I work for Southwest on the ramp in Denver! Glad to finally see you fly on Southwest! Those large white boxes you filmed going off and on the air plane was human remains or a dead body! Southwest does a lot of those! Looks like yall had an extra person flying with you!
Whataburger's Jalapeno Cheddar Biscuit with Sausage and Egg is my favorite breakfast sandwich. The one time I had their pancakes, they were pretty good. And I rather like their sausage-egg-cheese taquitos. So yeah, Whataburger early in the morning, even if you don't fancy a burger at that time.
I've landed at Bill Clinton airport where I've had a happy ending lol. I saw what you did there. You will try anything to entertain us with all those arduous flights, you must be exhausted by all of that flying. I don't know how you do it. You're right, Southwest Airlines get a bad rap, but I don't think they are that bad at all. Thank you for your great wit yet again and entertaining video of your travels.
I haven't done anything crazy like hop around the country on one plane, but one time, I did fly on United from New Orleans to Newark, so I could connect to a 777-300 flight on to San Francisco. I had never flown a 777 and that was an opportunity to do so. I also did an around the world business class journey using SkyTeam miles. I went from New Orleans, to Los Angeles, to Seattle, to London, to Rome, to Seoul, to New York, to New Orleans. Got my one and only A380 experience on Korean A380 between ICN and JFK.
You should do a challenge of flying from IAH to HOU however you have to fly around the world and your stops have to alternate between cities in the northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere. That would be crazy but if anyone is able and willing, you are the man!!!
WN Flight Attendant here. Wanted to say hi and I greatly enjoy watching your different experiences during your travels! Longest day, on duty for me was a 17 hour duty day on one plane (yes, you read that right). During the beginning of recovery of COVID when flying has picked up faster than we can bring employees and planes back. We originated a 737-700 in Cleveland and terminated it in Miami. Our original routing was supposed to be CLE-BNA-PNS-BWI-MIA. But due to thunderstorms in BNA that morning, we ended up diverting to ATL instead before we made our way back to BNA but not before a ground stop since the storms stalled directly over BNA airport. 5 flights, 3 sets of pilots, 17 hours, and one single plane later, we finally made it to Miami. In case you’re wondering. No, the flight attendants did not step foot off that same aircraft the entire day since it was just constant quick turns after quick turns.
What's always fun is when you have to plan your own re-route because of the weather. I once hopped on one of the last SWA planes out of Midway before a snowstorm hit having personally come up with the 3 stop routing to my destination before I jumped onboard. The 1-800 customer service guy was fantastic as I was sitting in the terminal w/ snow falling all around, followed along on his computer, and booked all my tickets in some oddball routing way more complicated than the computer could ever figure out. But 4 flights and 3 planes later I was at my destination probably only about 6 hours tardy. Still, I got there that day! TY SWA.
I grew up in the Long Beach area. Jetblue used to serve that airport , and it's so much nicer flying out of there , than sitting in traffic to/from LAX. I heard that , when Jetblue left Long Beach , Southwest bought all of their slots.
I work at MCI (Kansas City International) I wish I would’ve gotten to meet you. I know the ramp agent that walked your plane in, I’m gonna show him this video 😂
How is Rachel? We haven't heard anything about her health in a lil while. I suffer from lupus & muscular sclerosis so I sympathize with her on so many levels. I'm always thinking of her and keep her in my prayers cuz living with pain while being a full time Mother is challenging! I hope she and your fabulous children are doing great! Thank you for my coffee and cigarette entertainment! I enjoy your videos so much! Take care and God bless 🙏🫶
I miss seeing you round Mansfield Noel eating a cob from the pound bakery or Greg’s now your jet setting I couldn’t be more pleased for you and love watching your videos!
Thank you again... I have had the fortune at while working in the US, lived in each city you stopped in Houston was my favorite. Loved eating seafood in Galveston. Greetings from Sweden.
In the past few years I've take a few SWA flights that eventually got me to my destination. The first was Grand Rapids - Chicago - Dallas - Albuquerque, and then a few months later it was Grand Rapids - Chicago - Colorado Springs - Las Vegas (overnight) then on to Long Beach to visit family. I'd like to fly them more often, but I have a couple of airports closer to home so now it's Delta, United or occasionally American. Good video - glad you shared your experience.
In 2003 I took a SWA Flight from Albany, NY to Burbank via BWI, MEM, HOU, and ABQ. The agents joked it was their "See America Tour". The flight continued on to Oakland, and there was on Pax onboard who did that whole trip!
Back in 1995 I flew on Southwest from Spokane, WA to Midland, TX. Here was my route: Spokane to Boise, Boise to Reno, Reno to L.A., L.A. to El Paso (all of those flights were on the same plane), and then El Paso to Midland. I wasn't on the same plane as long as you were, but almost! I enjoy your videos!!!
Hi Noel I’ve just started watching the Vlog/video as I was waiting for the nurse to give me my medication - as you know I have secondary progressive multiple sclerosis and lupus. I live in a rehabilitation centre and either bedbound or wheelchair bound. ~ I’m in the middle of a flareup at the moment and I’m seeing the multiple sclerosis nurse on Tuesday ~ I absolutely love your Vlog/video as you go to places I can only dream about ~ your content is always great ~ thank you for all your hard work in putting these vlogs/videos together- sending loads of love and loads of hugs to you and your family ~ Xxx Xxx
Hey Noel was amazing as always to join you aboard, glad you had a great trip! I recently read a book by Simon Sinak, he mentions how Southwest's strong sense of purpose, driven by Herb Kelleher's values, has revolutionised the airline industry. Putting their 'why' first, not just the 'what' or 'how,' has turned Southwest into more than just a company - it's a force for change. This reminds us all that success comes from staying true to our core values.
