MAD! Flying BOLIVIAN AIRLINES $40 Business Class across the Atlantic!
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This is a comprehensive Flight Review of Bolivian Airlines.
Class: Business
Route: Madrid (MAD) to Santa Cruz de la Sierra (VVI)
Plane: Airbus A330-200
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>tells he is afraid of spiders
Dude, Qatar Airways is going to send you a shoe box full of tarantulas now 😂😂😂
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And they all came from Mars just like in David Bowie's album 🕷️🕸️ 😅
Nice! 40 Euros for an upgrade on an 11hrs flight is like winning a small lottery!!! The A330 business cabin looked nice too... ✈️✈️✈️
INSANE DEAL!
probably because he bought a Y class seat on economy
I once paid no upgrade was asked if I would like to fly on first class.
I had an economy class seat. :)
I didn't complain for hours and hours and hours of flight across the ocean. :))
The kind of content that I like from this channel, traveling not in mainstream airlines and destinations. Welcome to latin america josh, it's jaw dropping everywhere.
Josh sorry, but it's ridiculous to say you don't like South America because of spiders when you live in Sri Lanka. It's not that different. South America is amazing, I personally love it. You are missing out for no reason
Era muy ridícula la cara de asco que ponía al relatar su cara xperiencia. Pagan poco y exigen mucho más, bla bla bla
3:10 - Wait, you moved to Melbourne, Australia where you first started blogging about aviation. You know we have BIG huntsman spiders just casually chilling in people’s houses right? 😂
he was safe in the burbs
Which is why i will never visit Australia
I was about to also comment about the white tail spiders! We had a big one in the house the other week, biggest one I’ve seen. Glad we killed it before it to bite someone!
@@valuetraveler2026 on his Bonza review video, he showed where he stayed. Melbourne’s inner burbs is where you will see less of them but they are still around 🤣
@@RandomTrinidadian they’re harmless in reality. They chill in people’s houses as they eat all the actually harmful to humans things like mosquitoes, smaller, more poisonous spiders, flies and even rats, yep, rats. Look it up. Natural pest control.
Bolivian subscriber here!🇧🇴
hope you enjoyed your stay:)
Nice to see that Bolivia's national carrier is using Airbus again. In the 90's I, as a KLM Ground Engineer, was stationed in Santa Cruz to assist Lloyd Aereo Boliviano with their A310 operation.
I flew to Santa Cruz in September 1999 from Miami on Lloyd Aereo Boliviano's A310. There were only a few passengers so we each had our own Attendant. Was a great flight. We also flew to Cochabamba on their 727, the one with square wheels and it was an experience. When returning to Miami we ended up flying on the 727 (Bolivia president was using the A310) and had to land in Panama for fuel. It still had the square wheels. By the way, the people of Santa Cruz were wonderful.
What was the relationship between KLM & Lloyd ?
@@vadimarsenie9182 Onsite technical support for LAB's A310 operation. Line maintenance in Santa Cruz, A-check's first in Miami later in Cochabamba en C-check's in Amsterdam.
Can't leave south america without visiting Brazil and Colombia, the two with the most distinct cultures. For an aviation adventure check out Santos Dumont airport, or Barreirinhas over the dunes with water
Yeah, Santos Dumont feels like flying onto an aircraft carrier, it's crazy! If you stand on the summit of the Sugar Loaf, you can actually look down on the aircraft doing finals.
Even if it were a daylight flight, you wouldn't see much of the Amazon rainforest. The flight path from Spain to Bolivia overflies mostly the Southern Amazon, which is the part of it that has been most extensively cleared for soybean plantations and cattle ranches. Besides, don't forget the "rain" part before "forest". The Amazon is an extremely rainy region, and when overflying it, you're more likely to see just a vast sea of clouds. You have to both be very lucky with the weather and be overflying a more intact part of the Amazon to have a glimpse of the rainforest.
