DRONE CHAOS! How I Ended Up Flying United Premium Plus
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Here's the story of how my flight got diverted due to drones, and I ended up flying on United Premium Plus!
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Gotta respect how even when clearly very stressed noel remains polite to staff
It's not hard when she was so lovely and sympathetic at Condor. But you're right he did keep a cool head.
@8:50 That guy in the seat next to you all like "luckily there's nobody sitting in this window seat next to me"
I would definitely never book a seat that is not a window seat.
Ah the good old days when drones stopped you flying!
Andrew Watson id rather that than a stupid virus 😂
Noel, I really appreciate your vlogs. You bring a sense of adventure to travel. I used to travel extensively but at 75 I have slowed down a bit. Thank you. Rick Rimmer
Love the taxi cruising at 110mph haha
I was amazed, it was going fricking fast
That actually is not a lot faster then what people usually drive their car here.
That was Germany, so presumably that was Autobahn. "Highest safe speed" is often the only speed limit. Luckily for Noel.
"they cover Drone strikes. That sounded dramastic. They cover drone attacts on the airport" that sounded more dramatic if you ask me
Sanderspotting ENZV *attacks
Haha yep I thought the same when I watched it back! 🤦♂️
I work at Frankfurt airport. Spent 13hrs at work that day. Was on the headset for a flight for 3hrs
Thanks for your efforts that day, your colleagues too.
"Drone strike sounds dramatic". Then he uses the term " drone attack" instead, yeah that sounds less dramatic Noel.
😂Yeah, I laughed when I watched back that bit too! 🤦🤦
Noel Philips Cor blimey Noel, you do drone on mate.
Noel Philips not having a go, it just made me laugh, think you're doing a stand up job mate. Keep up the good work. Never thought I’d be interested in these sort of clips. But I am
Lmao I said the same 🤣😂 I always cut him slack bc he’s traveling. Such a great guy and does his videos so well 👏👏👏
I mean "drone strike" is now synonymous with a big drone firing air to ground missiles. Not really the same as drones just flying around. Kinda like saying "bird attack" instead of "bird strike". Bird strike is widely considered to be birds flying into the engines, while if you say "bird attack", it makes it sound like the birds were latched onto the plane and pecking at the fuselage XD
9:00 when you thought you were gonna have a row to yourself on a trans Atlantic flight and the last guy that shows up sits next to you.
I would be upset lol
Looked like non-moveable arm rests though. In that case, not much of a gain, except to put some of your stuff there.
Lets be honest. the more chaotic your journey. The better the content. :-D Your misery is our enjoyment. Great Vid. And fair play to your insurance company for dealing with it all in a professional mannner. Plenty these days would try to worm out of it.
I remember flying with continental before they were bought by united sometime before 9/11 as a kid. Really made an impact because the pilot let me step in the cockpit during the flight and even back then I was into aviation since my father always played flight simulator. They even gave me a pin which I had for several years.
Wow, £2K for a one way premium economy ticket to Seattle! Probably could’ve got a business ticket for that amount if booked early. Thank goodness for that travel insurance! 😉
Yeah Noel basically said he was impressed that United could accommodate him at the last minute. United were surely delighted to do so when you payed them £2k for the pleasure.
he only got united cos its what was avalable XD
No, he likely could not have, unless there was a sale going on. Biz tickets over the pond with the big legacy carriers are usually very pricey and a o/w isn't 50% of a return but much more.
Wow, a United flight that was acutally good!
Holy crap your taxi driver at 3:00 is flying, himself!
That taxi driver was absolutely hauling it. He probably could have got you the whole way on his own.
The beauty of the Autobahn
MY worse delay was 27 hours Amsterdam to Kansas, due to excessive USA security at Paris, where they shut the gates 2.5 hours before departure!
Damn, that's a horrendous delay. Sorry to hear that, bet it was no fun at all!
My worst day was 20+ hours from Paris to Kansas, diverting to Dublin halfway over the Atlantic due to a medical emergency! And then missing my connection upon arriving in ORD and having to be rebooked on a later flight.
My longest was EK381 from HKG - DXB.We got to our gate to realize the tail light wasn't working. (Night flight) They spent hours fixing it, and we got sent to a nearby hotel for the night. We had to wake up early the next morning and were the first ones in the 1 hour check in line. Emirates handled it well!