12:26 Good on Southwest for removing the possibility of booking yourself a super long and expensive indirect flight if you just want to go a short distance. I remember there was a time where you could book expensive Sydney to Melbourne tickets where you fly via Dubai, Abu Dhabi or Doha.
I just flew Southwest last week, and I was even in Houston Hobby airport for a very short layover. Southwest is my favorite airline. A couple of times I got continuing flights going to Midland, TX. One time it was 3 flights ATL-MSY-HOU-MAF, another was 2 flights ATL-HOU-MAF. With Southwest's open seating policy I can make a last minute decision which side to sit on. I often lookup the digital ATIS and load the planned route in Navigraph just before the flight to determine which side of the plane might have the best view, especially during departure or approach.
Kattaru from patron here: I could not resist the urge. The wheelchairs in Dallas: From what I've heard, Dallas Love uses Prospect Airport Services, but like always SW pax be wilding. The Black chairs are for the proper airline, but The blue chair most likely belongs to entirely different contractor, and at my airport those blue Staxi wheelchairs would belong to Jet blue. I hope they get their chair back!
I'm a huge fan of Southwest (I really don't like flying any other airline), and you left off mentioning the best part, the comedy from the flight attendants.
Well you flew right past our place near the Legends area as you approached before you dropped below the cloud deck over Parkville, MO. Cool Stuff at 17:55
The most impressive aspect of this trip were the logistics scheduling it. As noted, you had to book from Dallas -> Long Beach then book a ticket from Long Beach -> Houston to stay on SWA flight 184.
So glad to see my favorite travel RUclipsr trying this adventure! I was counting down the days until I got to see you try this one. I always fly with Southwest as it feels more like a joyride rather than just a transportation service 😂
Glad to see you finally doing a Southwest Airlines flight! That's the ONLY airline I'll ever take especially after having 2 American Airlines flights (departure and return) barely landing before their engines quit and we had to be pulled to the gate. The departure flight literally just barely got on the ground in the city I was traveling to before the engines quit. Then I took a Delta flight and was discriminated against because I'm wheelchair bound and in my 50's yet they forced me to pay for a ticket to have one of their employees travel with me which I have never and would never need. Trust me if we have to make an emergency landing I'll be the absolute first person to go down that shoot with absolutely no help from anyone! Just because someone is disabled doesn't mean we're unable to help ourselves or unable to be completely independent. I used to work for Southwest as a reservation agent so I have always loved them. Plus they understand how to make those of us with disabilities not feel like we're unable to do anything ourselves. Welcome to KCI airport! I was born in Missouri and grew up in Kansas. I'm actually glad that you got off the plane in KC so I could get a little glimpse of the new terminal since I'll be flying back home to KC to visit family in July. It definitely looks a lot better than the old terminal that is for sure!
Welcome to Chicago Midway and Southwest flight 999 with service to Nashville with contuining service to Orlando, Baltimore, Hartford, St Louis, Phoenix, and Dallas. If you are staying on between cities, you can earn brownie points with your flight attendants by helping us clean the cabin during our record winning 32 minute turns.
That was good fun Noel, I agree that South West airlines is onto a long term sustainable path. I’m loving the diversity of episodes, keep up,the great work ❤❤❤
So cool Noel another interesting journey. Looking forward to seeing Rach up in the air again all the best to her. Not as crazy as this video but back in 1991 I flew Osaka to Adelaide via Melbourne on a Singapore 744. The flight between Melbourne and Adelaide was quite empty and we almost froze and had to ask for the ac to be turned down hahaha but pretty cool flying a 747 on such a short hop. Off to PVG tomorrow on CES out of MEL all the best to the family.
A scenic route around America on southwest. A very interesting route southwest has from Dallas to Houston Tx. A Good adventure 😊 Much love on your journey @noelphilips ❤
Southwest's model is really good for passengers when things go right, but when the FAA had that system crash it hurt SWA more than most because their planes were scattered far and wide. I wish more airlines used this old bus route model, but hub-and-stoke sadly makes a lot more sense from an airline point of view.
I remember when Southwest had that system malfunction at Christmas time, 2022. I was one of the lucky ones who ended up spending the night in the Baltimore airport because of it.
8:47 🤔 Ha 🤣 ❗️Not a normal thing that normal people would usually do, but it was very enjoyable watching you from the relative comfort of my black leather electric recliner ❗️
To use miles and fly first class alone, I once went CLT-DFW-PDX-SF0 -- it was a marathon of lovely meals & gorgeous scenery, and cost a grand total of $17 cash. Epic! ✈
I love your videos and can not wait to see the Newest ones on Sunday nights , you’re my favorite on You tube ! Thank you for sharing your videos, and happy to see you on Tic Toc 🙏🏻💕
I've never seen the Grand Canyon for the air but I have been down there. Amazing place on Earth that makes you think about geological changes over millions of years. Nice video as always Noel. 😍
Honestly, I love flying Southwest! The flight attendants some of my past flights were pretty chill. No assigned seats, I always snag a window seat towards the back of the plane. Really good prices and on sale on certain days. I also like their cancel flight policy, you get flight credit towards your next rescheduled trip. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I've been flying Southwest monthly for about the last year. I used to be very against Southwest, but it's been the most convenient option for my work schedule and destination. At this point, the experience on Southwest isn't that much different from the other big three in the US, outside of being able to pick your seat. I will say though that I try to get on the MAX-8 whenever possible. The 737 NGs for Southwest, the seats and tray tables are a bit weird and I don't find them as comfortable as the seats they've put into the MAX.
