Ya so true, but we complained about leg room, plane food, and all the hassles of flying. And now we'd all love to just get on a plane and fly! But what do you think, when this is all over we wont go back to complaining? Shalom from Israel.
Being El Al, I presume there had been a security chat before even being able to approach the check-in desks? Would not have been allowed to film if so, but useful to know as tends to slow down check-in process a little.
@@BigPeretz They're going to check everybody. Nobody has written on their forehead if they're Jewish or not. If they allow for Jewish people to go through unchecked, than that creates a loophole for anyone that has harmful intentions.
Agreed, the first time I flew to Israel was a couple years back from JFK-TLV on their 744. If they were to have kept em longer they'd need some serious upgrading
I flew on their 747 from JFK... pretty dated, not very comfortable. But 787 also has questionable designs. Who the hell does two prong audio jack these days? Come on...
I don’t love El Al tbh. There on ground services are horrible and the same goes with their in flight services. Delays occur very often too. On almost all of my flights with them the service was just so so. I like airlines like Turkish a lot more
This confuses me, I flew the exact same flight twice, once in 2018 and in 2019. On both flights i received a full hot meal service of meatballs with couscous, a salad, bread a drink, and a cake. Whilst it wasn’t Michelin star, it definitely wasn’t the worst airplane meal I’ve had in my lifetime.🤨
Great flight to be real once I flew on their b787 but the problem there wasn’t in flight entertainment some airplanes have like your and mine don’t had even but hope you enjoyed
their security team is no joke, I took nearly 2 hours only to clear the x-ray machine due to arab stamps on my passport.... lots of questioning.... hellish experience.
I missed Israel a lot. I can't wait to be able to board a plane to Ben Gurion freely again..Thanks for the video it made me feel like travelling to Ha'aretz.
@@mblackops2 Even the word Palestine isn't Arabic..Its given by Romans and Its actually Regina Palestina..Arabic Alphabet do not have letter P but Hebrew Alphabet Letter P and letter F are exactly the same Letter..
@@mblackops2 Dream on Son..Medina Israel 🇮🇱 will not let you in unless you have a Western Passport eve then you will face a 6 hours questioning session.. You wont be able to settle there though..As we say THE LAND OF ISRAEL IS FOR THE NATION OF ISRAEL...
El Al has a very poor reputation in Israel, most would rather fly on other airlines when going abroad, and this reputation still persists. Expensive tickets, crappy service, packed like sardines in economy, and scheduling problems. That said, recently I flew with El Al to Hong Kong on their Dreamliners and it was a good, quiet flight, decent food, and both landings were ahead of schedule. So I guess it depends on the route. Probably best to fly on their Dreamliners and avoid the 737 to closer destinations. Oh and about the cost, it was one of the only 2 options I had for direct flights to HK, the other was Cathay Pacific for 1.5 times the cost of El Al.
Love el al. Their flight attendants are not rude and the food is good. Nothing else matters in economy. But it does get noisy but everyone seem to along and so it works.
This video is very good, very detailed and in high resolution. I think British Airways offers a better quality of service on this route and will therefore avoid El Al. Thanks for providing this video, it helps me make an informed decision which airline to fly with.
If the flights were priced the same, I think I'd have to go with El AL. I've watch too many accident investigation videos on RUclips, and El AL's safety record is beyond outstanding. 0 fatalities (on commercial passenger flights) in over 50 years. The record is only marred by one flight in 1955 when the airplane was tragically shot down after strayed into Bulgararian air space. 58 soups were lost.
Looking at direct flights from the uk and I’m torn between BA and El Al, there’s a huge difference in price even without using a iOS. ( out economy and return leg in business isn’t much more than EL Al premium economy)
In the US you'd be lucky to get more than a bag of pretzels for that long of a flight. That sandwich actually looks pretty good, by the standards of airplane sandwiches.
I know how cheap and stingy American and European carriers are from first-hand experience, as I live in America, duh. But, that doesn't mean I don't criticize them, especially when I compare them to Asian airlines and their exceptional service.
