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Good morning from Changi Airport.

Yes, I am in Singapore because I'm going to be catching the world's longest flight from Singapore to New York City.

It's my first time flying with Singapore airlines

so i'm very excited to see what the flight is like what the service is like

and i'm also flying in premium economy i have given myself literally

so much time before the flight i've got about three hours before departure

because i did want to come check out the jewel

which as you can see behind me it's not even on

so i am hoping i'm here long enough i can see it start

but until then think I'm going to grab some breakfast

and a coffee to get

this day started

all right guys

I am through and that's our aircraft behind me I'm

so excited to get on board this flight

but I have to tell you about the airport experience it was actually really really quick the passport controls

or facial recognition so you don't even have to put your passport through

which did make me a little worried because

if i didn't have it with me i literally wouldn't have known until i got to the gate

and speaking of the gate the security is here instead of earlier

which is good if you're getting a coffee beforehand but

if you're someone like me that likes to fill up their water in like the lounge

or even buy water before a flight then it's a little bit annoying

because i can't take it through and i hate being

that person that asks for water when they first get on board a flight

because I know the crew have stuff they need to do for boarding but today I'm going to be that person.

Luckily I am in premium economy so I think there'll be a boarding drink

or at least they'll want to fill up my water

and be a little nicer to me than if I was just in economy.

But let's get on board this flight and see what Singapore Airlines is like in premium economy.

I'm just a little high on the summer vibe.

I'm smiling water than the ocean.

I'm dreaming bigger the sky.

Throw away all your umbrellas cause I'll chase the clouds away.

No, no, nothing's gonna need a disparate today.

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And it just gets better I'm feeling it, I love it

Like every day I saw it

Turn it up to a hundred

And it just gets better

We'll be right back.

okay guys i am loving singapore airlines premium economy it feels

so spacious i would say it's almost on par with some of the business class on older

and smaller aircraft you know like the 737 800

that i used to work on at virgin my favorite thing

so far i think has to be the fact

that they have a powerpoint usually economy just have a usb port

and that's great but not if you need to charge a laptop

and then i also don't have to stress about any of my devices being flat for

when i get into new york i did actually see

that there were these single seats at the very back of the premium economy area

and they literally have this massive storage right next to it i have a feeling they were already booked

when i was choosing my seat otherwise i definitely would have chosen them

i did walk past the people sitting in them before

and they all looked pretty damn happy with themselves

i will say the only thing i was a bit shocked about is they didn't have any welcome drinks

which is not a big deal but compared to emirates who always do

that for premium economy it just is one little thing

that i thought they would have another thing that i swear is

so underrated is the fact that the tray table slides like back

and forth sure economy usually has this

but not as far as this one goes

and with my laptop i always find

that it has to be like sitting on my lab

so now i can have my laptop up close to me

and also when i recline it's not like so far away

that it's hard to use i'm not sure

if i'll be planning to get much sleep on this flight only

because i do get into new york about 7pm so

if i can try

and stay up the whole flight i should be ready to just conk in

when i get to new york how i leave

you jar dropped on the floor eyes glued to the ceilings i head for the door you're processing your feelings

but if we're keeping score

if you want me for the weekend the ball is in your corner

i'm absolutely obsessed with this food i'd say

it's on par with business class meals i've had before i love the fact

that they're using real casserole dishes not plastic ones

which also emirates does and i just feel like it's so premium and you know we are in premium economy.

I do wonder how many services we will have.

I expect at least two but maybe three.

We did get given some nuts to begin with

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and they came around with bottles of water

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which I actually originally asked for one for my electrolyte drink

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and I was very happy to see they came around with a cart later

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because if you know me I love staying hydrated

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and I think drinking water on flights is so important even

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if I am the annoying person

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that has to get up to go the toilet a lot also shout out to singapore for having whitaker's

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and arnett's on the tray i feel like this is such a cool aussie

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and new zealand touch

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and they even had a new zealand cheese i am obsessed with this cake guys it is

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so good it doesn't taste like cheap fake chocolate at all it tastes like real dark chocolate real cream

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and yeah they're just absolutely nailing it i'm really trying hard not to finish

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it before i actually try the pasta I could leave you speechless.

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We may go too far.

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Let's dive into the deep end.

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But don't you think too hard.