Im so glad i found this channel. Ive always had a fascination with flying but im scared to death of it lol my father was a mechanic for American Airlines for 38 years so i grew up around the airport he worked at pre 9/11 when pretty much anyine could just walk into the maintenance shop lol im just glad i can watch these videos and enjoy from my couch.
You can do HOU to DAL via MDW, CLT, BWI, CHS for the east coast if you like, with a night in Charleston before coming back to DAL. I was looking at CLT flights and ours tend to be just MDW or BWI where the flight number changes, so you have to go into FR24 and search a flight out of the departure airport and look at the plane’s reg and see where the specific jet goes vs what the flight number does to see what the route really is. Really want to do the Caribbean and Hawaiian islands on SWA one day.
Long Beach was the home of McDonald Douglas’s commercial manufacturing. The building you see at 14:46 is where the C-17 was built. I think I have read that UPS bought the building from Boeing to use as heavy maintenance for their 747s.
06:19 as you turn to go back home from checking the post, reminds us of how well you live, on a Spread (a Spread to we Americans means someone's posh digs on some land but such can also mean a fancy-pants place with a lot of square footage as well) out in the country, hey! Noel, RUclips must pay you very well indeed! Brilliant! 😊
@@bobsmith8077 How was he in Kansas for 4 hours? He was in Kansas Airspace, but never touched the ground. I could say I have been to all 50 US States as I flew over them.....Does that count?
Another great vlog Noel thank you, I am just back from Malaga on the Jet 2 , 737 - 800 , my first time flying with them and was pleasantly surprised they were very good and they do a lovely Starbucks Caramel latte lol , 👍✈️
Noel you really are an aviation NUT! Hilarious!! Congrats on surviving it! You weren't in Kansas at any point on the ground today Noel...MCI, it's in Missouri.
I used to work for the "original" Frontier airlines back in the 70s and 80's. We were well known for flying the "milk runs" as we called them. My favorite flight was Denver-Pueblo-Amarillo-Oklahoma City-Tulsa-Little Rock-Ft. Smith using a Convair 580. We had many routings back then similar to this. Those were the good ol' days!
That brought back memories. Love it. Great video. I was based in DAL and HOU. We didn't fly to Long Beach at the time so never got to overtnight there. Safe travels.
I’ve never flown such a tortuous route. The nearest was BA’ last direct flight to Kilimanjaro in 1982 on TriStar. Heathrow Athens Amman Dar es Salaam Kilimanjaro. It was delayed on the way and took as long as a flight to Sydney
I flew with Southwest from MDW to SEA in October last year and I can't speak highly enough of them. The two free checked bags and the phenomenal customer service puts them way above the rest of the other major US carriers for me
15:02 there’s my home airport! March Air Reserve Base flying mostly C-17’s, KC-135’s, F-16’s, and a ton of freight from Amazon and Atlas. Sometimes rare aircraft. Omega uses a 707 refueling plane here 🤤
A lot of people who are unfamiliar with Whataburger don't know this. Whataburger serves really good breakfast sandwiches. And, some airport locations serve omelets, pancakes, etc. I'm not surprised Whataburger is slammed! When I was a flight attendant I used to get breakfast at Whataburger, IAH, terminal B. They would make me an egg and cheese sandwich on an English muffin, served with home fries.
Almost as many stops as Heathrow to South Kensington on the Piccadilly Line. Paused around the 11:45 mark to check out that amazing solar array. Thanks.
20:33 You never were in Kansas, MCI is in Missouri...but you knew that. ;) 23:22 Or about 631.57 tugriks per mile, which I would say is pretty good value for the money. 💸
4:00 "I have landed at Bill Clinton National Airport where I had a happy ending..." Nicely said, unless it's only me that found this funny and saw a joke there 🤣
Today I just realized I was not subbed to you! But was still suggested your content. You're personality and friendliness makes you, you! Thank you, Mr Thank You! 🙏❤
Most of the flights that I have taken has been on Southwest. I have to say , Southwest is my favorite. It gets you where you have to go with no headaches.
My longest was a Pakistan Air flights from Tokyo to London back in 1981. Took like 48 hours with more than 6~7 legs. It was so hard that I’d still try to avoid multiple leg flights to this day.
Great Video Noel...Southwest is considered a "Mid-range carrier"...the low-cost ones are Spirit and Frontier.....Then you got JetBlue which is sort of a lone-wolf carrier because they offer full services at lower costs....
The Port of Los Angeles Complex is quite large and encompasses two "harbors" with the Port of Long Beach and Port of Los Angeles San Pedro. There are cruise terminals at both Long Beach and San Pedro as well as a Ferry service to Catalina Island (might be worth trying someday?). Long Beach is one of the alternative airports for the Los Angeles area along with Burbank. I prefer Burbank only because it has two rail lines that connect to it. Thought you would like to know. Safe travels!
That sounds like my kind of Day Out! I took three flights in January just to end up at the same place I started from. It wasn't the same flight number of course, in fact it was three different airlines. There was a couple of trains and a bus involved too but just sometimes it is the journey that is more important than the destination, especially on a dull winter's day.
It may not be the craziest route but it was certainly interesting. In the 1987 I took UTAs DC-10 TransPacific route SFO/PPT/AKL/NOU/SYD. I broke the journey up over about 6 weeks but it ended up being the same airframe on all the legs except for NOU/SYD when the DC-10 was replaced for technical reasons with a full Qantas crew and a beautiful B747-200.
I always take Southwest from Sacramento to Chicago, next trip the end of June, used to work for southwest on the ramp at OAK a while back. Taking amrak's california zephyr back from Chicago to Sacramento, its such an awesome trip. It's addicting.