El al is an awesome 👌 airline! I've flown recently Sept 2019 and Sept 2022. Both times they were superb and gave us white wine and red wine 🍷 for our honeymoon and my birthday!
judging by the date on the screen at the gate , i conclude this was filmed around the holiday of passover ,in which there are additional and even more strict kosher laws than the rest of the year, which might explain the poor meal situation ...
Really glad to see this trip report! I'm actually doing this same journey in December except with BA on their A350. Would be great to see how they compare to El Al
Cold meal could have been because of a lack of a large enough kosher kitchen, or because of the late departure, and el al thinking most passengers would rather sleep than eat
Nice video, I am missing travelling at the minute. I've never flown this 'red eye' flight but they do normally serve a hot meal on the afternoon flight! ❤️
I understand why you're upset, but Palestine does not have sovereignty. Insulting Israel and its national airline does nothing but make you look bad. Keep the politics out of it and enjoy the video.
Why? Because Palestine was invaded and the non-Jewish population was ethnically cleansed to make way for settlers from other countries who wanted to create a ethnostate called "Israel". Arabic used to be the main language of everyone in Palestine including Jews, but recently its status has been legally reduced.
I think it's still the norm and expected though. I recently flew long-haul to Taiwan and my flight left at 2:00 AM. To my surprise at 3:00 AM they came around with a full hot dinner!
@@alanm3440 I suppose it's intended to shift your body clock to the Taipei Local time due to the significant time difference between the two destinations, compared to the flight in the featured video as there isn't too much of a time discrepancy between London and Tel Aviv. 0300 in the Pacific Time would be 1800 in the Chinese Time (Taiwan, HK, Macao, Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore all fall on the same time zone)
nice report as always Felix ,was the pillow and blanket just because ir was night flight ?also when you were looking through the "movies" i noticed Capitain Phillips ! i wonder how many people watch that during a flight !!LOL
I had a trip on Brunei Airlines from London to Heathrow. I was struggling too when the gate wasn't reflected on the screen. Now I know the reason =D lol. Great trip report.
Paul Kacirek . As I understand it , it’s just a trial and it’s not definite the service will ever materialise in reality . I live in Sydney and it’s also rumoured there may be a ELAL service here too .
Hi felix, im from israel, and it was a pleasure to see this video. I have one note: you wrote the last sentence in hebrew backwards. Hope to see another video of el al soon.
כל הכבוד, אל על! Terrific airline, great pilots and excellent cabin crew. But I agree that a hot meal was needed. Sandwiches should be for secondary meals, not the main ones on a flight from the UK to Israel. I’ve always loved the approaches to the Israeli coast over the Mediterranean. The airport is very close to Tel Aviv so once you’re over the city, the landing is just moments away. Thanks for flying El-Al!
It's more value of security than value for money. EL AL's costumers are overwhelmingly Israelis and Jews from the Diaspora who fly for safety reasons, "invest-in-our-own" mentality and national pride. That's also the reason why Israir and Arkia have been able to stay operational for such a long time in a very competitive market. Same customers.
Agreed. And that was WELL before the 787-9; I used to fly the old El Al 747's and the flights and service were just fine. I like the look of the 787-9, and hope to someday take a flight on it.
So I took a ELAL flight from Tel Aviv to Miami and back with the 787 and I love the Airline but if you are not Jewish they will ask you a lot of questions
This trip report makes me feel like im actually there!
Great channel by the way man!
in asia, we still have hot meal even for 1.5 hours international flight but mostly no dessert
Chassie Loh you have to pay for it at airasia and scoot though
dont compare el al with LCC though
in middle east air arabia, 7 hour flight they only give you 1 meal that YOU have to pay for. And its bland and tastes bad
@@Moha-eh9tq air Arabia is lcc don't compare lcc with full service airline
Yeah i agree! Even Royal Brunei still have hotmeal for 1hrs 30mins flight especially Brunei - Ho Chi Minh City route!
We took those times for granted. Pre-covid travel was easy and so much fun. Life was just beautiful. It feels like we're doomed now.
Ya so true, but we complained about leg room, plane food, and all the hassles of flying. And now we'd all love to just get on a plane and fly! But what do you think, when this is all over we wont go back to complaining? Shalom from Israel.