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Green eyes are my weakness.

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But there's something about yours.

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You might not believe this.

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Never been this for before.

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something i cannot fly without these days is actually my compression stockings but

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if you watched my pack with me maybe you noticed

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i didn't exactly pack them well last night i had to try

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and find some in singapore and thankfully watson's pharmacy had some

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and i must admit i spent a pretty penny on these ones they were about 60

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or 70 singapore dollars but i also have to admit

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that they are way better than the ones i had i had like the cheap five dollar ones from amazon

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that zip up and now

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that i have these good quality ones i can definitely tell the difference

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and if you're wondering why i wear compression stockings basically i noticed

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when i stopped flying as a flight attendant

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that my legs go really numb

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when i'm flying for more than like five hours sitting down

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so this just helps my feet from swelling

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and keeps my circulation going all good i also realized

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that i probably should wear them when i'm working all day at my desk

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because i also have my feet going on then as well

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so now that i've actually got a good pair I might just wear them for more than just flying.

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okay guys so it's been about eight hours apparently since we've taken off

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and we've only had one service

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you can tell people are getting like a little antsy

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there's people getting up i can hear people eating snacks lucky i did bring my own snacks as well

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but i don't know

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i feel like there should have been another service by now

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at least like dinner as it's like nearly 8 p .m singapore time

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so yeah hopefully the crew are busy in the galley but let's see is something new.

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Frequencies I'd never heard.

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There's symphony in every word.

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So let's lay it down and track it.

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Also guys, I cannot fly these days without my moisturizer.

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When I used to be flight attendant and I wore so much makeup,

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I don't think I really realized how dry my skin would get on board.

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So now I make sure I moisturize at least once during the flight.

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So probably I'll be doing that twice this

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and i feel like my skin is being

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so much better since i stopped flying so whatever i'm doing i'm just gonna keep on doing it

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i am loving the food from singapore

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this is pretty much the same size as the first service it's maybe a tiny bit smaller

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and the only reason i know that is

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because the bread roll was on top of the dish rather than to the side

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but speaking of the bread roll i am genuinely obsessed with the fact

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that it has been garlic bread

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i don't know why more airlines don't do this it is actually elite obviously for dairy free don't want

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that happening but if you've already got milk in the bread

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which i swear half the airlines do anyway go for garlic bread

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it is just such a nice upgrade this is dinner by the way

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and it is giving me home -cooked sundae roast vibes honestly i'm

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so happy with it i've been sized i've been in flavor

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i've got a side dish of a nice cold salmon with cucumber

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and beetroot hummus and i don't normally like beetroot

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but i feel like this selling combo is just working

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i haven't tasted the dessert yet it's giving me like squash cake

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or sticky date vibe so i'll let you know how

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that goes i'm probably gonna love it let's be honest

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but i do want to finish my dinner first before getting into the sweets as last time

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i didn't quite finish my food

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because i ate all the cake first apart from the eight hour wait since the last service

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Those are so good Singapore.

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so the cake ended up being like this honey cake

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which just wasn't really my vibe

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so it only had about one bite no way was i finishing

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that but lucky i do have a whittakers for the sweet treat i was after

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and by the way i am feeling a little bit after that ginger ale

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okay so i ended up getting about three hours of sleep it was pretty broken

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and my neck's very sore

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but i think i needed it it was about 1 a .m my time

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and it's currently 4 a .m at the moment but

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that means it's 4 p .m in new york

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and we landed three hours

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so i knew i needed to wake up otherwise i was literally going to be sleeping until 7 p .m

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and then needing to go back to sleep

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when i get to my hotel

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but i also don't know how long passport control is going to take whether i'm going to get the train

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or catch a taxi to time square so i think i just definitely get a little bit of sleep

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Just so I can actually be alive

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But I'm just going to relax a little now

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Maybe do a few things on my laptop

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And definitely put some more moisturiser on Because I've just washed my hands and it's the perfect time

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okay I just got the last food for the whole flight

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and it is a cheese pizza what's funny is this is a literally the exact same brand

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that we would serve on Emirates I'm like 95 % sure

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but it just feels looks and smells the exact same it's just a four cheese pizza

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but I'm not really mad about it because I'm pretty hungry

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and hopefully this means I don't need to get anything