Hey Noel! I work for Southwest in Baltimore, Maryland. If you are ever traveling on a SWA flight near the east coast anywhere from Boston to Miami, you would connect through my airport of BWI to get there just like you explained! I love the company I work for and glad you enjoy flying with us. I work in Ground Operations at the airport but plan to become a flight attendant someday soon. I hope you continue to make videos flying Southwest and would be delighted to run into you one day wherever I may be. Also, fun fact: SWA has specific days of the year where every passenger receives their first drink on the plane free of charge, like Halloween and Valentine's Day! Cheers!
Interesting and flying on Southwest. Loved the views over Nevada into Las Vegas . Little Rock Arkansa The Bill Clinton Int'l Airport not known just for the lip service. Skyline of Houston inbound was a treat beautiful city from afar. Looking forward to next video
I fly to SoCal for business from time to time, but I always go to LAX just because I know where everything is, even though Longbeach would be closer. Thank you for the detailed LongBeach tour. I will have to reconsider next time. 😂
Back in 2018 SouthWest had a flight number that started in San Jose and went to Burbank followed by Las Vegas, followed by Tampa, followed by Milwaukee and finally Phoenix.
You've been missing out by not stopping at Long Beach before. Getting to walk across the tarmac and board via air stairs at *both* the front and back end of the plane is quite a unique experience in the US. Back before Long Beach was a Southwest hub, it was Jet Blue's old hub, and they used the same boarding process there. Long Beach also takes advantage of how good their weather is by having a literal outdoor walk between their north and south gates and (last I checked) having a baggage claim that's open to the air on the side.
My longest trip in an plane was is 1961, from Amsterdam to Sidney Australia with a KLM DC9. 37 hours, stopping many times. Sensational! Since then I’m loved flying, till the last 10 years. Now narrow seats and crazy people.
My oddest route...I used to travel to Fort Worth regularly from the UK. I learned it was often cheaper to fly to Wichita Falls and then drive back into the DFW area than it was to end the flight at DFW. So I randomly know the drive from SPS down to DFW very well.
Great video Noel! I really enjoyed it! What an odd mix of schedule changes to make it so hard to keep up with which is their longest flight! Still hope to try this concept someday and fly and review Southwest as I’ve never flown them yet! 😅
nice video.... still hope you can "try" Avelo airlines soon. They started flying out of Wilmington DE bout a year or so back & my friends love them. What a huge difference between the DE airport & that PHL nightmare !!!
The craziest routing I had was ALA-FRA-GYD-ASB on LH. It was on the same airframe as well and in the same seat. And then back the same way a week later.
My husband and I were just having a conversation about southwest’s longest direct flight last night… looks like it’s PHX to HNL.. something like 6 or 61/2 hrs.. I have done OAK to HNL in the past on another carrier on a 737 when my kids were little ( my daughters first flight) fun times.
I work for Southwest on the ramp in Denver! Glad to finally see you fly on Southwest! Those large white boxes you filmed going off and on the air plane was human remains or a dead body! Southwest does a lot of those! Looks like yall had an extra person flying with you!
I can’t tell if you’re being serious 😂 you’re so energetic “human remains or a dead body!” 😂
Same with the brown one going on in Arkansas….even told you where the head was…….
For anyone curious, this is at 4:08 and 4:25
I carried on my father's ashes once. He rode in the carry on under the seat.
I only fly out of Denver on Southwest, so thanks for getting me there safe! 😂
Whataburger also has great breakfast options. Love the honey butter chicken sandwich.
Whataburger's Jalapeno Cheddar Biscuit with Sausage and Egg is my favorite breakfast sandwich. The one time I had their pancakes, they were pretty good. And I rather like their sausage-egg-cheese taquitos. So yeah, Whataburger early in the morning, even if you don't fancy a burger at that time.
I've landed at Bill Clinton airport where I've had a happy ending lol. I saw what you did there. You will try anything to entertain us with all those arduous flights, you must be exhausted by all of that flying. I don't know how you do it. You're right, Southwest Airlines get a bad rap, but I don't think they are that bad at all. Thank you for your great wit yet again and entertaining video of your travels.
I prefer Delta and Alaska. Like to pick my seat and get upgrades.
Thank goodness it’s not called Huckabee international!
Noel knows how to shoe in a dirty joke here and there on his vids it’s quite funny. His favorite is flying SCAT Airlines
@@davidbalcon8726 will clinton-huckabee soon enough.
I bet being at Bill Clinton airport was a stimulating experience.
I haven't done anything crazy like hop around the country on one plane, but one time, I did fly on United from New Orleans to Newark, so I could connect to a 777-300 flight on to San Francisco. I had never flown a 777 and that was an opportunity to do so. I also did an around the world business class journey using SkyTeam miles. I went from New Orleans, to Los Angeles, to Seattle, to London, to Rome, to Seoul, to New York, to New Orleans. Got my one and only A380 experience on Korean A380 between ICN and JFK.
You should do a challenge of flying from IAH to HOU however you have to fly around the world and your stops have to alternate between cities in the northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere. That would be crazy but if anyone is able and willing, you are the man!!!
Oooh, that’s a good one!
Ripper idea, imagine the jet lag though. 😊
Nice challenge!!
Not possible since hobby doesnt have any flights south of the equator
I did eastbound around the world from SFO to SJC instead of driving on Hwy 101 from SFO to SJC.
WN Flight Attendant here. Wanted to say hi and I greatly enjoy watching your different experiences during your travels!
Longest day, on duty for me was a 17 hour duty day on one plane (yes, you read that right). During the beginning of recovery of COVID when flying has picked up faster than we can bring employees and planes back.
