Vietnam Airlines Premium Economy review - Sydney to Ho Chi Minh City
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- Опубликовано: 2 июн 2024
- Join me onboard a Vietnam Airlines Airbus A350 flying from Sydney to Ho Chi Minh City in premium economy. The review / trip report includes a tour of the SkyTeam Lounge Sydney, the airport experience, boarding, onboard catering, the seat and more.
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0:00 intro
0:30 entering sydney airport and check-in
1:37 SkyTeam Lounge Sydney Airport
3:18 plane spotting
4:02 line up and boarding
4:45 the seats
5:54 amenity kit
6:38 takeoff
7:50 first meal
8:37 inflight entertainment
9:51 second meal
10:31 conclusion and landing
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Love having the flight review back! Can't wait to see more in the future!
Happy to see another video!! (Be safe & Enjoy the Holidays!!!)
Another enjoyable flight review Paul!
Amazing review! I have never flown Vietnam airlines before but the seats in premium economy look amazing!
As always, great stuff Paul!
Great video Paul, as a regular PE flyer on this route (and the MEL SGN route), premium economy passengers actually get to check in the Sky Priority lane in SYD regardless of status. MEL has a dedicated check-in area for premium economy. Boarding is indeed chaotic, but you are allowed to board with Business Class passengers. In the chaos that's MEL, they actually announced that early boarding is allowed for Business, Sky Priority, and PE passengers. The one perk (albeit somewhat under-appreciated) when flying PE on the SYD SGN route is how quickly luggage comes out, often at the same time as Business Class passengers.
I flew Vietnam through to LHR business from SYD & the A350 is far quieter than the 787. Love the view from the Skyteam lounge at SYD too, av-geeks heaven! Another awesome vid.
Another cracking video paul.
Great vlog Paul!
Good to see the SkyTeam lounge at SYD has underwent some renovations. I flew with the airlines from MEL to SGN in economy in 2019, it was quite good. Menu was available back then, you could also order cocktails and instant noodles. I was lucky to be assigned to a seat at the row of the economy class cabin with better seat pitch for free.
Thanks for the great review Paul, Merry Christmas and happy New Year.
Your videos always put a smile on my face, cheers mate and hope you had a merry Christmas.
Great video Paul. Vietnam is a beautiful country and I love the views while the plane descends coming into Ho Chi Minh City. 😊👍
An excellent and surprisingly entertaining review.
Love this video. Thanks Paul
Great videoing and detailed commentary as usual Paul. It was good to have included the spooling up of the Trent engines on takeoff - the Airbus 350-900 - a great aircraft.
Always great n enjoyable viewing mate 👍
really enjoyed this video!
I Like The Product Premium Economy.Great Work
The meals looked yummy!
I realize the vid's a review on the airline, I sure would've loved to have seen the full take off at regular speed and landing :)
Awesome video and tutorial! Thanks for sharing the experience. Seems like a decent plane and pretty good airline :)
I caught the take off on your FB page, very nice!!!
Thanks Paul excellent video 👍
Excellent video review Paul 👏
Thanks 👍
Great Video!
Can't believe you flew to Da Nang too! Hope you enjoyed your Vietnam trip!
Thank you for the thorough and open review, Paul! As a Vietnamese student currently studying in Australia and regularly flying between the two countries, I was stunned after watching your video. Although I've never tried the airline's premium economy class on long-haul flights, the meal service provided for this ticket should have been more satisfactory. For instance, breakfast/lunch/dinner services on a Hanoi-Ho Chi Minh flight used to be served in ceramic plates/bowls rather than plastic ones. Wines were also served in glasses instead of paper cups. The meals were covered with either plastic wrap or aluminum foil (and yes, I'm talking about VNA's meal services for the Premium Economy class on this extremely busy domestic flight). The downgrade could be due to the effects of covid that led the airline to cut costs on these services. It's a pity to see how the flight crew handled the turbulence situation [and they forgot to add bread and butter to your second meal service, too?]. I can understand your disappointment with the IFE system. It has a limited selection of new movies. I flew between SGN and LHR back in 2019, and most of the movies on the system were either old or not that popular. I also don't understand why premium economy passengers don't have access to the priority lines and the lounge, as shown in your video. Vietnam Airlines should focus more on these details, besides the reasonable prices they charge, to attract even more customers to use the product. That way, we can compete with other airlines and improve satisfaction. I hope you had a great time in Vietnam! 😄
Very few airlines give Lounge access to Y+ passengers... The product shown looks pretty normal...although those meals were on the low end... As suggested, may be a COVID hangover...