@@come_explore_with_me_IL Would love to visit Israel, what a beautiful country! Stay strong in these hard times.
It's easy to go to Israel now all you need is covid cover on your insurance. I'm going in September.
me too brother i really miss Israel a lot I was there in 2015
The seats and the EFI screens looked great for Economy
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New ad campaign: "Jesus walked. I fly El Al." Also this made me want a sandwich real bad.
Serving a cold sandwich as a 'meal' on an evening flight of four hours is poor in my opinion.
i agree
dazlebluefrogify i disagree
Meanwhile, in east Asia, even for a 1.5-hour long flight(for example Hong Kong to Taipei) economy class has a standard hot meal dinner.
I agree too
Why does it always have to be hot?
Being El Al, I presume there had been a security chat before even being able to approach the check-in desks? Would not have been allowed to film if so, but useful to know as tends to slow down check-in process a little.
Yes, I was at Barcelona and we had to stop before checking in.
(Even if you are from Israel and speaking Hebrew, also if you are Jew.)
@@BigPeretz Not a surprise though, given how much antisemitism is still around.
@@LS-Moto The people checked us were Jewish from Israel as well
@@BigPeretz They're going to check everybody. Nobody has written on their forehead if they're Jewish or not. If they allow for Jewish people to go through unchecked, than that creates a loophole for anyone that has harmful intentions.
Glad to see you finally did El Al! Their 787 looks really nice, but I wish they kept their 747s a bit longer.
Agreed, the first time I flew to Israel was a couple years back from JFK-TLV on their 744. If they were to have kept em longer they'd need some serious upgrading
I flew on their 747 from JFK... pretty dated, not very comfortable. But 787 also has questionable designs. Who the hell does two prong audio jack these days? Come on...
Yuriy Umanskiy I love the Queen of the Skies though
Yuriy Umanskiy those 747 seats were way more spacious than the 10 abreast seating in the 777
I don’t love El Al tbh. There on ground services are horrible and the same goes with their in flight services. Delays occur very often too. On almost all of my flights with them the service was just so so. I like airlines like Turkish a lot more
This confuses me, I flew the exact same flight twice, once in 2018 and in 2019. On both flights i received a full hot meal service of meatballs with couscous, a salad, bread a drink, and a cake. Whilst it wasn’t Michelin star, it definitely wasn’t the worst airplane meal I’ve had in my lifetime.🤨
Explains why bcs u r from israel
@@kingl3023 ok and ?
מה קורה ידידי מישראל
proofs?
Great flight to be real once I flew on their b787 but the problem there wasn’t in flight entertainment some airplanes have like your and mine don’t had even but hope you enjoyed
I am from Israel
Vive Palestine 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
@@saphex3650get out
@@saphex3650yeah get out
its Netta Barzilai! She won Eurovision in 2018!
CyanPanda Yes, here at Israel we glad that people know her name.
CyanPanda yes she is good
The quote in Hebrew at the end said: ״תודה לך ושיהיה לך יום נפלא!״ And in English: Thank you, and have a wonderful day!
yeah but its backwards
I admire u guys can visit Tel Aviv freely. My country banned us to visit there ☹️☹️ What a shame…… Anyway , good video 👍👍
Eren Yeager so sorry to hear your country won’t allow you to visit! I hope and pray that you will be able to one day!! 💕
Amber Katie thanks 🙏🙏
Why ??
@@cptamit2570 Because Israel has been known for a while to kill and oppress people
their security team is no joke, I took nearly 2 hours only to clear the x-ray machine due to arab stamps on my passport.... lots of questioning.... hellish experience.
andlufds something i would expect from every airline.
Yes because if you traveled to pakistan iran and stuff they want to confirm youre not a spy and stuff...
I missed Israel a lot. I can't wait to be able to board a plane to Ben Gurion freely again..Thanks for the video it made me feel like travelling to Ha'aretz.
No such thing as Israel... only Palestine 🇵🇸
@@mblackops2 Even the word Palestine isn't Arabic..Its given by Romans and Its actually Regina Palestina..Arabic Alphabet do not have letter P but Hebrew Alphabet Letter P and letter F are exactly the same Letter..