Yes I do think drowns should be banned
The worst I've had was 28 hours from Dublin to Toronto. One flight cancellation out of Amsterdam, rescheduled flight had a 4 hour delay and it was into Chicago... Flight from Chicago to Toronto than had another 4 hour delay plus 2 more sitting at the gate on the plane due to weather. It was fun.
Noel was at my home Airport Nuernberg
It is spelt Noel
Jack Jack Productions it’s “spelled”
@@joeyw9574 it's actually both. Here in the UK it's spelt.....spelt. Cheers.
So someone actually did the "I need to get to xyz ASAP and I don't care how much it costs" thing in real life... Neat :)
I did it once, a vacation to Tokyo. I missed the flight due to my own fault, so I had to pay another ticket myself. But I was determined to leave that day, so I bought a $3000 flight from Norway to Japan, and arrived in Japan about 4 hours after my original plan. I just started working back then, so I wasn't too aware how fast money can leave my wallet. I'll never do that again, but I do miss my more naive days 😅
And this ladies and gentlemen is why you always purchase travel insurance.
Ayo how fast were you going In that car LMAO. Passing every thing.
probs 150 mph or more, no speed limits in the german highways :D
Noel your vids are so straight and genuine, thank you for that.👍
Wow Noel I was exhausted just seeing your video. Good thing you had insurance!
Way to stay positive. Never had quite such a disrupted journey myself!
Your taxi is moving quick! Auto bahn speeds.
It is a Merc carrying passengers who need to get there flights so not surprised
Welcome to the German Highway! ;-)
What a long day, glad u kept so calm with it
Hey Noel I have been watching your videos for ages and I love them. I am also a aviation geek as well. Please make more videos
Went United premium plus right behind business class too Sydney to San Francisco on a Dreamliner and it was great! Ideal for a long haul flight.
I love how polite you remain, despite the fact that you are stressed out and jetlagged! I too, like many people have really appreciated your vlogs. Your Loo Reviews are my favorite so far and some of your travels are quite entertaining. I do sometimes wish though that you would stay in one place for more than one night, but I completely understand the need to go everywhere. :) Happy Travels and I'm happy to say I became a patreon of yours!!!
Thank you for your kind words & welcome!
Woah, that was an awful inconvenience to you and many others. Glad you got it sorted in the end. I think any drones found being used close to an airport should result in hefty fines. Well done United. Seemed a great product, obviously hefty last min price but a small price to pay to get you to where you needed to be. Thanks for another great report Noel.
Big up for showing some of our lovely Birmingham countryside at the start 😁
I know the feeling of being the last one on the plane. Last year I traveled from BHX to LIS via Zurich and was the last one to board the plane (15 minutes late) because of a hold up at the swiss immigration and a delayed inbound flight.
In early May 2017 I missed a connection at Heathrow - partly due to a somewhat short time window and partly due to incredibly slow security line (changing terminals). Originally it was LAX to Heathrow, then Marseilles. Fortunately there was a nice couple returning home to Marseille in the same boat as me, We three went to the airline who got us to Heathrow (big positive shout out to the nice folks at Air New Zealand!) and they got us on Brussels Air to Brussels, change planes, then on to Marseille. Got to Marseille Airport around midnight and my checked bag came down the luggage carousel, I grabbed a bus to the main train station in Marseilles then rolled down hill to my hotel. Sure, I got in 6 hours late, but I got there. Had a great time there and then had 2 great weeks in Cannes. The lessons learned - allow more time for connecting flights, and try yo pick flights that arrive/leave from the same terminal.
I love your flying adventure videos!
As a pilot I can’t stand seeing people just “playing with there drones” they have no idea what it does the the Aviation industry not to mention infringing airspace!!!!!
"there drones?" Is literacy mandatory for pilots? Maybe not.
