More Information About the Flight Here: You can view the previous three segments of this journey here: HNL-MAJ - th-cam.com/video/80mRlkJP6VI/w-d-xo.html MAJ-KWA - th-cam.com/video/BXOPHYbMo3M/w-d-xo.html KWA-KSA - th-cam.com/video/Y3Zn7G9KdSI/w-d-xo.html And be sure to join me every Saturday, for the next two weeks, as we continue as we continue across the Pacific towards Guam! 0:04-1:53 - We rejoin the famous Pacific island hopper after having had a 40 minute stopover in Kosrae, of the Federated States of Micronesia. Kosrae is one of four states that make up Micronesia, and the island is home to around 6,500 people. Tofol is the state’s capital and the highest point is Mt. Finkol at 2,080 ft. It is the third stop on the famous flight, and the first in Micronesia. The remainder of our stopovers will be in Micronesia. The end of the journey is, of course, the US island territory of Guam. Visible in these shots are the terminal building, ground crews, lush foliage, and some of the defining tropical rain forests on the island. Just after landing the humid, wet, weather caused the windows to fog up, but as we sat on the ramp, the humidity in the cabin equalized. Eventually the windows cleared up and it was just the raindrops I had to deal with. It is unfortunate that it was raining, but this is home to a tropical rain forest type climate, so you almost have to expect it. 1:54-3:39 - Here are just a few shots to set the scene again. In case anyone is joining us for the first time on this segment. It’s the same 18-year-old 737 that we’ve been on the whole time. We were joined by three or four passengers at this stop, meaning the private Boeing 737-800 I had on the last flight was a thing of the past. Still, an entire 737 with five passengers…. There was plenty of room for everyone. Once again, although it’s not shown in this video, everyone was offered 1.5 liter bottles of water and a blanket. The flight attendants also came through with the bag of almonds again. As I’ve mentioned on the previous legs, if you like almonds, you’d be in heaven on this flight. You could have as many almonds as you could stomach. Remember, a full meal was served on the first leg of the flight, so it’s not just almonds for the whole 15 hours. As you’ll see in a couple of weeks, a full meal is also served on the last leg of the flight. So, if you’re like me, and you’re taking the entire 15+ hour trip, you get two meals. 3:40-16:45 - We’re now looking out the window once again, as we get ready to being our journey towards Pohnpei. For the first time on the journey, we were joined by new passengers on this leg, so although we’ve heard the safety briefing three times already, we get to listen to it again. As I mentioned on the previous segments, it makes no difference either way, as it’s FAA regulation that the safety briefing is played before every segment, no matter if anyone new joined the flight. At 14:56 the ground crew is seen wishing us a safe and happy journey to Pohnpei, with more fanfare that most inaugural flights get! 16:46-17:33 - We finish our short taxi, and we’re now lined up on runway 05. At 5,750 feet, this runway is once again 1,000 feet shorter than the runway at our previous stop. And that runway at Kwajalein was already 1,000 feet shorter than the runway at Majuro. The runways keep getting shorter. To help put this into perspective. The reef runway at HNL, where we began our journey, is 12,000 feet long. The world-renowned runway at Sint Maarten in the Caribbean is 7,500 feet long. So, we’re already 2,000 feet shorter than a world-renowned “short” runway. 17:34-18:46 - As power is applied to the CFM engines, we begin our powerful takeoff roll. We’re airborne in less than 30 seconds and soon we’re beginning a left turn. And just like that, it’s the last time we’ll see land before arriving in Pohnpei. Due to the storm system that’s engulfing Micronesia, we will even lose sight of the Pacific Ocean for a while during this flight, but I assure you, the views in Pohnpei are well worth the wait! Kosrae and Pohnpei are 345 miles apart, as the crow flies. That makes this leg the second shortest leg of the trip. KWA-KSA, the second leg of the trip, is only 268 miles. 18:47-38:42 - There’s not much to see on the cruise potion of this flight. Most of the flight is spent inside a soupy mess of clouds. We briefly break through at 38:40. 38:43-51:57 - We see glimpses of blue sky only briefly before we begin our descent and are trusted back into the gray soup. I should mention. A drink and snack service was offered on every leg of this journey, but due to the short nature of this leg, I elected not to take part. 51:58-1:08:07 - We continue our descent through the weather, but the Pacific is visible again through the portion of the video. 