Now, associating South America with the Amazon rainforest is like associating Europe with the fjords of Norway (which ARE in Europe, after all, just as the Amazon is in South America). There is nothing in Europe but glaciers and fjords. Paris is a nice Norwegian village on the Seinefjord. Berlin is right at the foot of majestic snow-covered mountains. Rome has a very old stadium built by vikings to quarrel with each other when drunk with acquavit (the only thing all Europeans drink). Spain has a nice way of preparing herring (the only thing all Europeans eat) called the paella, which they serve in banquets called "el esmorgasbordo" in the Norwegian dialect that all Spaniards speak. And so on...
Your idea of South America is something like that. South America is a HUGE continent with an immense variety of landscapes, climates, and cultures. And Spanish is NOT the language of half of South Americans because Brazil has about half of the continent's population, and Brazilians speak Portuguese, not Spanish (not to mention the small population of the three Guianas that speak English, Dutch, or French, and the millions of people in Paraguay and in the Andean countries who speak various indigenous languages like Guaraní, Quechua, Aymara and several others, all alive and well). You were later in chilly Punta Arenas in far southern Chile, and you saw how that couldn't more different from the Amazon rainforest in all respects (in fact, Punta Arenas is in an area of subpolar climate very similar to northern Norway, complete with fjords and glaciers).
Even in Brazil, the country with the largest portion of the Amazon region, which in turn is almost half of the country's land area as well, the Amazon has less than 10% of the country's population of over 200 million people. Given the enormous distances in this immense country (larger than the "Lower 48" contiguous United States), the vast majority of Brazilians have never seen the Amazon rainforest and never will, and the Amazon is something almost as mysterious, exotic, and alien to most Brazilians' experiences as it is to Europeans. Asking the average Brazilian about the Amazon rainforest is like asking the average New Yorker about the Grand Canyon - it's in the same country, but thousands of miles away, and they've most likely never seen it.
And spiders??? Josh, you live in Sri Lanka, a tropical country, and have lived in Australia, which is partly tropical as well. ALL tropical countries have a large variety of spiders, big and small, dangerous or not, but that hasn't prevented you from living there. Why would you be afraid of an entire continent (much of it too cold and inhospitable for spiders) because of them?
South America is a HUGE continent, but only the fourth in size (after Asia, Africa and North America)
Texto cansativo, com uma grande chance de ter sido escrito por um brasileiro.
O cara não dá a menor bola para a América do Sul. Que diferença faz? Quem se importa?
Aceite isso.
@@u1teixeirat559, 100% de chance de ter sido escrito por um brasileiro que ESTAVA COM VONTADE de escrever isso e escreveu. E daí? O TH-cam é livre para isso. Aceite isso.
E se é cansativo, ninguém obriga você a ler. Em vez disso, vá ler revistinhas da Mônica e do Cebolinha (que, por sinal, eu também adoro).
@@goytabr Fácil, absolutamente fácil de identificar, típico hábito brasileiro de querer se fazer notar frente a qualquer estrangeiro. É como ficar saltitando e agitando as mãos frenéticamente em busca de atenção.
Viu a parte em que ele fala que nada lhe atrai na América do Sul?? Nem cultura, nem nada??
Pra mim, normal, absolutamente normal.
Escolheu a Bolívia e não o Brasil para fazer seu primeiro vôo ao continente??
Eu: Passo por cima e não importo. Até acho divertido.
Você: Vou me fazer de ofendido, vou escrever um grande texto, e vou citar o Brasil inúmeras vezes. Porque o Brasil não deve ser menosprezado.
Percebe a que me refiro? Me parece baixa autoestima.
Perdão por sentir vergonha alheia dessa situação.
@@u1teixeirat559, também é um PÉSSIMO hábito de muitos brasileiros e um grave DEFEITO de muita gente do nosso povo fazer avaliações completas da personalidade e do modo de ser e agir dos outros, como se fossem psicólogos que fizeram a terapia da pessoa por anos e a conhecem até pelo avesso. E ao fazerem isso, também eliminam completamente a distinção entre conjectura e fato e assumem tudo como fato comprovado, líquido e certo. E ainda pensam: "eu sou ishhhpéhhhto, conheço as pessoas, já manjei logo tudo desse cara!"