@@lnr243 Free Palestine 🇵🇸 I will rightfully return to my Grandpas home land and claim what’s rightfully mine by blood one day
@@mblackops2 Dream on Son..Medina Israel 🇮🇱 will not let you in unless you have a Western Passport eve then you will face a 6 hours questioning session..
You wont be able to settle there though..As we say THE LAND OF ISRAEL IS FOR THE NATION OF ISRAEL...
@@mblackops2 my family is living in israel for hundreds of years how is that your land??
Simply an awesome video of El Al! Thank you for sharing with us! =D
El Al has a very poor reputation in Israel, most would rather fly on other airlines when going abroad, and this reputation still persists. Expensive tickets, crappy service, packed like sardines in economy, and scheduling problems. That said, recently I flew with El Al to Hong Kong on their Dreamliners and it was a good, quiet flight, decent food, and both landings were ahead of schedule. So I guess it depends on the route. Probably best to fly on their Dreamliners and avoid the 737 to closer destinations.
Oh and about the cost, it was one of the only 2 options I had for direct flights to HK, the other was Cathay Pacific for 1.5 times the cost of El Al.
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Love el al. Their flight attendants are not rude and the food is good. Nothing else matters in economy. But it does get noisy but everyone seem to along and so it works.
I’m in London right now, I was there for a week and I loved it, I’m now flying back to New York,
Evan Elder Lucky I only flew to places in the United states
The food looks good. After all this flight left very late at 11 PM.
This video is very good, very detailed and in high resolution. I think British Airways offers a better quality of service on this route and will therefore avoid El Al. Thanks for providing this video, it helps me make an informed decision which airline to fly with.
If the flights were priced the same, I think I'd have to go with El AL. I've watch too many accident investigation videos on RUclips, and El AL's safety record is beyond outstanding. 0 fatalities (on commercial passenger flights) in over 50 years. The record is only marred by one flight in 1955 when the airplane was tragically shot down after strayed into Bulgararian air space. 58 soups were lost.
I have flown both ElAl and BA many times on this route, and ElAl is better. BA is a really disappointing airline.
Looking at direct flights from the uk and I’m torn between BA and El Al, there’s a huge difference in price even without using a iOS. ( out economy and return leg in business isn’t much more than EL Al premium economy)
The cabin crew seem very friendly and the cabin looks very sleek and modern. Good job el al
crazy to see people without masks! 😂😂 pre corona was good....
Yeah it's crazy
watching this is making me tear up, i wish to visit my country soon
My country India Mumbai to Israel so beautiful country Israel full enjoy
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what do you think about el al felix
greetings from israel
Catering is sub standard. For a 4 hour 20 min flight: no hot meal!
John S Meanwhile, in east Asia, even for a 1.5-hour long flight(for example Hong Kong to Taipei) economy class has a standard hot meal dinner.
In the US you'd be lucky to get more than a bag of pretzels for that long of a flight. That sandwich actually looks pretty good, by the standards of airplane sandwiches.
You cleaner have never flown on an US or even some European carrier
In European flight most airlines have paid catering. Its cheap and taste amazing. Like LOT polish or Finnair. El al have nice sandwich
I know how cheap and stingy American and European carriers are from first-hand experience, as I live in America, duh. But, that doesn't mean I don't criticize them, especially when I compare them to Asian airlines and their exceptional service.
The sentence at the end of the video in Hebrew is reversed. You wrote it from left to right, but Hebrew writes from right to left.
I flew with smartwings on 4 hour flight in 737-800 and there wasn't any meal! Only small cup of water.
I really don't like smartwings
Tim ́s Movie Factory I flew with Norwegian and we didn’t got even water lol (4:30 hours of flight time)
El al is an awesome 👌 airline! I've flown recently Sept 2019 and Sept 2022. Both times they were superb and gave us white wine and red wine 🍷 for our honeymoon and my birthday!
#BDS 🇲🇾❤🇵🇸
judging by the date on the screen at the gate , i conclude this was filmed around the holiday of passover ,in which there are additional and even more strict kosher laws than the rest of the year, which might explain the poor meal situation ...
What is the intro song name pls!?