1:08:08-1:11:28 - Pohnpei Island is now visible, and in my opinion, this is the most beautiful approach we’ve had on this trip. Once again, we can see lush tropical rainforests, beautiful blue waters, and some of the most stunning rock formations I’ve ever seen. Someday, I’d love to return to Pohnpei and explore this island! Pohnpei is one of the four states that make up the Federated States of Micronesia. Pohnpei is home to Palikir, the capital of Micronesia, and is also home to several other larger cities. Pohnpei is the largest island in Micronesia at nearly 129 sq mi. The highest point is 2,566 feet above sea level and the island has a population of roughly 37,000. It is the most populous state in Micronesia. In addition to all of that, Pohnpei is one of the wettest places on Earth. Annual rainfall on the island can pass 300 inches per year. However, that is at certain higher elevations. The average on the island is around 170 inches per year. To put that into perspective, the wettest city in the United States is Hilo, on the island of Hawaii. Hilo also has a tropical rain forest climate and receives around 160 inches of rain per year. Seattle, Washington, another famously rainy city in the US, averages around 40 inches of rain per year. So, don’t be too upset about the weather in this video. It’s likely what you’d see on most trips into Pohnpei, as it rains every day. 1:11:29-1:21:21 - As we touchdown on runway 09, which at 6,000 feet is just slightly longer than the runway we left in Kosrae, we once again hit the brakes hard. Remember, the runway at SXM in Sint Maarten is 7,500 feet long. So, this runway is 1,500 feet shorter than a world-renowned “short” runway. Once again, like our last landing, water from the runway is seen being blown off the pavement by the power engine reverses on the CFM engines. The ARFF (Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting) apparatus that is standing by is visible at 1:11:39. Due to the short runways along the route, ARFF trucks are required to stand by during the arrival, and by the aircraft for 15 minutes after arrival, to make sure there are no brake fires. 1:21:22-1:17:12 - We’re now back taxiing on runway 27, heading past where that ARFF truck was visible before, to the only taxiway at PNI. Due to the rain and the humid nature of the area, the windows once again begin to fog up. Luckily, the humidity and temperate do acclimate inside the cabin before we leave, so the window fogging is gone by the time we depart. We make our way to our parking spot and begin our 40-minute stopover. 1:17:13-1:18:39 - Here we see various shots of the island, terminal, and ground crew servicing the aircraft. At 1:17:13 the stunning rock formations we saw on approach are visible behind a hangar and airport beacon. At 1:17:27 the fueling operation can be seen. In addition, a United employee appears to be recording me. At least that was it looks like. He was actually recording the entire ground operation. I must assume the reasoning, but my best guess is that it was being done as a station audit. Likely it was being recorded to show a United auditor later, or it may have been live. Due to strict Covid restrictions, Micronesia is still difficult to access. My best guess is that someone from United’s safety department was watching the operation, or was going to be shown the video later, to make sure everything was running the way United expects. It’s also possible it was being done for training reasons. Regardless of the reasons, this practice wasn’t being done at any of the other stops, so it was likely I just happened to be there on the one day this was happening. At 1:18:03 and 1:18:18, two aircraft belonging to Caroline Islands Air are visible. One of the things I love most about visiting places like Pohnpei is seeing aircraft and airlines you’d never see anywhere else. It was actually difficult to find a lot of information on Caroline Islands Air, but they supposedly have a fleet of around six aircraft. It is a charter airline that was founded in 1995 and they serve around nine airports throughout Micronesia. Despite Covid, it does appear the airline is still operating. Anyways, only three passengers join us on at this stop, and no one disembarked. There are now eight or nine passengers total for our next leg of the journey to Chuuk, the last of three stops in the Federated States of Micronesia on this famous flight. Join me again net Saturday at 10:00am central, as we continue our journey to Guam as we take the fifth of six legs.