Mas a realidade é que você não me conhece, não sabe nada de mim, nem das minhas motivações e sentimentos, tanto em geral quanto no momento em que escrevi o comentário. Você formulou uma HIPÓTESE sobre isso, mas trata isso como fato, como se me conhecesse. Mas só eu sei de fato o que aconteceu. E não vou explicar, mas garanto que passou bem longe disso. Você errou.
De qualquer modo, acredito que você não saia andando na rua e abordando desconhecidos dizendo: "que roupa horrível, como você tem mau gosto!" Ou: "como você é gorda e feia, vá emagrecer e fazer uma plástica!" Mesmo que seja verdade. Mas no anonimato seguro da Internet, você se diverte sendo agressivo, grosseiro e desagradável com os outros, exibindo e se orgulhando da sua falta de educação. Já criaram um nome para esse tipo de comportamento. Chama-se "trolagem" e não vou mais alimentar a sua. Você deveria ter vergonha não é alheia, não. É do seu próprio comportamento escroto.
Flew with them in 2018 and didn’t get treated this well but I am happy they are now more welcoming
There aint, im a bolivian they suck, every one on the country complains they rlly unorganized canceling fligths with out any notice lossing pet's or baggage. Making other bolivian airlines close coz they want the monopoly of the industry on the country. And the Nacional fligths are a rip of for 30 min.
@@juegaDavidBeckert Sounds like avianca to me :v
Guess he got the tourist treatment
Maybe they found out it is josh flying
That is absolute mental, 40 euros for a business class upgrade, fantastic deal, another great vlog, really enjoyed it, thanks Josh 👍✈️
Happy you had a wonderful flight. And I love how honest you are with the food review.
Welcome to Latín America! Que disfrutes tu estadía en cualquier país que visites 😅. Greetings from San Salvador. ❤
A week after me asking why no one of the big aviation youtubers does south America and everyone seems to focus on Asia we get this. Amazing! Want to see more of South America, there seems to be interesting aviations and planes there.
Now this is what I call a proper flight review thank you Josh! and 40 Euros what a steal, also I was wandering were the virgin Australia a330 went thx:)
It’s like you said it’s in the little details especially when everything else is good and comfortable it’s those little things that will make you remember them when you’re ready to book another fare. Great review Josh!
YAY! New video! Goodnight from Melbourne at 8:09pm!
Very interesting flight review! Living in the Caribbean I would love to see you travel and review more South American and Caribbean airlines. Keep it up Josh, love your videos!
Nice one again Josh, great deal on the upgrade. Spanish is a fun language to learn 🎉
Hi Josh, being checking out your channel for sometime now. I really recommend you to come to Brazil and explore Brazilian carriers especially Azul (one for our big 3 airlines) and also have the experience to land in Santos Dumont airport here in my hometown Rio! Its an amazing experience for an av geek like yourself! Please come! Cheers and safe travels!
Great shout. Brazil is an amazing country.
Ex Virgin Australia fleet? Try getting an upgrade for €40 on Virgin Australia ... or Qantas ... for a 90 minute flight between Sydney and Melbourne!
I got a free upgrade to emergency exit row. Might not seem much. But this was a flight to perth the week after the WA border re-opened to the rest of the country in 2022 and the flight from brisbane to perth flight was $1000 in economy.
Another great and honest review Josh! Keep it up
Good to see you back
Must have been a thrill on your first flight to S America and then get upgraded that cheap !
I've been toalmost all of the large countries in South America (lacking Boliva and Parguay). And. I've been in Ecuador for almost 10 years now.
One thing I really love is that while few people speak English, everyone is happy to work with you so that you can still communicate. Of course, my Spanish is now pretty good.