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when I get into new york and i could just go straight to the hotel

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and go to bed i am shocked

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we didn't get a little bit more food on the world's longest flight we had the two full meal services

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and then this snack service

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and of course the cashews onboarding i think

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they could have definitely done like a hot snack in between the two main services

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because it was a very long time between food

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and like i said everyone was snacking on their own snacks

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and i'm definitely glad i brought mine but overall the flight's been

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so good the seat's been amazing i've had great space

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i've been able to get stuffed on my laptop

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i've been able to have a good sleep not an incredible sleep

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but being able to lie down further than you would in regular economy

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i can't really complain as fun as this has been i am keen to get to new york

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and one thing i will say the wi -fi has actually been pretty good

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this whole flight i've been able to text zach see how things are at home i also know

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that jack's already in new york

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and checked in he even sent me a photo of the hotel

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and we were texting while he was on the flight

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and sharing photos about food

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so like to be able to communicate pretty well is a big bonus

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i feel like at emirates the wi -fi was always quite dodgy like it would always come on

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and off and to be honest i usually just use the messaging packages

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which doesn't let you send any photos it makes me very excited

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when all airlines have startling i am yet to experience

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that i definitely love the flight simple airlines again

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but with zach as i feel like this would be the

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perfect combo for the two of us sitting in this little two -seater

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but hey let's eat this pizza i got a feeling this is the end can we just stop

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and start it over again go back in time

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and make a new plan change all the rules before this all began

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but this isn't a movie this isn't a dream this isn't a story playing on the screen some things

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that get broken can never be fixed do we have enough left to make

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this okay

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so i quickly want

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to go over the differences i had on my flight home compared to the flight I had over to New York City.

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Firstly, I don't know if it's just a Singapore Airlines thing,

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but the flight attendant made me put my laptop underneath my seat instead of in the seat pocket.

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Now, having worked for Virgin and Emirates myself, we've never had any issues with putting laptops in the seat pockets.

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So yeah, it was definitely a little nervy having my very expensive laptop on the floor for takeoff and landing.

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I also saw the menu they had in the seat pocket.

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I don't know how I missed it on the flight over.

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It was actually so nice to be able to see everything

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that was on the menu and I guess then I would have known how many services to expect on the flight over.

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Also the aircraft I flew on for the way there

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and the way back from New York to Singapore was the A350 -900.

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Both sectors were a really nice new aircraft and you could feel how premium it was.

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Something that might make you laugh and I didn't even notice because I guess I'm so used to flying in economy.

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I'm always at the back of the aircraft but I did realize that there are only two cabins on these aircrafts, premium economy and business.

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No first and no regular economy.

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It made me think that maybe Singapore Airlines just did not want to do such a long flight with regular economy.

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Because even with the extra legroom, the recline, extra space, I still got pretty uncomfortable.

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I feel like that's just inevitable being on such a long flight.

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And to be fair, Jack even said he was getting uncomfortable in business class on the way over

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but he is very tall so maybe he's just going to be uncomfortable no matter where he flies.

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It does really intrigue me on how Qantas is going to go with Project Sunrise

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because I'm pretty sure they're going to have regular economy and it's going to be even longer.

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They do talk about stretching spaces and places you can walk around and get up but I don't know about you,

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even if there is places to get up and stretch your legs,

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I don't want to annoy the person next to me by getting up all the time.

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So yeah, I don't know how that's going to go

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but to be honest 19 hours to 22 it's pretty much the same thing

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so i feel like i could totally handle it

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and i'm kind of keen to give it a go one day i'm sure zach

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and i will fly it also something

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i loved about the flight home is i did sleep for

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most of it like i think 10 hours of course broken up

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and i feel like that's why you need to sleep longer to maybe equal a normal eight hours sleep

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but the crew didn't try to wake me up for the service

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and to be honest at emirates we were supposed to

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because people would get annoyed that they missed out on a meal

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or something even if it's a ridiculous time because they paid for it.

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But at 2am asleep I'm not interested in eating food so I loved the crew for not waking me up.

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Honestly shout out Singapore Airlines because I feel like

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that was just a little bit of common sense and a really nice touch to my flight.

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Also something else I completely missed on the flight over

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and saw on the flight back was the amount of snacks they had available to passengers.