Have enjoyed your vids for a while. Thank you for sharing your trips as they almost double for "chamber of commerce travel vids" showing different locales for people to watch & explore. I enjoyed your "Milk run" vids, and maybe I'm an ol softy - as seeing the ground crew waving during departure definitely gave this vid and me a nice, warm fuzzy feel.
I'm always glad to hear when people are enjoying my content. If you think my videos are "chamber of commerce travel vids" now, just wait until you see some of the ones I have coming up in a new series I'v been working on haha. Without going into too much detail, I show all the aviation stuff as usual, but then spend a whole day at the destination, filming the whole time! You see those and you may think the chamber of commerce paid me to make it hahaha! Hopefully I'll start to publish those soon, but there's still a lot to do to get those ready. Also, I agree, it was very nice to see the ground crew waving us on our journey!
I’m glad you’re enjoying them! These last three segments were my favorite. I think they had the best scenery, despite the rainy weather. But, like I mentioned in my pinned comment. I really wasn’t upset that it was raining. This is one of the wettest places on earth. Some spots on this island receive 300 inches of rain per year. It rains every day and although it would have been nice to have sunny weather, this is probably what it’s going to be like 9 times out of 10. It is a tropical rain forest Island. Thanks for watching my friend!
I actually want to do the island hopper more than the milk run. This is only making me want to doit sooner rather than later. I'm loving these empty flights you had!!!! By the way EXCELLENT coverage. Hey have you ever thought about doing a live chat during one of your videos? I think it be a great opportunity to talk to you being you don't say much during the flights......which we completly prefer by the way 🤣
Sad that weather is so gloomy and I think you should do this again some day when the Covid Restrictions have lifted so you can leave the plane except at Kwajalein.
Well, I was hoping for sunny weather but, considering this is one of the rainiest places on earth, getting over 170 inches of rain per year. It’s likely this is the type of weather you’re going to get 9/10 times. Certain places on this island get over 300 of inches per year, and it does rain every day. Thanks for watching my friend!
I’ve heard 8 to 9 months. But I could never find anything concrete on that. It was just word-of-mouth through other people. And I actually looked on flight radar, and some of the aircraft they’ve been using out there recently, have been out there for more than a year. 🤷🏻♂️
A lot. I don't typically like to discuss how much money I spend. People know I pay for everything out of my own pocket, and it's a lot. That said, this round trip from HNL-GUM on the island hopper, and then back from GUM-HNL definitely had a comma in the price and it didn't start with a 1 or 2. And that didn't include the tickets to and from HNL from MCI. This was easily the most expensive series of videos I've ever filmed. So, thank you for watching! Tell all of your friends to watch haha!
@@sla31 I am just stunned by your passion. I truly appreciate all your effort and money to show us the beauty of aviation. As always, I'm a huge fan of you and look forward to more videos!
I always wanting to go on that island Hopping 🏝✈️ trip but never made it,looks like fun and adventurous,I have a question!!...where is the last stop of that trip,I heard the Philippines 🇵🇭 but not sure,and is it a round trip or one way trip and last what is the cost of that trip thanks for sharing your video...Aloha from Hawaii🤙
Fun and adventurous are definitely good words to use. If I was going to do it again, I would definitely wait until Covid is completely gone. Not necessarily the virus is completely gone, but the restrictions around it are gone. Before Covid, passengers could step off the plane during the stops to see the airport, get food, use the restroom, and maybe even snag a passport stamp from a customs official, if the price was right haha. Due to Covid restrictions still in place in the Marshall Islands and Micronesia, passengers were prohibited from deplaning unless it was your final destination. The last stop of the flight is actually Guam. If you want to connect onto Manila you can as both United Airlines and Philippine Airlines have flights from Guam to Manila. But the actual island hopper is capped on each end by Honolulu and Guam. It can be done as a round-trip. However, I only flew the westbound journey. The eastbound leg from Guam back to Honolulu is an overnight flight, and it doesn’t make much sense to record 15 hours in pure darkness. The price for the flight is very expensive. And it doesn’t fluctuate. It’s pretty much the same price every day 365 days a year. This flight, and my leg from Guam back to Honolulu, was the most expensive ticket I have ever purchased, and I wasn’t even in first class. I don’t usually like discussing specific prices in comments. I spend a lot of money on this channel, people know that I spend my own money on this channel, and I usually leave it at that. What I will say, is the flight from Honolulu to Guam, and back to Honolulu had a comma and the first number was not a one or two…. Thanks for watching my friend!