I own a professional grade drone, and I can personally say, these kind of drone piolets are a disrespect to the industry . My drone refuses to take off if there's a reported fire nearby, let alone a airport, plus with Remote ID going into effect, hopefully drones will be seen on radar and the such
As an aviation and a drone enthusiast, I can honestly say, this is disgraceful. The rule is very clear that you can not fly within 5 km of an airport, and it isn’t too difficult to simply not fly near an airport. Even if you do accidentally fly into airspace, it should just come as common sense to stay away from an airport. And now the governments have thousands of drone rules and laws which are being put in place because of the small handful of simpletons ruining drones for everyone else, and potentially causing danger to aircraft
Thanks for the vid, Noel! I’d really like to know which software (10:30) do you use to show the flight path in your videos.
OK well stay safe I always enjoy your videos!
I am pleased that you were pleasantly surprised at what you got on board your United Airlines flight from Frankfurt to San Francisco.
They are not really an airline that I would choose fly with for a few reasons.
But given the kind of day that you had I can well understand why you would love the extra legroom and the glass of wine together with a very nice airline meal.
This is one of the up sides to unforeseen circumstances such as the airport drone attack.
That taxi was moooooving
Noel do you advise the people sitting next to you that you are a vlogger? As they never look at you when you start talking to a camera 😂
Yeah I was wondering that myself...like do you ask permission? For myself I wouldn't want to be in someones video....(it would be okay if it were Noel, but who knows what bad vloggers are out there)
No he doesn’t. He films anyone and everyone around him, so many children in his videos he is too lazy to blur. It’s so rude. He complains about other people’s behaviour all the time but imagine someone sat next to you on a flight try to covertly film you.
Your experience makes me feel better that I bought travel insurance for my summer trip to Europe in June.
'Whatever morning it was.' Been there, done that lol
Wow hope you feel better reached home safe at least made it
Your taxi ride and travel problem reminded me of something I went through. During the Christmas holiday's in 2005, My car broke down in Truckee California on New Years Eve on my way home to San Jose in the early afternoon, Truckee is a ski resort town near Donner summit. My car was towed to a gas station with a mechanics garage but they could not check it out for a few days, so I had to find transportation home. This was during a major storm as well. But in this instance, it was rain, not snow, and caused interstate 80 to be closed in the direction to California near the Nevada border, which I would find out later. I was going buy a Greyhound bus ticket home since there are only two hotels in Truckee, and both booked solid for the holiday ski season, at expensive prices. I called for a taxi to pick me up at the garage since the bus terminal, which is also a train terminal and very tiny, was not walking distance, especially in this weather. But when I got there, the ticket agent said the bus from Reno was just canceled due to interstate 80 being closed due to a landslide from hours of heavy rain. I was stranded, and nowhere to stay. But the bus ticket agent told me some stranded skiers who were going to fly home from Reno were also stranded in Truckee and chartered an SUV taxi in Truckee to take them to the Sacramento airport. All I needed to find out if there was room for one more person. It was nerve racking waiting for the taxi to arrive to find out if there was room, and it would be the only 4-wheel drive SUV taxi that day. Fortunately, there was room for one more person. It would cost $200 per person. Instead of going to Sacramento airport, it was decided we should drive to San Francisco Airport for a better chance of getting a flight to Boston, where my fellow travelers were flying home, plus I would not have to catch a bus in Sacramento, if I could even get a bus ride back to San Jose. We got there around 10:30 pm. Pretty good timing too despite the iced road conditions in the Sierras. From KSFO airport, I called my brother to pick me up and was home before midnight, New Years Eve. I got out of Truckee just in time because a major snow storm arrived after the rains, road closures again, and Truckee had a long power outage the next day in freezing weather. Thank God for the Taxi ride! I went back a week later to pick up my car in Truckee. They could not fix the problem and I had to rent a U-haul with a trailer to bring my car back. That part was a hassle too, driving 4 hours each way. A friend drove me to Reno and I picked up the U-haul there. Just on the gas alone for the U-Haul truck was about $100 one way. This whole episode cost me $1000.
I flew United's Premium Plus shortly before the pandemic from Paris CDG to Washington IAD. I liked it, I'd say its fairly equivalent to domestic first class with the wider seat and more leg room, pretty good meal too. Its also a quiet area with only a few rows. Its good for the day time westbound Europe to US routes, but going in the other direction eastbound its a redeye, so if you can get business class in that direction its better since its a flat bed seat, while Premium Plus is not a flat bed.