Latin America, in general, is very easy going, which means you will not have German efficiency, but you can really chill.
Thanks for including the model number -200. I was going to ask that question, but found it in the description.
Would love to see a review of Azul Airlines Brazil Josh! Love your vids! Really enjoyable!
lovely flight thanks for sharing
Oh Josh! Thanks for finding one of my Ex VA 330-200's! Great Trip review as always!! Thanks Your Gem!!
Hey Josh! I highly recommend doing some of the super short haul flights on widerøe in norway! If you go in the north during summer you'll experience a 6 leg trip under the midnight sun, on small short runways. Its operated with the dash 8-100! I highly recommend it, it's lots of fun 😊
As a Bolivian myself.. I am glad your first South American destination was Bolivia I really hope you enjoyed it! As per BOA itself...as most monopolies around the world it is generally a load of crap I am glad your experience was acceptable !
Cheers Josh! Great work
I have no experience with BoA intercontinental fligths but when I am in Bolivia I really enjoy flighing with BoA and Amaszonas but I heard Amaszonas unfortunatelly isnt operating anymore. The bolivian airports are fast because of the short distances. At most airports the luggage arrived just when I got to the conveyor belt. And even with my 1,90m I had enough space for my knees in everey BoA plane.
Josh - I'm an Ecuadorian- American from NYC and have been watching your channel for a bit. Your upgrade in this vid is an incredible find for sure! I was surprised that you haven't visited South America. I recently started traveling and visiting the Andean countries: Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, and have incredible suggestions beyond the typical cities and towns. Feel free to connect if you ever need to chat with someone who is familiar with this region. It's amazing in so many ways!
If you're equatorian, of course you're american
Thank you, Josh, for overcoming your fears of spiders enough to go to South America . I knew you wouldn't let us down 👍🇨🇦
Glad you started flying to South America. A lot of countries and so many Airlines that you have to review. I hope you plan to go back soon.
Excellent review of Bolivian Airlines (BoA) Business Class !!! 🟥🟨🟩
Great video love it so much
Nice finally a flight review of the new BoA Business Class. When I am in Bolivia I really enjoy flighing with BoA because the flights are cheap for european travellers and the airports are small so everything is really fast.
Once I was at the head quaters in Cochabamba and was allowed to enter and look at the retiered airplanes they use for replacement parts
Hallelujah! You finally made it to South America…
I flew til La Paz from Buenos Aires on Bolivias old national airline LAB ( I think it was called) on a 727 back in 2006. Gute Reise:)
Loved my time in Bolivia
Oh how I miss Virgin Australia having those planes for the transcontinental runs to Perth. ‘The Business’ was the best domestic business class product in the world. Now we’re left with 737’s only… glad to see the aircraft found a home though!
ditto
Ah the lady who dropped her neck pillow and let her bag roll away is my hero. That's exactly what I look like when I travel. Chaos!
When I worked for Eastern airlines some years ago, I flew into La Paz on a 727, then to Santa Cruz. One year later the same jet, same flight number crashed into the Illimani mountains approaching La Paz killing all onboard.
Now all flights from Miami go directly to Viru Viru Santa Cruz.
Great to see you in South America Josh.
Great video,
You need to try the Cubana de Aviacion to Madrid next.
Cheers
To travel through South America, it is recommended that you know some Spanish, since ordinary people on the streets never speak it. Learning Spanish is very useful, since it is a global language.
I love everything, Josh, including the music - Todd Rundgren, Hello it's me!
Please review Brazilian Airlines Next! Latam, Gol and Azul! Thank you!
Totally agree
This was fun!
Safe travels. Cheers.
Love how flat and pretty Madrid is. Reminds me of a small Los Angeles County.
Josh, I like your analysis. Keep me up so that we know which airlines to avoid.