I did not. I topically won't fly on United's premium economy, as the aircraft that have it, usually have them right over the middle of the wing. It doesn't do much good to film a full flight if 90% of the screen is the wing.
I have to laugh at the peanuts/snacks and drink you get now on all these flights - my years (ago) of airline employment passengers got a full meal - steak/lobster and more in first class.
To be fair, this flight consists of 6 segments, and you do get a meal, even in coach, on the first and last segment. So, you actually get two meals, plus the snacks, if you take this full flight.
More Information About the Flight Here:
You can view the previous three segments of this journey here:
HNL-MAJ - th-cam.com/video/80mRlkJP6VI/w-d-xo.html
MAJ-KWA - th-cam.com/video/BXOPHYbMo3M/w-d-xo.html
KWA-KSA - th-cam.com/video/Y3Zn7G9KdSI/w-d-xo.html
And be sure to join me every Saturday, for the next two weeks, as we continue as we continue across the Pacific towards Guam!
0:04-1:53 - We rejoin the famous Pacific island hopper after having had a 40 minute stopover in Kosrae, of the Federated States of Micronesia. Kosrae is one of four states that make up Micronesia, and the island is home to around 6,500 people. Tofol is the state’s capital and the highest point is Mt. Finkol at 2,080 ft. It is the third stop on the famous flight, and the first in Micronesia. The remainder of our stopovers will be in Micronesia. The end of the journey is, of course, the US island territory of Guam. Visible in these shots are the terminal building, ground crews, lush foliage, and some of the defining tropical rain forests on the island. Just after landing the humid, wet, weather caused the windows to fog up, but as we sat on the ramp, the humidity in the cabin equalized. Eventually the windows cleared up and it was just the raindrops I had to deal with. It is unfortunate that it was raining, but this is home to a tropical rain forest type climate, so you almost have to expect it.
1:54-3:39 - Here are just a few shots to set the scene again. In case anyone is joining us for the first time on this segment. It’s the same 18-year-old 737 that we’ve been on the whole time. We were joined by three or four passengers at this stop, meaning the private Boeing 737-800 I had on the last flight was a thing of the past. Still, an entire 737 with five passengers…. There was plenty of room for everyone. Once again, although it’s not shown in this video, everyone was offered 1.5 liter bottles of water and a blanket. The flight attendants also came through with the bag of almonds again. As I’ve mentioned on the previous legs, if you like almonds, you’d be in heaven on this flight. You could have as many almonds as you could stomach. Remember, a full meal was served on the first leg of the flight, so it’s not just almonds for the whole 15 hours. As you’ll see in a couple of weeks, a full meal is also served on the last leg of the flight. So, if you’re like me, and you’re taking the entire 15+ hour trip, you get two meals.
3:40-16:45 - We’re now looking out the window once again, as we get ready to being our journey towards Pohnpei. For the first time on the journey, we were joined by new passengers on this leg, so although we’ve heard the safety briefing three times already, we get to listen to it again. As I mentioned on the previous segments, it makes no difference either way, as it’s FAA regulation that the safety briefing is played before every segment, no matter if anyone new joined the flight. At 14:56 the ground crew is seen wishing us a safe and happy journey to Pohnpei, with more fanfare that most inaugural flights get!