We originated a 737-700 in Cleveland and terminated it in Miami. Our original routing was supposed to be CLE-BNA-PNS-BWI-MIA. But due to thunderstorms in BNA that morning, we ended up diverting to ATL instead before we made our way back to BNA but not before a ground stop since the storms stalled directly over BNA airport.
5 flights, 3 sets of pilots, 17 hours, and one single plane later, we finally made it to Miami. In case you’re wondering. No, the flight attendants did not step foot off that same aircraft the entire day since it was just constant quick turns after quick turns.
Southwest took great care of my family on our 8 flight and 21 hour day one one plane. They even made a video.
What's always fun is when you have to plan your own re-route because of the weather. I once hopped on one of the last SWA planes out of Midway before a snowstorm hit having personally come up with the 3 stop routing to my destination before I jumped onboard. The 1-800 customer service guy was fantastic as I was sitting in the terminal w/ snow falling all around, followed along on his computer, and booked all my tickets in some oddball routing way more complicated than the computer could ever figure out. But 4 flights and 3 planes later I was at my destination probably only about 6 hours tardy. Still, I got there that day! TY SWA.
4:13 Good bless the two individuals that were being transported in the underbelly of the plane 🙏🏾🕊️
those were bodies???
@@DaveRidesADyna At 4:23 you can see the writing on it as the destination is "Funeral Chapel". Yes. Bodies. God bless.
@@DaveRidesADynaas a ramp agent we got a lot human remains on flights. At one point we were avg atleast one body per plane
Both boxes have Head printed on them, it is literal.
Probably clinton ‘victims’
I grew up in the Long Beach area.
Jetblue used to serve that airport , and it's so much nicer flying out of there , than sitting in traffic to/from LAX.
I heard that , when Jetblue left Long Beach , Southwest bought all of their slots.
Long Beach airport is the most convenient airport for those taking a cruise ship out of the San Pedro cruise ship terminal
I work at MCI (Kansas City International) I wish I would’ve gotten to meet you. I know the ramp agent that walked your plane in, I’m gonna show him this video 😂
He looked fun lol
How is Rachel? We haven't heard anything about her health in a lil while. I suffer from lupus & muscular sclerosis so I sympathize with her on so many levels. I'm always thinking of her and keep her in my prayers cuz living with pain while being a full time Mother is challenging! I hope she and your fabulous children are doing great! Thank you for my coffee and cigarette entertainment! I enjoy your videos so much! Take care and God bless 🙏🫶
The whole family is doing a lot better now, thank you for asking.
Asking about Racheal and being told the WHOLE family is ok.
@@PolishedBeauty Hey, privacy is privacy.
@@noelphilips14:25 sorry wtf?
@@PolishedBeauty?
“Southwest is my guilty pleasure”. Love it dude.
I see canyon blue,I'm happy
I miss seeing you round Mansfield Noel eating a cob from the pound bakery or Greg’s now your jet setting I couldn’t be more pleased for you and love watching your videos!
Happy Ending at Bill Clinton Airport? hehe cheeky Noel...
Under the table jokes
oh oh hohhh
When there was a delay on the last leg I'm surprised Noel didn't say "Houston, we have a problem!". He must have been tired after such a long day. :)
@@danielayers😂😂😂
Also, @04:11 they're delivering a box of head. Giggity.
Thank you again... I have had the fortune at while working in the US, lived in each city you stopped in
Houston was my favorite. Loved eating seafood in Galveston.
Greetings from Sweden.
In the past few years I've take a few SWA flights that eventually got me to my destination. The first was Grand Rapids - Chicago - Dallas - Albuquerque, and then a few months later it was Grand Rapids - Chicago - Colorado Springs - Las Vegas (overnight) then on to Long Beach to visit family. I'd like to fly them more often, but I have a couple of airports closer to home so now it's Delta, United or occasionally American. Good video - glad you shared your experience.
In 2003 I took a SWA Flight from Albany, NY to Burbank via BWI, MEM, HOU, and ABQ. The agents joked it was their "See America Tour". The flight continued on to Oakland, and there was on Pax onboard who did that whole trip!
1:04 wataburger is open 24/7 and serves breakfast
Back in 1995 I flew on Southwest from Spokane, WA to Midland, TX. Here was my route: Spokane to Boise, Boise to Reno, Reno to L.A., L.A. to El Paso (all of those flights were on the same plane), and then El Paso to Midland. I wasn't on the same plane as long as you were, but almost! I enjoy your videos!!!
Hi Noel I’ve just started watching the Vlog/video as I was waiting for the nurse to give me my medication - as you know I have secondary progressive multiple sclerosis and lupus. I live in a rehabilitation centre and either bedbound or wheelchair bound. ~ I’m in the middle of a flareup at the moment and I’m seeing the multiple sclerosis nurse on Tuesday ~ I absolutely love your Vlog/video as you go to places I can only dream about ~ your content is always great ~ thank you for all your hard work in putting these vlogs/videos together- sending loads of love and loads of hugs to you and your family ~ Xxx Xxx
Hey Noel was amazing as always to join you aboard, glad you had a great trip! I recently read a book by Simon Sinak, he mentions how Southwest's strong sense of purpose, driven by Herb Kelleher's values, has revolutionised the airline industry. Putting their 'why' first, not just the 'what' or 'how,' has turned Southwest into more than just a company - it's a force for change. This reminds us all that success comes from staying true to our core values.
Your turbulent first flight reminds me of how bloody much I have always hated any bumpiness.
I have always admired your fortitude flying, actually.
12:26 Good on Southwest for removing the possibility of booking yourself a super long and expensive indirect flight if you just want to go a short distance. I remember there was a time where you could book expensive Sydney to Melbourne tickets where you fly via Dubai, Abu Dhabi or Doha.