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There was chocolates, biscuits, snacks, pretty much anything I'm sure if I'd asked they would have tried to make it happen.

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For the way over I really only saw people getting hot noodles

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and maybe a few chocolate bars but yeah that was it.

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It was definitely interesting to experience the flight home and try

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and get a full night's sleep and also just try some different food.

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I must say the breakfast I had was pretty good as well.

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I'd say for both flights I really enjoyed the food

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and after 19 hours in the air I am in New York City

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and this is my tiny hotel room I've unpacked a little bit

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and I'm getting ready for bed but oh my gosh my flight was actually

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so good I would happily fly that route again any day

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and with Singapore Airlines the crew did such a good job

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I didn't feel like they were tired they always looked great

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and I even saw some of them coming out of their crew rest compartment

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which was very cool to see on Singapore and interesting

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that they don't have pajamas some of them were just wearing their uniform

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or some were even wearing like active wear yeah it was just really interesting to see having been in

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that position before myself even though this flight was very long

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I didn't really feel much difference to any other long haul flight like

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when you go from Dubai to America or Dubai to Australia

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or Australia to anywhere it kind of just feels the same even with those extra couple of hours

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and maybe I'm the minority but I really do like the idea of only doing one flight.

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Just unpacking all my things once

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and making sure I'm comfortable in one spot I just think is way better than having to pack everything up,

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walk around, find a new gate, do it all again.

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Yeah, I don't know.

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Some people like breaking it up and I know Zach's one of those people

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but for me I do really like the idea of one long flight.

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Overall I absolutely love this flight

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but I hope you guys enjoyed coming along for my first time on Singapore airlines and flying the world's longest flight.

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At least it's still going to be for a little longer before Qantas takes that title.

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As always thank you so much for watching, it means the absolute world to me.

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Don't forget to like, comment or subscribe if you're new around here

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and I cannot wait to show you what I get up to in New York City.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “Flying on the world’s LONGEST flight ✈️”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: flight, singapore, economy. This video has 314 sentences and 3766 words to shadow. The speech runs for 21:39. The speaker talks at a natural 174 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
airline noun	/ˈɛɹˌlaɪn/	A company that flies airplanes to transport people and goods.
premium noun	/ˈpɹiː.miː.əm/	A prize or award.
laptop noun	/ˈlæp.tɑp/	A laptop computer.
snack noun	/snæk/	A light meal.
pocket noun	/ˈpɑ.kɪt/	A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
vibe noun	/vaɪb/	An atmosphere or aura felt to belong to a person, place or thing.
meal noun	/ˈmiːl/	Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity.
gate noun	/ˈɡeɪ̯t/	A doorlike structure outside a house.
pizza noun	/ˈpi.tsə/	A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients such as meat or vegetables.
dish noun	/dɪʃ/	A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
uncomfortable adjective	/ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/	Not comfortable; causing discomfort.
passport noun	/ˈpæspɔɹt/	An official document normally used for international journeys, which proves the identity and nationality of the person for whom it was issued.
attendant noun	/əˈtɛndənt/	One who attends; one who works with or watches over someone or something.
shock noun	/ʃɔk/	A sudden, heavy impact.
stretch verb	/stɹɛt͡ʃ/	To lengthen by pulling.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
get up verb	To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.
walk around verb	To walk with no planned destination; to meander.
check out verb	To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).
end up verb	To bring to a conclusion.
fill up verb	To make (something) completely full.
get up to verb	To do something, especially something that is forbidden or improper.
break up verb	To break or separate into pieces.
go back to verb	To stem from; to originate in.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

I'm just a little high on the summer vibe.
I'm smiling water than the ocean.
I'm dreaming bigger the sky.
Let's dive into the deep end.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
“Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer true	used to work · used to be
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	have given · i've had · it's been
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	were already booked · i've been sized · be fixed
Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past	was choosing · was snacking · were texting

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 116 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: smooth /smuːð/, underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: dish /dɪʃ/, shock /ʃɔk/, shout /ʃaʊt/, compression /kəmˈpɹɛʃ.ən/, recognition /ˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃ(ə)n/
Long words — get the stress right: uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, recognition /ˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃ(ə)n/, ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/, minority /maɪˈnɒɹ.ɪ.ti/, communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like airline, premium, laptop.

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