@simply aviation Be grateful you did a trans continental flight in America which was a 5 hour flight and just got a simple snack
Quite impressive stuff by El Al.
3:40 ...... The zohan.. disco disco good good
YOU ARE CAN AGAIN FLYING WITH EL AL PLEASE
Really glad to see this trip report! I'm actually doing this same journey in December except with BA on their A350. Would be great to see how they compare to El Al
I took an EL AL afternoon flight and it was much better then the flight Felix took
Prefer EL AL over BA.
Finally😍😍
Cold meal could have been because of a lack of a large enough kosher kitchen, or because of the late departure, and el al thinking most passengers would rather sleep than eat
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You're The Best From The Rest!!!!!!
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I watch simply aviation because of your reports!!!!!
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Free Palestine 🇵🇸
And if not💀
@@taiezer9585yeah
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Planespotters: Films plane as it takes off
Me on plane: Points camera back
Groundpeople Spotting!!
WHY DID YOU STOP . MY TEACHER TOLD DONT GIVE UP
What do you mean?
They haven't uploaded the past days
4 years later i flew with el al this January and i was exactly at gate 3 and on this plane!
I hope you got there safely in these dark times.
Nice video, I am missing travelling at the minute. I've never flown this 'red eye' flight but they do normally serve a hot meal on the afternoon flight! ❤️
Wow maybe one day i got to try el al airlines you know
Why no Arabic language in El Al. Arabic is the origin language of this country Palestine?
Sir, Israel is not Palestine 😐
ur right Israel shouldnt exist anyway
I understand why you're upset, but Palestine does not have sovereignty. Insulting Israel and its national airline does nothing but make you look bad. Keep the politics out of it and enjoy the video.
@@Plusty07 Israël is an artificiel stage created by stolen palestinien land and nakbah after ww2! That no one say it
Why? Because Palestine was invaded and the non-Jewish population was ethnically cleansed to make way for settlers from other countries who wanted to create a ethnostate called "Israel". Arabic used to be the main language of everyone in Palestine including Jews, but recently its status has been legally reduced.
El Al is a decent company, a big minus is that her prices are really expansive.
EL AL knows their very loyal customer base will continue flying with them no matter what, therefore they see no reason to reduce their prices.
Outstanding Trip Report Simply Aviation! Liked
Felix,Simon and David how did you got this much money to travel around the world
U should do a trip report on FIJI airlines new A350
Roll Royce Trent 1000
Hello.nice me to you. I am always enjoy your video. I am very fan!
At that time of the night, why would you request a full hot meal? Most people would like to get some shut eye at those kinds of hour.
I think it's still the norm and expected though. I recently flew long-haul to Taiwan and my flight left at 2:00 AM. To my surprise at 3:00 AM they came around with a full hot dinner!
@@alanm3440 The origin of your recent flight to Taiwan?
hkdiva2015 Vancouver to Taipei
@@alanm3440 I suppose it's intended to shift your body clock to the Taipei Local time due to the significant time difference between the two destinations, compared to the flight in the featured video as there isn't too much of a time discrepancy between London and Tel Aviv.
0300 in the Pacific Time would be 1800 in the Chinese Time (Taiwan, HK, Macao, Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore all fall on the same time zone)
hkdiva2015
lol wut
The Boeing 787 my favourite Boeing aircraft , I've flown on this aircraft it is very nice and comfortable .
Nice Video .
better than the queen of the skies ?
actually the 747 is better
Yeah boeing 787 is my first fav plane my second fav plane is the airbus a320 and my third fav plane is the airbus a350
First commenter. I just love your videos that I wait for them to upload day by day. So I want you to upload your videos everyday
I flew them six months ago on a long haul from LAX to TLV, and then back to SFO. Great service and food was good.
as you would expect on a 15 hour flight. You can't compare this with the LHR-TLV service, at 4:30 and overnight.
nice report as always Felix ,was the pillow and blanket just because ir was night flight ?also when you were looking through the "movies" i noticed Capitain Phillips ! i wonder how many people watch that during a flight !!LOL
I am so confused 😕😕😕😕😕😕😕😕😕😕😕😕😕😕😕😕😕😕😕😕😕😕😕
Nice review Felix!
