure the logic they are using for planning the Airports but from what I heard the new airport in Long Thanh will be used only for international and the old SGN in the future for domestic. The obvious problem will be connecting between international and domestic flights but they say they will build a high speed rail line between the two airports . The two airports are very far from each other just looking at a map for them to build a high speed train would take billions and judging by the time they have taken to build the metro it wouldn’t get built in any anyone alive today lifetime. The new Long Thanh area is massive and I can’t understand why they aren’t building all the phases all at once , it could easily handle all the flights and shut down SGN completely. Why are the wasting money building a terminal 3 at SGN ? Put the money and resources into the new airport . It really makes sense in the long term to get that airport out of the city they could sell the land for development and that would pay for the new airport . Also never a good idea to have a busy airport in the centre of a densely populated city just a matter of when not if a airliner crashes short of the runway or goes down after takeoff

@tfft 6 ай бұрын

The new airport will surely not only be used for international operations. As I mentioned in the video, it will take on most full service carriers including VN (for domestic and international) while VJ/BL/VU/QH remain at SGN. The model is seen in quite a few locations, the most prominent being BKK/DMK. In 99% of circumstances, there would not be a reason to transit between the two airports untless someone chose to buy separate tickets. As for Terminal 3 at SGN, it's a stop gap measure until Long Thanh is complete. Even with the additional T3 capacity, it's likely SGN will be near its new capacity even after VN moves to the new airport, once it's open.

@aaronadam4747 6 ай бұрын

Do you live in Vietnam?

@tfft 6 ай бұрын

I have..."live" would be generous by now. Thanks for watching 🩴

@walterwlim 6 ай бұрын

12:30 They should at least serve a Bahn Mi if they're only doing sandwiches.

@tfft 6 ай бұрын

Bánh mì are only considered breakfast food in VN 😊

@johnwick860 6 ай бұрын

lounge food was way better

@tfft 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 🩴

@rod_at_adelaide5766 6 ай бұрын

Mate halfway through the vid you haven't boarded or even got on the plane just a lot of talk so far

@tfft 6 ай бұрын

There are plenty of channels who don't say a single word, perhaps you'd prefer them. This is my format- all of my videos have titled chapter markers so you could skip ahead at anytime. 😉

@0221drew 6 ай бұрын

People who love traveling and planes understand!

@admiyaparames2228 5 ай бұрын

@@tfft fr, he couldve click the button and move on w his life lol

@Vincehunting336 6 ай бұрын

I saw very weird things at SGN Airport. A man rides a bike on the airfield at SGN Airport. Females cleaning crew works in Men restroom while there were alot of men. Airport Restroom smell bad and only one bottle of hand soap to pass around.

@tfft 6 ай бұрын

Bikes are used on airport aprons all over the world- same goes with mixed gender cleaning crews- nothing specific to Saigon.

@edsmale 2 ай бұрын

Women cleaning men’s bathroom is very common in SE Asia.