I just flew Southwest last week, and I was even in Houston Hobby airport for a very short layover. Southwest is my favorite airline.
A couple of times I got continuing flights going to Midland, TX. One time it was 3 flights ATL-MSY-HOU-MAF, another was 2 flights ATL-HOU-MAF.
With Southwest's open seating policy I can make a last minute decision which side to sit on. I often lookup the digital ATIS and load the planned route in Navigraph just before the flight to determine which side of the plane might have the best view, especially during departure or approach.
Kattaru from patron here: I could not resist the urge.
The wheelchairs in Dallas: From what I've heard, Dallas Love uses Prospect Airport Services, but like always SW pax be wilding. The Black chairs are for the proper airline, but The blue chair most likely belongs to entirely different contractor, and at my airport those blue Staxi wheelchairs would belong to Jet blue. I hope they get their chair back!
The Mongolian currency conversion at the end was quite helpful, thank you! 😂😂
Sadly I only have 2.3 million Tugriks.....
Haha right! lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Mongolian currency is insane 😂😂😂
I'm a huge fan of Southwest (I really don't like flying any other airline), and you left off mentioning the best part, the comedy from the flight attendants.
I only fly Ryanair !
I only fly Piedmont
I love LBX airport. I grew up north of it and loved watching the planes take off from my backyard.
Well you flew right past our place near the Legends area as you approached before you dropped below the cloud deck over Parkville, MO. Cool Stuff at 17:55
The most impressive aspect of this trip were the logistics scheduling it. As noted, you had to book from Dallas -> Long Beach then book a ticket from Long Beach -> Houston to stay on SWA flight 184.
So glad to see my favorite travel RUclipsr trying this adventure! I was counting down the days until I got to see you try this one. I always fly with Southwest as it feels more like a joyride rather than just a transportation service 😂
Glad to see you finally doing a Southwest Airlines flight! That's the ONLY airline I'll ever take especially after having 2 American Airlines flights (departure and return) barely landing before their engines quit and we had to be pulled to the gate. The departure flight literally just barely got on the ground in the city I was traveling to before the engines quit. Then I took a Delta flight and was discriminated against because I'm wheelchair bound and in my 50's yet they forced me to pay for a ticket to have one of their employees travel with me which I have never and would never need. Trust me if we have to make an emergency landing I'll be the absolute first person to go down that shoot with absolutely no help from anyone! Just because someone is disabled doesn't mean we're unable to help ourselves or unable to be completely independent. I used to work for Southwest as a reservation agent so I have always loved them. Plus they understand how to make those of us with disabilities not feel like we're unable to do anything ourselves. Welcome to KCI airport! I was born in Missouri and grew up in Kansas. I'm actually glad that you got off the plane in KC so I could get a little glimpse of the new terminal since I'll be flying back home to KC to visit family in July. It definitely looks a lot better than the old terminal that is for sure!
I salute you for doing 14 hours on southwest I can barely do 5 hours before I get jumpy their seats are just comfortable for a few hours
if he did 24 hours on a Greyhound he can handle anything
Welcome to Chicago Midway and Southwest flight 999 with service to Nashville with contuining service to Orlando, Baltimore, Hartford, St Louis, Phoenix, and Dallas. If you are staying on between cities, you can earn brownie points with your flight attendants by helping us clean the cabin during our record winning 32 minute turns.
That was good fun Noel, I agree that South West airlines is onto a long term sustainable path. I’m loving the diversity of episodes, keep up,the great work ❤❤❤
So cool Noel another interesting journey. Looking forward to seeing Rach up in the air again all the best to her. Not as crazy as this video but back in 1991 I flew Osaka to Adelaide via Melbourne on a Singapore 744. The flight between Melbourne and Adelaide was quite empty and we almost froze and had to ask for the ac to be turned down hahaha but pretty cool flying a 747 on such a short hop. Off to PVG tomorrow on CES out of MEL all the best to the family.
A scenic route around America on southwest. A very interesting route southwest has from Dallas to Houston Tx. A Good adventure 😊 Much love on your journey @noelphilips ❤
Southwest's model is really good for passengers when things go right, but when the FAA had that system crash it hurt SWA more than most because their planes were scattered far and wide. I wish more airlines used this old bus route model, but hub-and-stoke sadly makes a lot more sense from an airline point of view.
I remember when Southwest had that system malfunction at Christmas time, 2022. I was one of the lucky ones who ended up spending the night in the Baltimore airport because of it.
8:47 🤔 Ha 🤣 ❗️Not a normal thing that normal people would usually do, but it was very enjoyable watching you from the relative comfort of my black leather electric recliner ❗️
To use miles and fly first class alone, I once went CLT-DFW-PDX-SF0 -- it was a marathon of lovely meals & gorgeous scenery, and cost a grand total of $17 cash. Epic! ✈
Noel so glad you made it through Kansas City. But sweets you were in Missouri. Not Kansas. We kinda have a thing about that. We still love ya though.❤
I love your videos and can not wait to see the Newest ones on Sunday nights , you’re my favorite on You tube ! Thank you for sharing your videos, and happy to see you on Tic Toc 🙏🏻💕
Wow, thank you!
He’s the best + definitely in my top 2 channels. 😊
LOVED HAVING YOUR COSTS AT THE END OF YOUR VIDEOS. LOVED THE MONGOLIAN CURRENCY EQUIVALENT IN THERE. KEEP THAT UP ITS FUN.
19:27 you tap the fuselage a few times…. I always do that with every flight! Cracked me up
04:00 I had a happy ending too when I finished mt trip to Vienna on Tuesday. I bet I smiled more than you! Good to see the foxes back where we belong.