Cool - I would definitely look at flying them
Have flown with that Super Diamond business class seat many times. Very comfy. The AAirline I fly the most has them on their wide body aircraft. You know Josh if you’d eat the veggies/sauce along with the entree as presented it would probably taste better. 😂😂. We veggie lovers will never give up on you! Take care. Great vlog. 👍❤️
Veggies are best when prepared freshly with care, not overcooked and reheated from stale.
I have been to La Paz, Bolivia in the 1990s. Very interesting city with great restaurants and bars, My friends and I rented a car and we drove to Lake Titicaca. One place people should go see.
The only thing was the Altitude gave all of us massive headaches the first 2 days and it was hard to breath when walking even a block. We acclimated on the 3rd day.
I have read that the Glacier we saw there has all but melted away!!!
Nice video Josh cahill Good video i like your videos
Im the opposite Josh - South America was after Europe, always top of my "to visit continent" Have been there twice covering 6 countries - love it and will be back!
That's a good deal on the upgrade! On my upcoming transatlantic flight, SAS is asking or $480...and that's just to bid on it! Which I might not even get LOL!
You need to take a flight into Cusco! The views are amazing, and the landing can be wild given the airport location!
Awesome ❤
Finally to out South America! Hope you’ll find out we are much more than rainforests, spiders and latino songs. We’re glad to welcome you in Chile !!
Hey Josh it's nice that you paid 40 euros for an upgrade to business class. Also I'm happy that you got to travel to South America. Bolivia is a very beautiful country.
Well, have you considered maybe flying Aerosucre ?
Aerosucre transports cargo. But I get you lol.
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Que vuele con ellos si quiere salir en las noticias
That would be his last video...😅😅😅
When VA operated that aircraft from SYD LAX it was an excellent product overall
The virgin australia A330 was known in australia as the worlds best domestic business class. These flights were mainly used on perth - melbourne and sydney flights.
South America is an amazing place. Def explore it more.
I remember Noel Philips doing the same stretch... it was very funny!
It's been awhile since Bald & Bankrupt visited Bolivia, so they should be ready for you by now. I wish you were visiting the Falkland Islands too on this trip.
just came back from Bolivia, all I can say is that it is a very lovely country. I flew of course some domestic flights, which will be featured pretty soon on my channel. And yes, the capital city of Bolivia is Sucre, La Paz is where the government is located...
wow grrt start for your south american tour waiting eagerly for your south american travel 👍👍
You can easily pay more than €40 for just a public lounge pass! Outstanding work!
Nice upgrade!
Great Vid, never flown them or been to Santa Cruz. Thanks for the entertainment!
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Food looks like economy class quality.
I guess that's why it was only +40Euro
Yeah, it’s just plated differently.
I'd say it's more like Premium Economy, but yeah the plastic cutlery was a dissapointment.
Try flying into El Dorado International, Bogota, Colombia, and you'll enjoy your stay!
You’ll be near Peru, stop by ir you can. You’ll be amazed! It’s great that you are coming to South America! I hope you have a wonderful time, you’ll love it. LATAM is the dominant airline in South America. Greetings from Peru
Great service
I'm really surprised that this is your first trip to South America. I haven't been to South America either but I don't have a massively successful TH-cam channel with millions of subs earning me what must be a high seven-figure income a year so that I could travel literally anywhere on the planet.
I agree that the food fare didn't look that great for business class but you did say you were upgraded for free and for what you paid you got one of the great travel bargains. I would be ecstatic if I paid an economy fare to travel from Spain to Bolivia and ended up in business class in a lie-flat seat and three-course meals (even if they are not the best). The friendliness of the crew would make me look past any perceived shortcomings inflight.
Josh as with all your videos I wonder why don't you do videos exploring your destinations? Yes the "getting there" is always of interest but there is so much more to see at the destination.
The 40 euro upgrade on an 11hr flight is absolutely worth it he would have paid double for one way fare on mainline carriers to South America for the comfortable flat bed seat he got.
You should look into a flight between EZE and GRU; many different airlines outside to the regional airlines (SWISS, Air Canada, etc) does that route
Nice video 📹. More greens for you my friend 😊😊
Awesome content.