Why was the safety video only in one language usually a lot of airlines put it in their language and english
The English version follows the Hebrew one
FUN FACT: El Al comes from the country that has the healthiest McDonald’s in the world. And that country is Israel!
Love to visit Israel
As things have returned to what feels like normal, I bet it will feel great when I go overseas via El Al
Thank you very much for this, friend! Really appreciate it from Israel (:
Best regards from Israel!
תודה לך ושיהיה לך יום נפלא! 🙏😄
Paris-Athens-Tel-Aviv
Didn’t get shit on my Delta flight from DTW to SFO so this is great stuff
I had a trip on Brunei Airlines from London to Heathrow. I was struggling too when the gate wasn't reflected on the screen. Now I know the reason =D lol. Great trip report.
Wait what?? 'From London to Heathrow' lololol
El Al plan non stop flights to Melbourne Aus next year. Will be longer than Doha Auckland. Great video. Thank you.
Paul Kacirek . As I understand it , it’s just a trial and it’s not definite the service will ever materialise in reality . I live in Sydney and it’s also rumoured there may be a ELAL service here too .
Great video! Hope you enjoy your time in Israel.
סוף סוף ישראלים בתגובות.
Omg, you can see two China southern pilots walking in front of you in the terminal at Heathrow, one is a foreign pilot, that’s so cool!!
Hi felix, im from israel, and it was a pleasure to see this video. I have one note: you wrote the last sentence in hebrew backwards.
Hope to see another video of el al soon.
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I love the sound of the RR Trent 1000, hopefully RR will resolve the problems they're having
Tel-Aviv-Geneva-London-New York
The guy in the safety video is Lior Suchard, popular in Israel.
Nice video like allways, but no hot meal? Common even agean airlines serves hot meal on a flight of 1hour and 20 min...
El al in Hebrew says to the up and that's mean to the sky
Indeed the meal was quite poor, the sandwich looks really nice :) Having personal IFE was great!
Hermolis food is amazing
Great video
Achievement watched a new video from simply aviation 575 th video watching , seriously : D 😁😁😁🙂🙂
That is acceptable inflight service for a 2230 departure
When you go to Dhaka Bangladesh?
Next year 😉
7:48 How though? How does packing make food satanic?
QuarioQuario54321 khosher not satanic
So they don’t mix milk or dairy products with meat?
Ibrahim A no bro we don’t mix milk with meat!!!
Can you please fly Biman Bangladesh Airlines. They got a new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
כל הכבוד, אל על!
Terrific airline, great pilots and excellent cabin crew. But I agree that a hot meal was needed. Sandwiches should be for secondary meals, not the main ones on a flight from the UK to Israel. I’ve always loved the approaches to the Israeli coast over the Mediterranean. The airport is very close to Tel Aviv so once you’re over the city, the landing is just moments away. Thanks for flying El-Al!
I watting for this Months!!!!!!
Love you from israel🇮🇱❤
Me too
🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕 Israël 🇮🇱
גם אני מחכה לזה
מה קורה אחי
@@omgxextra7246 we are here to enjoy flight reviews, not to speak about politics.
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El Al seem alright but the value for money isn’t very good.
It's more value of security than value for money.
EL AL's costumers are overwhelmingly Israelis and Jews from the Diaspora who fly for safety reasons, "invest-in-our-own" mentality and national pride.
That's also the reason why Israir and Arkia have been able to stay operational for such a long time in a very competitive market. Same customers.
Not my choice of airline ! Kosher food...no thanks!
Nothing inherently bad with kosher food. In some airlines (such as AFL) the kosher option is of the best quality.
Definitely right Craig
I flew with El Al in the 90s when I went on holiday to Israel
El Al is a very good airline
And the crew were really nice people
Agreed. And that was WELL before the 787-9; I used to fly the old El Al 747's and the flights and service were just fine. I like the look of the 787-9, and hope to someday take a flight on it.
So I took a ELAL flight from Tel Aviv to Miami and back with the 787 and I love the Airline but if you are not Jewish they will ask you a lot of questions
You guys fly so often, how can you not invest in priority pass???
We all have Priority Pass memberships...