I have flown with VN Airlines on the B787 and A350 in Premium Economy Mel-Hcm..Just comparing seats, I prefer the 787 as it has the 2-3-2 configuration and to me feels more 'premium'....the cabin and the seats in the 787 feels and appears more spacious and bigger than the PE in the A350.
Hi Paul thank you for the video airline looks OK. My grandson just moved over to Vietnam to live. Meals were good. Hope you enjoyed your trip.
I think the livery looks great on either aircraft. Plus the ladies' flight attendant uniforms are especially colorful (jade/teal mix?) I think for the price difference I would definitely fly Vietnam airlines PE. For long haul flights this would meet all my expectations. The IFE, well I would just read a book and listen to music on my iPod. Thanks Paul.
Great to see what PEY on VN is like. Would love to see the JCL experience soon!
great video - you're right it's definitely an economy plus product rather than a business lite.
I agree with that too…
On their A350 yes, but their 787 seating is much better. We really loved VN, but just wish they offered a 787 option all the way from Australia to Europe.
I have been on Vietnam Airlines, the service was good and the best for travelling
Great video. Tbh I’m so bummed I didn’t go to the Illawarra Airshow. I might seen you!! I’ll meet you one day haha good video ❤
Definitely worth going next year
gotta love the A350!
Hi Paul thanks for coming to Ho Chi Minh City AKA my home land of Vietnam
@2:49 Depending when this was filmed that 777 Most likely had Juan Browne onboard (Blancolirio) Great video, cheers
Last month I had a flight with Vietnam Airlines from Ho Chi Minh to Tokyo. I was supposedly in economy class but I was actually sat in a premium economy seat on a 787. The meal was still economy but it was certainly a nice surprise to find my seat was a premium economy one, and I only payed economy price for it so no complaints, but I don't understand why that was classed as economy.
Seems like a really good seat for premium economy, some airlines are gonna have to update their seats to compete.
Love the cloth seats over the pho leather on a longer flight. I think its something that needs to return to more airlines. Great review for an airline I want to try in the coming years.
I did VA Business Class SYD to FRA in 2019 for $4,000 which included a free hotel and city tour on the long layover in Hanoi. It was 1/3rd the price of QF. Service was spot on and the only complaint was the drab interior which looked a bit tired.
Good summary with all salient points for someone thinking of travelling with them. The humour always a nice touch and you will always be my favourite bald travel guide. That other one is more a millionaire than bankrupt probably nowadays, ho - ho ( chi min ) .. ok, that was not that funny. Mind you, I'm laughing at it.
Looking forward to the business class video. Real glass for the grape drink no doubt.
Your about to hit 🎊22,000,000🎊 views on your channel 🎉😄
Paul great vlog and happy new year
Does Vietnam airways still use French pilots ?
Livery is better on a Boeing or ATR
first from New Zealand :)
Hey Paul ,premium economy on Vietnam Airlines would be my choice for just a little bit more money.
When you landed at Saigon did you fly directly to Danang?
Bald and Bankrupt ?.... LoL. Love his videos too !
Hi Paul... talking about security...the new security screen area for T 1 , T2, and T 3 at Tullamarine, there is no priority lane . There is a separate queue for those in wheelchairs, etc. But , as I use a walking stick , staff let me jump the extremely long queue (22 Dec), only to join the confusion as to which line to enter at the end. 🤣
I like the shade of blue on the planes livery, I think it stands out quite well.