I've flown on United before in economy of course. From Heathrow to New York I enjoyed flying with them best part was getting to listen to air traffic control. I even got to listen to chatter between pilots and other pilots in other planes going over Atlantic which I found amusing. United are great airline. I UK based airlines would let us listen to airtriffic control while onboard.
What a day! My worst delay was 9 hours and that felt like hell, that’s absolutely nothing compared to what you went through there. Stressful, tiring and annoying. Got a great video out of it though, there’s always a silver lining 😁😂
Just proves the world is in a crazy zone at the moment. Nothing is normal. Stay healthy and safe travels.
Another great video. When you are able to fly again (when the borders reopen), I definitely recommend you try out Virgin Atlantic’s Premium Economy. I’ve flown in all three of their classes, and I’d say that their premium cabin isn’t far off the upper class one.
Maybe you should chill on the travelling at the moment
DeeBrown traveling to Seattle probably not the best thing right now.
@@carolann8286 This video was most likely filmed over 2 weeks ago as the agent said it could be rebooked to another Condor flight on 4th of March.
@@G.G14 Flights leave anyway, he isn't doing anything wrong. Leave him alone It's his job
I asked him that a few days ago and he said he wouldnt be stopping!
@@EimisMantis You're right and at the moment America is not allowing any flights in from Europe anyway.
‘I don’t even know what aircraft we’re on’😂😂
Keen to hear who your travel insurance is with Noel! Sounds like a good company to be with
So who does your travel insurance Noel? I need a good provider in these uncertain times.
I'm on AA Gold cover.
@@noelphilips AA have announced that any trips booked after 13 March, even with pre-existing annual insurance, will not be covered for any flight cancellations due to Coronavirus. Hope that doesn't apply to your Gold membership too. Stay safe.
Check with your insurer as insurance companies are now excluding Coronavirus related flight cancellations etc.
Drone wankers
United is not a budget airline.
So don't compare airlines. You pay your money, you make your choice.
Still love you Noel.
Weird, I was in Nuremberg myself only a week ago. Made the most of a planned visit while loads cancelled over the Covid 19 event.
BTW, It's SEA-TAC. Not Seattle's Tacoma airport. A small nit.
Jesus Noel, your German taxi looks like its about to break a new land speed record.... Its flying along!
140mph at one point 😬😬
Gotta love the Germans!
Noel Philips 140kph is more like it. That’s 87mph. Still VERY fast.
@@afcgeo882 I'm pretty sure it was 140mph, because with 140kmh you don't drive on the left side of the autobahn and flying past other cars.
AB The average speed on the autobahn (where you’ve clearly never driven) is about 110km/h and it’s often limited to just 100km/h. 140km/h is the speed here. 140mph (225km/h) is race car territory. In fact, the highest Formula 1 average race speed (winner) is 247.585km/h (153.842mph).
An E200 cdi (a typical German cab, as is the one in the video) was tested on a speed rink and its maximum speed was 145mph (on a closed course, with a professional driver). A full taxi on a public road, with customers and a sane driver will never even go 90mph. In fact, I doubt it could physically go over 100mph.
Hi Noel, great video once again! Which travel insurance company do you go with? In search of a very good one. Thanks in advance!
Interesting Trip. I just realized date that this was uploaded, just as USA was starting to go into stay in place. That said, what insurance did you use, or who you recommend.
I was transiting through Frankfurt that day too but thankfully by the time I arrived there it was resolved. Had no idea how much trouble these little drones can cause!
Quality videos like all ways 👍👍👍👍
With the amount of flying you do it's surprising something like this doesn't happen more often.
Random Acts of Video It’s better than a book up your arse. What? Oh...buk
Hey great video again - ? Did you get in that United loung with the ticket that you bought or did you use priority pass and also may I ask you ? What travel insurance did you use and ? Do you use the same one all the time or thanks
Thank you! I’m star alliance gold which got me in the lounge. I use the AA and have their gold plan.
8:50 it was as if he was one of the people who block the seats on the bus 😂. I put my bag on the seat next to me now but only because of corona. It has a sign on the seats anyway to tell people not to sit there but some people just try stuff.