16:46-17:33 - We finish our short taxi, and we’re now lined up on runway 05. At 5,750 feet, this runway is once again 1,000 feet shorter than the runway at our previous stop. And that runway at Kwajalein was already 1,000 feet shorter than the runway at Majuro. The runways keep getting shorter. To help put this into perspective. The reef runway at HNL, where we began our journey, is 12,000 feet long. The world-renowned runway at Sint Maarten in the Caribbean is 7,500 feet long. So, we’re already 2,000 feet shorter than a world-renowned “short” runway.
17:34-18:46 - As power is applied to the CFM engines, we begin our powerful takeoff roll. We’re airborne in less than 30 seconds and soon we’re beginning a left turn. And just like that, it’s the last time we’ll see land before arriving in Pohnpei. Due to the storm system that’s engulfing Micronesia, we will even lose sight of the Pacific Ocean for a while during this flight, but I assure you, the views in Pohnpei are well worth the wait! Kosrae and Pohnpei are 345 miles apart, as the crow flies. That makes this leg the second shortest leg of the trip. KWA-KSA, the second leg of the trip, is only 268 miles.
18:47-38:42 - There’s not much to see on the cruise potion of this flight. Most of the flight is spent inside a soupy mess of clouds. We briefly break through at 38:40.
38:43-51:57 - We see glimpses of blue sky only briefly before we begin our descent and are trusted back into the gray soup. I should mention. A drink and snack service was offered on every leg of this journey, but due to the short nature of this leg, I elected not to take part.
51:58-1:08:07 - We continue our descent through the weather, but the Pacific is visible again through the portion of the video.
1:08:08-1:11:28 - Pohnpei Island is now visible, and in my opinion, this is the most beautiful approach we’ve had on this trip. Once again, we can see lush tropical rainforests, beautiful blue waters, and some of the most stunning rock formations I’ve ever seen. Someday, I’d love to return to Pohnpei and explore this island! Pohnpei is one of the four states that make up the Federated States of Micronesia. Pohnpei is home to Palikir, the capital of Micronesia, and is also home to several other larger cities. Pohnpei is the largest island in Micronesia at nearly 129 sq mi. The highest point is 2,566 feet above sea level and the island has a population of roughly 37,000. It is the most populous state in Micronesia. In addition to all of that, Pohnpei is one of the wettest places on Earth. Annual rainfall on the island can pass 300 inches per year. However, that is at certain higher elevations. The average on the island is around 170 inches per year. To put that into perspective, the wettest city in the United States is Hilo, on the island of Hawaii. Hilo also has a tropical rain forest climate and receives around 160 inches of rain per year. Seattle, Washington, another famously rainy city in the US, averages around 40 inches of rain per year. So, don’t be too upset about the weather in this video. It’s likely what you’d see on most trips into Pohnpei, as it rains every day.
1:11:29-1:21:21 - As we touchdown on runway 09, which at 6,000 feet is just slightly longer than the runway we left in Kosrae, we once again hit the brakes hard. Remember, the runway at SXM in Sint Maarten is 7,500 feet long. So, this runway is 1,500 feet shorter than a world-renowned “short” runway. Once again, like our last landing, water from the runway is seen being blown off the pavement by the power engine reverses on the CFM engines. The ARFF (Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting) apparatus that is standing by is visible at 1:11:39. Due to the short runways along the route, ARFF trucks are required to stand by during the arrival, and by the aircraft for 15 minutes after arrival, to make sure there are no brake fires.
1:21:22-1:17:12 - We’re now back taxiing on runway 27, heading past where that ARFF truck was visible before, to the only taxiway at PNI. Due to the rain and the humid nature of the area, the windows once again begin to fog up. Luckily, the humidity and temperate do acclimate inside the cabin before we leave, so the window fogging is gone by the time we depart. We make our way to our parking spot and begin our 40-minute stopover.