I am glad you did go into too much more detail about your "rumbling down below" when you visited the planes loo, either.
Meal looked decent too.
Looks decent for premium economy!
Omg Paul I forgot what your channel name was then this popped up I loved your vids about a year ago but lost the password to my last account!
If you watch Juan Brown’s channel you’ll know the AA 777 is down here because of high demand as it’s normally a 787 route.
Great video Paul!!
Glad you enjoyed it
The A350 aircraft in your flight form Sydney to Ho Chi Minh City is the 9th A350 of VietNam AirLines have registration number VN-A894 was delivery to VietNam AirLines on November 5th 2017 I really happy because VietNam AirLines changed B787 to A350 for flight from Hanoi,Ho Chi Minh City to Sydney because A350 is my favorite aircraft in VNA fleet
We missed your flight reviews. I hope one day VN airlines will serve AKL.
I love Jurassic Park. It was great that Blue was reunited with her Baby. She came running when baby called. Ran off then came back to thank the man who trained her with a slight nod of thanks. As for Vietnam airlines. Well they look to have some strange goings on. Procedure wise.
Have you tried Bamboo Airways. The crew makes this airline. Also they are very responsive to customers. I was invited to the headquarter to fetch my membership card, that was lost in the post. They handed over the envelope, and was like: open it open it 🙂
Hey Paul, just watching this video while chatting away with the car situation! I take it that you flew with Delta frequently to the States (pre-covid) or do you usually go through the Delta app/site while flying other SkyTeam routes for your status?
I’ve actually never flown with Delta. I got the status from a status match with Qantas 😂
@@PaulStewartAviation Oh that's fascinating!
Great as I have come to expect from your videos now Paul! It looked like a pretty good Premium Economy video especially for a reasonable price. Also I smashed the 👍 button about 2 minutes into the review! 😁
Hope you enjoyed Vietnam Airlines 🇻🇳 especially on such a fabulous aircraft the A350! 🎉🎉 Can’t wit to see the Business Class video!
Cheers 🥂 from Detroit MI 🇺🇸
Caleb’s Aviation 😎
"I sat next to a celebrity and didn't even get an autograph!!" - Paul's row mate, probably
Great video. I wanted to see how they were.
Glad you enjoyed
Great video, Paul! Will you get the opportunity to do one in their business class?
Yep fly back in business in 2 days :)
@@PaulStewartAviation That's great! Can't wait for that review. I'll get to try VN for the first time in a few month's time.
When were the aircraft bunkers removed from Than Son Nhat airport?
The livery will always look best on an A350, as its an Airbus.
Better than some business class
Hi Paul can do qantas from Sydney to Griffith on DH3
Fascinating!! As an American, especially one who was drafted into the army just as the war ended (thank God), we have complicated ideas about Vietnam. Your video was an extraordinary glimpse into a country that, for those of us in the States, might well have been on Mars.
Thanks for the video. It does not look very much like premium economy, but I guess you get what you pay for !
Not sure if you would know but I thought it was worth the ask! On their website it says a suitcase dimensions should be 158cm. I’m struggling to find a large one that is less than 165cm!! Have you had any experience regarding this?? Thanks 😊
No idea sorry
Interesting . The explosion down below ?
RMs on it’s time for a Paul Stewart vid
I went to Hanoi via Hi Chi Minh in early October by business class. Pretty sure I caught CoVid on the flight too. The transfer from International to Domestic Terminals in HCM city to fly to Hanoi was not easy with no help offered from Vietnam Airways and conflicting information. The worst part of the trip was these transfers. There is no direct flight to Hanoi from Sydney. Caution: the Vietnamese need to save ‘face’ so you might be told that help will be available with the transfer or someone will meet you but alas, it might not happen. I would fly again because the airfares are cheaper with VA but the transfers spoiled the experience.