I love how you do your Job like a professional ps:im a big fan
Well, if its any consolation to you, the drone delay did make for an epic video. My heart missed a beat when you revealed the cost of that United flight- thank gawd you got it back from your travel insurance! My solution to the drone problem is to totally ban the things. There is a drone problem on one of the "Ultimate Airport Dubai" programs- a helicopter is immediately scrambled to shoot it down. Unfortunately, it disappeared before they could catch sight of it. This video is somewhere on TH-cam.
Great video as always! Really unfortunate situation to be in. Is there anything stopping you from booking business class for example when you had to re book or would the insurance company not have paid out? Just as you were in premium economy and not just standard economy and would’ve been great if could’ve got business class for free essentially?
It has to be the same class of travel. I was in premium on Condor so swapped for premium on United.
So what travel insurance are you using then? Most will not pay out in case of separate tickets, especially if the time in between is so short (few hours it looks like?). Would be interesting to know which company would cover such situations.
I flew that same route SFO to SEA on 2018 on the a319
Oh wow what a journey!
Also, my cancelled trip this year, all flights were British Airways, which they cancelled - thank goodness I had the insurance and while it took about 9 weeks, I received a full refund. Considering all the cancelled flights and such, it was understandable.
Iwas getting sweaty just watching you rush through the airport, glad you got to your destination safe.
going to be interesting to see what your going to do with all this pandemic stuff going on.
I bought a last minute ticket this last fall when I didn't get the news Thomas cook went bankrupt, I'm gonna read the news before my next holiday
Ohhhh you’re in Frankfurt, now I recognize the terminal 😂
What an adventure !
Noel, what Travel Insurance do you have? I struggled to find the travel insurance reading terms and conditions that would cover connections especially when they are booked on separate tickets and also in your case when the transatlantic sector isn't actually originating in the UK but rather Germany (was Spain in my case) any advice?
Thank you!
I have AA gold cover which covers for drone disruption, as well as missed connections on separate bookings due to diverts.
Interesting. Is the policy missed connections for an event, or simply any missed connection.
Did you need to get special approval for PE, or was that the original ticket, or only seat available?
What travel insurance do you use? Sounds like an unfortunate, but great experience with them!
Seattle!!! Hope you are OK. No quarantine I assume.
As an aviation and a drone enthusiast, I can honestly say, this is disgraceful. The rule is very clear that you can not fly within 5 km of an airport, and it isn’t too difficult to simply not fly near an airport. Even if you do accidentally fly into airspace, it should just come as common sense to stay away from an airport. And now the governments have thousands of drone rules and laws which are being put in place because of the small handful of simpletons ruining drones for everyone else, and potentially causing danger to aircraft
What app is used for inflight map ?
Great video
Lol just got an ad about an INDESTRUCTIBLE DRONE!!!! 😂
Cripes that taxi driver was shifting.
Overall I think that your videos are amazing. You’ve highlighted the ups and downs during the flight from Frankfurt to sfo.
Glad to see a new video! I live a half hour south of Seattle 🙂
hey Noel,when you fly can you put down or say what the date is when you are flying out from wherever your flying from and to,sorry just like to know when it was you did it
I have done that exact second flight except on a delta a319
You poor lad! That’s quite a long day. Good job with the travel insurance.
I would’ve done the same thing Noel did, fly via SFO since you would get a better meal service since If you did it via hell (Newark) then the Hell-SEA flight would’ve been just a snack service.
I thought you had Star Alliance Gold status, so I wondered why you had to queue up that long checking in with UA? Thanks for another entertaining video!
I do but all the counters were closed bar one.
I fly United Premium Plus when I take domestic flights and I love it. I'm so sorry you had so much trouble. Damn drone strikes.
10:18 what’s with all those cranes. Are they making a new terminal and Frankford.
Imagine listening in on that ATC and hearing your flight declare mayday
What travel/flight insurance do you use?
If you fly a different airline, is that not a spear ticket. Or can they be combined?
Wow those old websites in the squarespace ad still exist! go Chronos Cat!
So cool to see you at SFO! My favorite place for planespotting :D
Good video ❤👍🛩
Welcome back Noel, i would take you out for coffee, but hey. Pandemic
Dear sir good job for this video please what is the best travel insurance company you recommend would wide thanks all the best
For me I use AA on their gold plan.
At least you got a good seat on that United 777!