1:17:13-1:18:39 - Here we see various shots of the island, terminal, and ground crew servicing the aircraft. At 1:17:13 the stunning rock formations we saw on approach are visible behind a hangar and airport beacon. At 1:17:27 the fueling operation can be seen. In addition, a United employee appears to be recording me. At least that was it looks like. He was actually recording the entire ground operation. I must assume the reasoning, but my best guess is that it was being done as a station audit. Likely it was being recorded to show a United auditor later, or it may have been live. Due to strict Covid restrictions, Micronesia is still difficult to access. My best guess is that someone from United’s safety department was watching the operation, or was going to be shown the video later, to make sure everything was running the way United expects. It’s also possible it was being done for training reasons. Regardless of the reasons, this practice wasn’t being done at any of the other stops, so it was likely I just happened to be there on the one day this was happening. At 1:18:03 and 1:18:18, two aircraft belonging to Caroline Islands Air are visible. One of the things I love most about visiting places like Pohnpei is seeing aircraft and airlines you’d never see anywhere else. It was actually difficult to find a lot of information on Caroline Islands Air, but they supposedly have a fleet of around six aircraft. It is a charter airline that was founded in 1995 and they serve around nine airports throughout Micronesia. Despite Covid, it does appear the airline is still operating. Anyways, only three passengers join us on at this stop, and no one disembarked. There are now eight or nine passengers total for our next leg of the journey to Chuuk, the last of three stops in the Federated States of Micronesia on this famous flight.
Join me again net Saturday at 10:00am central, as we continue our journey to Guam as we take the fifth of six legs.
Have enjoyed your vids for a while. Thank you for sharing your trips as they almost double for "chamber of commerce travel vids" showing different locales for people to watch & explore. I enjoyed your "Milk run" vids, and maybe I'm an ol softy - as seeing the ground crew waving during departure definitely gave this vid and me a nice, warm fuzzy feel.
I'm always glad to hear when people are enjoying my content. If you think my videos are "chamber of commerce travel vids" now, just wait until you see some of the ones I have coming up in a new series I'v been working on haha. Without going into too much detail, I show all the aviation stuff as usual, but then spend a whole day at the destination, filming the whole time! You see those and you may think the chamber of commerce paid me to make it hahaha! Hopefully I'll start to publish those soon, but there's still a lot to do to get those ready. Also, I agree, it was very nice to see the ground crew waving us on our journey!
@@sla31 Looking forward to the new "chamber" vids. =)
I really like these small remote Pacific island chain videos.
I’m glad you’re enjoying them! These last three segments were my favorite. I think they had the best scenery, despite the rainy weather. But, like I mentioned in my pinned comment. I really wasn’t upset that it was raining. This is one of the wettest places on earth. Some spots on this island receive 300 inches of rain per year. It rains every day and although it would have been nice to have sunny weather, this is probably what it’s going to be like 9 times out of 10. It is a tropical rain forest Island. Thanks for watching my friend!
My friend, you never fail to impress! I don’t have much energy at the moment but I’ll watch twice in a row as usual.
Thanks my friend! I always appreciate it!
The flight time is 1 hours and 5 minutes from Tuesday 13:30PM (GMT+11) to Tuesday 14:35PM (GMT+11)
Did that flight from Guam to Majuro back in the mid- '90s. Truly in an experience!
With as much as it costs, it's really a once in a lifetime experience! Thanks for watching my friend!
I actually want to do the island hopper more than the milk run. This is only making me want to doit sooner rather than later. I'm loving these empty flights you had!!!!
By the way EXCELLENT coverage. Hey have you ever thought about doing a live chat during one of your videos? I think it be a great opportunity to talk to you being you don't say much during the flights......which we completly prefer by the way 🤣
Thanks my friend! I’m glad you’re enjoying these. I have thought about doing something like that. I might have to give it a shot coming up here soon.
Early and love the flight and landing!
Thanks my friend!
Many thanks for this fly👍🏼😀😛🤗
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching my friend!