I just curious what airlines help you to transfer when you not asking for help. Domestic and international terminal is a 10 minutes bus🤷🏻♂️ i flight business by jal and ana. I even need to transfer between haneda and narita by train
I flew this same flight and had quite a different experience. Just thought I’d let you know before you fly them again. Just before immigration at Tan Son Nhat, there will be VNA staff standing with signs and repeatedly calling out those who are transferring domestically. There they give you a transfer sticker and information to collect your baggage and turn right to the Vietnam Airlines counter just after passing through customs. That is where you drop off your baggage and staff will take your luggage to the domestic terminal, and check it in for you onto Hanoi. All you have to do from there is a short 5 minute walk to the domestic terminal following the signs. You should already have your boarding pass for SGN-HAN and can use the priority security screening at the domestic terminal. Should you need more help, there are lots of VNA counters and desks available around the airport who are happy to assist.
Also, there are direct VNA flights from Sydney to Hanoi. If you look into that, maybe it will ease your experience as you will not need to transfer :)
@@noshietsherlock Thanks for the update. You seem to have had a somewhat better experience.
Just back from Nam…yes the transfer from international to domestic HCMC is testing…they told me that they would take my luggage to domestic….but got lost in the process and after a lengthy stint at lost n found at Da Nang it arrived a day later.😮
How far can the seat recline?
Hello, there.
You called this Premier Economy?
Vietnam Airlines website says you get priority check in at the Business Class check in counter and it also says your are entitled to priority boarding, so I'd be boarding with Business Class
Interesting! Admittedly i prob should have researched this although they should advertise this as well
@@PaulStewartAviation Before I book any premium economy seat I always check the airlines website to see what is included. I'm still hoping to one day magically see that it includes lounge access.
@@Secco1954 jal and Ana do in PE
does anyone know why they take away the headphones towards the last hour of the flight and not allow you to use your own headphones either? As well as making you watch these ads/commercials for an hour of the flight...
were do you plan on flying to in 2023.
In 2023 I plan to fly to London from Sydney with my mum on Singapore airlines premium economy
Singapore airlines was the cheapest premium economy by-far
Nz booked for Feb, Europe for march so far :)
Also, in 2023, I plan to go to Tokyo, flying on Japan airlines, 787 in economy
Hey Paul. I have some questions I would like to ask you about aviation photography. Is there a way to contact you?
You can comment here
@@PaulStewartAviation Thanks. I am wondering if you ever have issues filming in airports or onboard airplanes. I was thinking of making a video about an upcoming trip myself but don't want to do anything that could cause trouble or delays. Any advice about this would be highly welcome.
PS: I could list which specific airports and countries I have in mind if that would be any help.
@@b.griffin317 i havent had any problems. I try to be subtle and respectful.
have some vietnam coffee when you r there
Yeh, I had some earlier this morning :)
ON The a350
I think the paint scheme looks good on either airplane, especially since it is not mostly white, the mostly white planes are so boring but I understand why they do it.
Need a visa to enter Vietnam or transit in the airport?
Yes
Do the seats recline more than standard economy?
yes I believe so
Has anyone here flown this aircraft in row 15? Wondering as row 15 is the last in premium economy for Vietnam Airlines….trying to find out if the seat recline is impacted at all.
Love your videos btw Paul!!!!!
I was thinking of flying Vietnam Airlines as part of my next trip to London. The reviews are pretty poor so I won’t bother. Since the beginning of Covid, reviews of most airlines are poor. I’ve noticed on my last two trips to London that the service is poor on many airlines…even the ones that were previously excellent.
What month was this filmed in
Monday this week
@@PaulStewartAviation so are you going to Vietnam for Christmas?
@@jasperkelly181 yep
Ah, so Vietnam are trying to crack the Aussie market!
I was wondering why I found such cheap flights!
Was this all during covid?
No
@@PaulStewartAviation Thank you Paul for responding!! 😉
Should try reviewing Airlines refund customer service, spoiler alert Qantas would be worst.
Ok
Have you been to canada yet
Afraid not but I hear it’s beautiful!