I've never seen the Grand Canyon for the air but I have been down there. Amazing place on Earth that makes you think about geological changes over millions of years. Nice video as always Noel. 😍
Honestly, I love flying Southwest! The flight attendants some of my past flights were pretty chill. No assigned seats, I always snag a window seat towards the back of the plane. Really good prices and on sale on certain days. I also like their cancel flight policy, you get flight credit towards your next rescheduled trip. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I love these "through flights". Breeze does this also and it is nice to not have to get off the plane for a layover.
It speaks well for Southwestern that such an elderly aircraft gave you a pleasant flight. They must look after their aircraft.
I've been flying Southwest monthly for about the last year. I used to be very against Southwest, but it's been the most convenient option for my work schedule and destination. At this point, the experience on Southwest isn't that much different from the other big three in the US, outside of being able to pick your seat. I will say though that I try to get on the MAX-8 whenever possible. The 737 NGs for Southwest, the seats and tray tables are a bit weird and I don't find them as comfortable as the seats they've put into the MAX.
Im so glad i found this channel. Ive always had a fascination with flying but im scared to death of it lol my father was a mechanic for American Airlines for 38 years so i grew up around the airport he worked at pre 9/11 when pretty much anyine could just walk into the maintenance shop lol im just glad i can watch these videos and enjoy from my couch.
You can do HOU to DAL via MDW, CLT, BWI, CHS for the east coast if you like, with a night in Charleston before coming back to DAL. I was looking at CLT flights and ours tend to be just MDW or BWI where the flight number changes, so you have to go into FR24 and search a flight out of the departure airport and look at the plane’s reg and see where the specific jet goes vs what the flight number does to see what the route really is. Really want to do the Caribbean and Hawaiian islands on SWA one day.
Love southwest! I flew them all the time out of EWR. Need them to come back
Long Beach was the home of McDonald Douglas’s commercial manufacturing. The building you see at 14:46 is where the C-17 was built. I think I have read that UPS bought the building from Boeing to use as heavy maintenance for their 747s.
06:19 as you turn to go back home from checking the post, reminds us of how well you live, on a Spread (a Spread to we Americans means someone's posh digs on some land but such can also mean a fancy-pants place with a lot of square footage as well) out in the country, hey!
Noel, RUclips must pay you very well indeed!
Brilliant! 😊
Familiar views of my home airport LIT. Enjoyed it as usual.
Thank you for the great review of southwest! Pretty much the only airline i fly on. Loved it!
I love the new Kansas City Airport terminal. BTW - You never were in Kansas as the Kansas City Airport is in Missouri :)
Actually, he was in Kansas for about one hour, including a good bit of the landscape seen on approach to 1L
@@bobsmith8077 How was he in Kansas for 4 hours? He was in Kansas Airspace, but never touched the ground. I could say I have been to all 50 US States as I flew over them.....Does that count?
@@akalina somehow between the text editor and cut-n-paste "one hour flying across more than 400 miles" morphed into "4 hours". Now corrected.
Another great vlog Noel thank you, I am just back from Malaga on the Jet 2 , 737 - 800 , my first time flying with them and was pleasantly surprised they were very good and they do a lovely Starbucks Caramel latte lol , 👍✈️
Noel you really are an aviation NUT! Hilarious!! Congrats on surviving it! You weren't in Kansas at any point on the ground today Noel...MCI, it's in Missouri.
I used to work for the "original" Frontier airlines back in the 70s and 80's. We were well known for flying the "milk runs" as we called them. My favorite flight was Denver-Pueblo-Amarillo-Oklahoma City-Tulsa-Little Rock-Ft. Smith using a Convair 580. We had many routings back then similar to this. Those were the good ol' days!
That brought back memories. Love it. Great video. I was based in DAL and HOU. We didn't fly to Long Beach at the time so never got to overtnight there. Safe travels.
Great video Noel! The KC Airport is actually in Missouri so you technically were never in Kansas! On the ground anyways.
I’ve never flown such a tortuous route. The nearest was BA’ last direct flight to Kilimanjaro in 1982 on TriStar. Heathrow Athens Amman Dar es Salaam Kilimanjaro. It was delayed on the way and took as long as a flight to Sydney
Great clip Noel, it reminds me of a trip from Cleveland - Memphis- Dallas on a Greyhound Bus. Only difference it took forever. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it
Love your channel Noel and your very humble spirit! 👍😃
Thank you so much 😀
I love the frantic running at 5:44
I flew with Southwest from MDW to SEA in October last year and I can't speak highly enough of them. The two free checked bags and the phenomenal customer service puts them way above the rest of the other major US carriers for me
15:02 there’s my home airport! March Air Reserve Base flying mostly C-17’s, KC-135’s, F-16’s, and a ton of freight from Amazon and Atlas. Sometimes rare aircraft. Omega uses a 707 refueling plane here 🤤
A lot of people who are unfamiliar with Whataburger don't know this. Whataburger serves really good breakfast sandwiches. And, some airport locations serve omelets, pancakes, etc. I'm not surprised Whataburger is slammed! When I was a flight attendant I used to get breakfast at Whataburger, IAH, terminal B. They would make me an egg and cheese sandwich on an English muffin, served with home fries.
Almost as many stops as Heathrow to South Kensington on the Piccadilly Line. Paused around the 11:45 mark to check out that amazing solar array. Thanks.
20:33 You never were in Kansas, MCI is in Missouri...but you knew that. ;)
23:22 Or about 631.57 tugriks per mile, which I would say is pretty good value for the money. 💸
4:00 "I have landed at Bill Clinton National Airport where I had a happy ending..." Nicely said, unless it's only me that found this funny and saw a joke there 🤣
Today I just realized I was not subbed to you! But was still suggested your content. You're personality and friendliness makes you, you! Thank you, Mr Thank You! 🙏❤
Thanks for subbing!