Sad that weather is so gloomy and I think you should do this again some day when the Covid Restrictions have lifted so you can leave the plane except at Kwajalein.
Well, I was hoping for sunny weather but, considering this is one of the rainiest places on earth, getting over 170 inches of rain per year. It’s likely this is the type of weather you’re going to get 9/10 times. Certain places on this island get over 300 of inches per year, and it does rain every day. Thanks for watching my friend!
How often does United rotate these aircraft back to the Mainland U.S.?
I’ve heard 8 to 9 months. But I could never find anything concrete on that. It was just word-of-mouth through other people. And I actually looked on flight radar, and some of the aircraft they’ve been using out there recently, have been out there for more than a year. 🤷🏻♂️
@@sla31 Thank you.
The distance is 553km/341mi
How much did this island hopper cost you? I searched on United website and it's over $1300, seems really expensive
A lot. I don't typically like to discuss how much money I spend. People know I pay for everything out of my own pocket, and it's a lot. That said, this round trip from HNL-GUM on the island hopper, and then back from GUM-HNL definitely had a comma in the price and it didn't start with a 1 or 2. And that didn't include the tickets to and from HNL from MCI. This was easily the most expensive series of videos I've ever filmed. So, thank you for watching! Tell all of your friends to watch haha!
@@sla31 I am just stunned by your passion. I truly appreciate all your effort and money to show us the beauty of aviation. As always, I'm a huge fan of you and look forward to more videos!
I always wanting to go on that island Hopping 🏝✈️ trip but never made it,looks like fun and adventurous,I have a question!!...where is the last stop of that trip,I heard the Philippines 🇵🇭 but not sure,and is it a round trip or one way trip and last what is the cost of that trip thanks for sharing your video...Aloha from Hawaii🤙
Fun and adventurous are definitely good words to use. If I was going to do it again, I would definitely wait until Covid is completely gone. Not necessarily the virus is completely gone, but the restrictions around it are gone. Before Covid, passengers could step off the plane during the stops to see the airport, get food, use the restroom, and maybe even snag a passport stamp from a customs official, if the price was right haha. Due to Covid restrictions still in place in the Marshall Islands and Micronesia, passengers were prohibited from deplaning unless it was your final destination. The last stop of the flight is actually Guam. If you want to connect onto Manila you can as both United Airlines and Philippine Airlines have flights from Guam to Manila. But the actual island hopper is capped on each end by Honolulu and Guam. It can be done as a round-trip. However, I only flew the westbound journey. The eastbound leg from Guam back to Honolulu is an overnight flight, and it doesn’t make much sense to record 15 hours in pure darkness. The price for the flight is very expensive. And it doesn’t fluctuate. It’s pretty much the same price every day 365 days a year. This flight, and my leg from Guam back to Honolulu, was the most expensive ticket I have ever purchased, and I wasn’t even in first class. I don’t usually like discussing specific prices in comments. I spend a lot of money on this channel, people know that I spend my own money on this channel, and I usually leave it at that. What I will say, is the flight from Honolulu to Guam, and back to Honolulu had a comma and the first number was not a one or two…. Thanks for watching my friend!
Great fly Have you seen the damaged Antonov An-225 Mriya plane photo that was destroyed during the Ukraine invasion by Russia?
I have. It’s really just confirming what we’d all heard and seen recently. It’s sad, but also good to see Ukraine retake that airfield.
Wow
Thanks for watching my friend!
Did you switch to premium economy on any flights you were on?
I did not. I topically won't fly on United's premium economy, as the aircraft that have it, usually have them right over the middle of the wing. It doesn't do much good to film a full flight if 90% of the screen is the wing.
I have to laugh at the peanuts/snacks and drink you get now on all these flights - my years (ago) of airline employment passengers got a full meal - steak/lobster and more in first class.
To be fair, this flight consists of 6 segments, and you do get a meal, even in coach, on the first and last segment. So, you actually get two meals, plus the snacks, if you take this full flight.