@@PaulStewartAviation if you do fly air canada since it's a great airline to fly
Vietnam airlines premium economy food is the same as in economy
Pretty terrible. Most of this stuff used to be standard on a long-haul flight with Vietnam Airlines. Now you have to pay hundreds of dollars! What a mess.
To me the 787 feels cheap and is aging fast, look at the cheap air vents, when you push them the whole area lifts up, bc of cheap thin plastic. the gaps in the cabin, looks like they used something from another plane. it is boeing. A350 looks like it has a professional designer, inside out.
Would of liked to hear the take off instead of music.
fair comment although most people dont like the full takeoff footage. Here's the unedited takeoff footage: ruclips.net/video/jI5J8IVrAVQ/видео.html
BYE I'm Gone
👋
You need to fly on Ryanair 😂😂😂😂
No sanks 😂
Not worth the extra money in my opinion
fair enough. I think my parents paid $20 extra over economy for MEL-SGN
Please do NOT include any perks that are Not available for Premium economy.
I think my viewers are bright enough to understand what I mean when I saw that something is included and when it's not. It would be misleading if I included the lounge but didn't mention that it wasn't included, hence why I didn't.
I have to post after DennisBunnik Travels, so this comment won't be noticed.
Sometimes I think flying is more about promoting obesity as lot’s of food and wine…
I Subscribed for the Air Craft ,NOT You Flying AROUND !!!
don’t watch the video then 🤷♂️😂
@@PaulStewartAviation I'm GONE THEN !!
@@roberttalarsky4238 life must be tough being so angry at the world. But anyway, all the best.
@@PaulStewartAviation GOING by your add . Planes and Rocket's, All the Best !
@@PaulStewartAviation NO ANGER HERE !!!
Nice video, however bald & bankrupt is a very seedy character and has been outed as a 3rd world sex tourist. There's a whole dossier on him on Reddit.
ruclips.net/video/4XDf2lrMIoU/видео.html&feature=shares
That’s a pity if true. 🤷♂️
Airline blah blah blah. Airplane stuff and things. Weeeeeee, zoom, magic sky zippy stuff. That's all well & good Paul but can we get an update on the serious stuff. You went in a lounge, in Australia, and they used a machine for the coffee. I mean obviously the place has been closed down but when is the company responsible for running the lounges CEO facing trial. Have State officials given a timeline for when tougher legislation to prevent crimes against humanity like this from happening again will be in plac. Are the victims being given all the assistance they're clearly going to need for years to come & has Parliament House given any indication towards their views on preferred sentencing. Will the death penalty be reintroduced in light of the sheer evil and callousness of those involved or are they gonna be all modern & forgiving and aim for something insulting to everyone whose life has been changed forever and just aim for 15 life sentences.
Non barista coffee, from a machine. Is their no end to the evil & madness in this world.
Also I like the livery but that looked to be somewhat of a cluster f**k eh
😂😂
Why would anyone want to go to Vietnam? We lost a lot of brave men died in that country fighting the nva and the Vietcong to stop communists from taking the south that is the last place I’d want to go.
Maybe visit others parts of the world and learn about them? 🤷♂️
Why would anyone want to go to Vietnam? Visit their family? Visit their friends? Learn about the country, culture and enjoy local cuisine? Perhaps it's a country they've never visited and just want to visit? Perhaps not everyone connects all experience to political unrest? Maybe someone wants to go to Vietnam for charity work? Or maybe they work for a company with a large client base in Vietnam and need to go there for work? I can go on...
its a great place to visit that is much cheaper to go to then Thailand. been to hcmc and Hanoi and Danang by plane and then drove all over the rest of the country. i prefer being down south though. I could see retiring there in the future if they ever get the visa issue figured out. and the part about losing men there well that can be said about almost every place i have been to. Europe Korea Vietnam Japan New Guinea Okinawa and so on. It was in the past and a different time.
You'd be surprised how good relations are between the US and Vietnam currently. It's almost like what was happening 50-60 years ago has changed!!!!
The war ended a long time ago, this is a new century