Most of the flights that I have taken has been on Southwest. I have to say , Southwest is my favorite. It gets you where you have to go with no headaches.
My longest was a Pakistan Air flights from Tokyo to London back in 1981. Took like 48 hours with more than 6~7 legs. It was so hard that I’d still try to avoid multiple leg flights to this day.
Great Video Noel...Southwest is considered a "Mid-range carrier"...the low-cost ones are Spirit and Frontier.....Then you got JetBlue which is sort of a lone-wolf carrier because they offer full services at lower costs....
The Port of Los Angeles Complex is quite large and encompasses two "harbors" with the Port of Long Beach and Port of Los Angeles San Pedro. There are cruise terminals at both Long Beach and San Pedro as well as a Ferry service to Catalina Island (might be worth trying someday?). Long Beach is one of the alternative airports for the Los Angeles area along with Burbank. I prefer Burbank only because it has two rail lines that connect to it.
Thought you would like to know. Safe travels!
I RAN to this video because I love southwest lol. I love how you stayed on the same plane though, I was thinking you would’ve had to change planes.
That sounds like my kind of Day Out! I took three flights in January just to end up at the same place I started from. It wasn't the same flight number of course, in fact it was three different airlines. There was a couple of trains and a bus involved too but just sometimes it is the journey that is more important than the destination, especially on a dull winter's day.
It may not be the craziest route but it was certainly interesting. In the 1987 I took UTAs DC-10 TransPacific route SFO/PPT/AKL/NOU/SYD. I broke the journey up over about 6 weeks but it ended up being the same airframe on all the legs except for NOU/SYD when the DC-10 was replaced for technical reasons with a full Qantas crew and a beautiful B747-200.
17:07 - The old lady in the seat next to you freaked out when you said tired! 😀
I always take Southwest from Sacramento to Chicago, next trip the end of June, used to work for southwest on the ramp at OAK a while back. Taking amrak's california zephyr back from Chicago to Sacramento, its such an awesome trip. It's addicting.
Sounds great. I have 3 Amtrak videos, you can see them here ruclips.net/p/PLguXYxAmlm-ZLcbTooiBp--51AL9owfIQ
Hey Noel! I work for Southwest in Baltimore, Maryland. If you are ever traveling on a SWA flight near the east coast anywhere from Boston to Miami, you would connect through my airport of BWI to get there just like you explained! I love the company I work for and glad you enjoy flying with us. I work in Ground Operations at the airport but plan to become a flight attendant someday soon. I hope you continue to make videos flying Southwest and would be delighted to run into you one day wherever I may be.
Also, fun fact: SWA has specific days of the year where every passenger receives their first drink on the plane free of charge, like Halloween and Valentine's Day! Cheers!
Interesting and flying on Southwest. Loved the views over Nevada into Las Vegas . Little Rock Arkansa The Bill Clinton Int'l Airport not known just for the lip service. Skyline of Houston inbound was a treat beautiful city from afar. Looking forward to next video
I fly to SoCal for business from time to time, but I always go to LAX just because I know where everything is, even though Longbeach would be closer. Thank you for the detailed LongBeach tour. I will have to reconsider next time. 😂
Loved this video! Thanks for the amazing content - this is easily one of my favorite channels
Wow, thanks!
Back in 2018 SouthWest had a flight number that started in San Jose and went to Burbank followed by Las Vegas, followed by Tampa, followed by Milwaukee and finally Phoenix.
5:45 no sports mode with the crocs such a rockie mistake !! 😂
You've been missing out by not stopping at Long Beach before. Getting to walk across the tarmac and board via air stairs at *both* the front and back end of the plane is quite a unique experience in the US. Back before Long Beach was a Southwest hub, it was Jet Blue's old hub, and they used the same boarding process there.
Long Beach also takes advantage of how good their weather is by having a literal outdoor walk between their north and south gates and (last I checked) having a baggage claim that's open to the air on the side.
My longest trip in an plane was is 1961, from Amsterdam to Sidney Australia with a KLM DC9. 37 hours, stopping many times. Sensational! Since then I’m loved flying, till the last 10 years. Now narrow seats and crazy people.
1961 wow, back when they served real restaurant food onboard. And you could smoke cigarettes.
My oddest route...I used to travel to Fort Worth regularly from the UK. I learned it was often cheaper to fly to Wichita Falls and then drive back into the DFW area than it was to end the flight at DFW. So I randomly know the drive from SPS down to DFW very well.
Us Kansas Citians love our new airport. Glad you like it too!
Great video Noel! I really enjoyed it! What an odd mix of schedule changes to make it so hard to keep up with which is their longest flight! Still hope to try this concept someday and fly and review Southwest as I’ve never flown them yet! 😅
Good Afternoon, Noel. I had crossed 2 hr watching so had to close it. Yr clip is the first to start on Air- cell on'd now.
nice video.... still hope you can "try" Avelo airlines soon. They started flying out of Wilmington DE bout a year or so back & my friends love them. What a huge difference between the DE airport & that PHL nightmare !!!
The craziest routing I had was ALA-FRA-GYD-ASB on LH. It was on the same airframe as well and in the same seat. And then back the same way a week later.
Glad you enjoyed us! So glad to see another review!! Love your videos Noel!💙💛❤️
Yay! Thank you!
My husband and I were just having a conversation about southwest’s longest direct flight last night… looks like it’s PHX to HNL.. something like 6 or 61/2 hrs.. I have done OAK to HNL in the past on another carrier on a 737 when my kids were little ( my daughters first flight) fun times.