As a fellow arachnophobe it’s also what gives me pause about the bush in Australia but South America is huge and has mountains and deserts too! 🕷️🕸️
That jet bridge thing was funny😅
A couple of days ago I flew economy on Emirates, MEL-SIN (777). I've never sat in a more uncomfortable economy class seat in my life, my back is still stiff and aching 2 days later. The seat back was horrific, l could feel the metal structure inside the seat. Later the same day we flew Jetstar Asia (a320) and half hour into the flight we looked at each and said this seat is such a welcome relief after the Emirates flight, better cushion, wider, taller seat back.
Nice ! I think it was your lucky day. I flew with them many years ago in their old 767 and it was not that great. The food was little and I think was just a few sandwiches, no entertainment system as the plane was quite retro (although I did love that, and it made me realise that indeed few decades ago, economy class was very roomy and comfortable compare to todays standards). Is nice to see they came a long way.
Enjoy your time in South America !. Don't worry about the giant spiders, I think is not common to see them in the city, but watch out for the mosquitoes though.
Namaste from Melbourne Australia ❤️🌏🦘🙏 Dear Josh Cahill it's very enjoyable beautiful interesting video. Love 💕 Regards ! God Bless You 🌹 !
Love the runaway suitcase 😂
Nice to see my country getting visiting by avgeeks lately, for a while it was only Noel Phillips! lol
While in Latin America you should take Azul’s flight from São Paulo Congonhas (CGH) to Rio de Janeiro Jacarepaguá (RRJ). This route is operated by tiny 9-seater Cessna planes
I realized that the title has been changed. I was wondering which segment of the video showed the free upgrade. Overall, nice review.
Done this a few times. TAP flight to New York £50 and a Lufthansa and austrian airlines flight 50 euros to Sarajevo business class upgrades. Not done at desk mind you. Just when you get an email asking you to make an offer.
hey josh ! you would make great reviews of azul brazilian airlines
Try Belize in South America on the mail Island. You will like that place.
Favorite position is MISSIONARY 😂 Enjoy reading all your brutally honest reviews. Travel safe as always
Josh, interesting review, and a terrific €40 upgrade! I happened to fly a domestic Boliviana flight last November in coach, as well as an international flight on Copa in coach and a short-haul internatiional flight on LATAM in coach. It was a good chance to compare. Boliviana was far and away the best of the three, with great legroom (I'd guess 32 to 34 inch pitch) and full and free meal service on a 1.5 hour flight. Copa was bad both for legroom and service, and LATAM was not much better. Copa had an interesting system on landing for retrieving overhead luggage. Front passengers were allowed to get up as a group to get their bags and deplane, followed by the next 10 or 15 rows, followed by the next, and so on. To be honest, it was a much more orderly and pleasant system than the free-for-all employed on most airlanes.
I do miss the Virgin Australia widebodied aircrafts. I have flown VA Business class on the A330 from Sydney to Perth and Sydney to Hong Kong several times. The best was their 777, which I travelled on several times between Sydney and LAX. It was by far the best J class on the Australia/USA Route; even when DL introduced their latest Business Class, I still think the 777 VA Business Class seat was superior. Plus, on the 777, there was a bar, which was an excellent way to pass away some time and chat with your fellow travellers, which you don’t do without a bar. Finally the old VA service on those aircrafts was so much better than any other airline on the same routes.
Hi Mr. Josh,
I would love to see You in a flight to La Paz, one of the highest airports in the world! 😊
I recognized the guy who sat behind you; he was staring at you at the ticket counter at the beginning of this video😁😁
$40 for an upgrade? Wow! Nobody would decline it. Congrats!
Josh! Come down to Colombia. Beautiful country. Wonderful people. We will show you around Will surprise you and change your perspective of South America
Hey Josh, you need to visit La Paz! It’s a completely different vibe compared to Santa Cruz.