In modern high speed society I find your videos to be an excellent escape from a constant deluge of negativity. Your calmness during these trips is a breath of fresh air and I find myself hoping you can find some good curry along the way. Thank you for reminding me and everyone else here that the journey is equally important as the destination.
@@dennistani1986 less than 1% of the white population is 6 ft. 4". the average MEAN is 5 foot 7 and a half inches. so airlines are not worried. I DID however get seated to Seattle in a full plane with a guy in either side of me that exeeded 300 lbs. easy; that's worse; I'm UNDER 200 so not small myself. only take 2/3 hour flights. usually I go to SLCity and it's usually a near empty plane! plan ahead. take the exit door; more leg room for free!!
Being 6ft. 1in. My knees were aching just looking at the distance (lack of) between the seat in front of each other. I wonder who is doing the measurements on that 31inch seat pitch??
Counter likely closes at 1 hour before so that staff can go to the gate and handle boarding, this is common for low-cost carrier. Surprised that self-check-in isn’t available though, maybe they decided the fees for integration wasn’t worth it for one flight per day.
@@baysidelass That would be a reasonable explanation by itself, but the check-in cutoff for JAL’s four daily flights from Bangkok is _40 minutes_ before departure*. Airport ops typically don’t discriminate to that extent with regards to LCC vs legacy carriers. * Based on comparing JAL’s current listed operating hours for the BKK check-in counters to the official departure times. For example, JAL states that for JL034 the counter will be open 19:05 - 21:25; the listed departure time for the flight is 22:05.
😢im so sad for you. Lost 20 curries.....and...Not even one free drink ....thats bad. Id not fly with this company unless if its an emergency 😅. Love your videos ❤❤❤❤
I don't know exactly why, but the way you write your captions makes me feel really happy. Thanks for these videos, I just think they're so cool. :) Also 11:40 Unexpected Dr. Jelly cameo
287 USD for a one-way red-eye flight! You could have flown with a regular airline at that price! Zipair maybe cheap for Japanese customers but it's still a lot more expensive than its counterparts like AirAsia, Tigerair, or Lion Air in SE Asia.
i LOVE this airline! I have taken Zipair twice already, once in dec 22 and once in mar 23 from singapore to tokyo. I enjoyed the food on board and the wifi was decent too (i could not connect to the wi-fi during the dec 22 flight). I like the seat pitch as it is longer than on scoot and airasia. they provide the powerpoints for free while scoot charges for the powerpoint. I was able to get some decent sleep on both flights to tokyo (the people around me were not tall or fat people thankfully). In fact, i like this airline so much i will be taking it again in march 2024 to see the cherry blossoms again. I booked the march 24 flights the day the tickets were released😊
@@igobyplane all the flights including last week's flight to and from tokyo were all full. and yes we are not allowed to change seats but seems all the passengers (at least those around me) had no issues with this. The armrests in between the seats do come up. I doubt you will have any chance of an entire empty row as the flights i took were always full (i confirmed it with the airport staff who checked me in for my flights)
I believe its still rainy season in thailand so that might be the reason behind the lack of passengers. I went on peach out of osaka in june and the plane was full. The weak yen doesn't help though. I imagine those zip honolulu flights have even fewer passengers
Great flight, hope this airline can survive because there's trends where LCC Long Haul have greater risk to collapse rather than Regular Long Haul Carrier.
I used to love flying Oasis that flew from London to Hong Kong, my husband and myself booked 10 days in Hong Kong for less than a £1000, a bargain we also had upgrades to our room in the hotel and eat breakfast on the premier floor, much quieter then the main restaurant, I really miss HK but planning to go in 2025,
Good to hear: HK is it's own game and has been for 200 years. It's on my bucket list along with Taiwan. My son speaks/writes Japaneses and Mandarin so we'll go together.
I'm 6'5 and flew from Singapore to Tokyo and back earlier this year. The regular seats were fine, however exit row seats were cramped and feels like crap. The position of the reading light switch on the exit row seat is terrible, and you'll bump into it quite regularly. Also couldn't change seats even with 3/4 of the flight empty.
Just curious, what will happen if you sit on a different seat? I mean, for an almost empty flight in the video, most of the other airlines won't make a fuss if you change from an aisle seat to a window seat on the same row, or even sleep on 3 seats in 1 empty row. Of course, it will be troublesome if you order F&B on board.
by the way, you mentioned there was a promotion after you booked. where to see zipair promotions as i cannot find anything from their website or facebook page.
Hi, thanks for sharing your experience, i will take the exact same flight as you soon, considering the empty seats, it will be useless to upgrade my seat for extra legs confort, as long i can lay down on all the three seats in eco ? Thanks
Sunflower Sunflower, it had to be said We expect that to be your theme song Solo. You can't hear it on a Zip flight from Bangkok to Narita. Please, more Sunflower Sunflower. We just can't get enough Tom Crosby YQR Regina Canada.
How do you afford all of these journeys? I would have been bankrupt 80 times by now. I love the content and how much you put into it, keep up the amazing work! Sounds like a bot comment but I swear its not
as well as the view revenue, remember that Solo can claim everything as a business expense if he's set the channel up as a company in Japan, making it much more affordable to do. Japan has tax laws that *really* reward small-to-medium sized businesses
@@areareare9953 If you can make it work from Japan then it's a great idea. PermRes visas are surprisingly easy to get for the self employed, and life in Japan is pretty sweet outside of the main cities.
ohhh waaa you go to japan from bangkok thailand wuu welcome to southeast asia and goodbye to ,next time you go to singapore malaysia indonesia and any best country
I am sorry you missed out on the special offer. Hope you get a lot of likes and comments on this video so you can at least buy a few curries and survive😂
The least ZIPAIR could do is send you curry packets, to curry your favor in the future. As a matter of fact, I am baffled that you are not yet sponsored by a curry company. And that plane dropped on the runway like dice on a craps table. Dang that was hard.
They're only saying you can't switch seats due to passenger weight distribution for take off and landing - during cruise it won't make a difference, and I'm sure nobody would care if you moved. In fact I'd be laying across all those seats once they dimmed the lights.
Nope. Most of the LCC around the world - and especially the ones in Asia-Pacific- get *reeeeally* shouty if you start switching seats at ANY point because they do charge for EVERY seat. On a flight that empty weight wouldn't be a factor.
Well, that's just mean-spirited. The ones in Europe where I've asked to do it have been fine, as long as I'm in the assigned seat for take-off. They just amended the passenger manifest once I moved, I guess to help identify the bodies in case we crashed on landing. I never tried it on Ryanair though. I can imagine them allowing it but charging for it. I wouldn't be surprised if /they/ started surcharging for oxygen breathed during the flight.
That looked like an awful airline. I would rather pay more for a better experience. 17x31 seat size is not conducive for long haul flying, in fact, it could be medically dangerous to some people.
ZIP Air probably will not survive. Once people get smarter and realize the price from the US is not much cheaper if you factor in luggage and food, people aren't likely to fly with ZIP Air. I do hope they survive. It also doesn't help when the company logo represents Russia military.
In modern high speed society I find your videos to be an excellent escape from a constant deluge of negativity. Your calmness during these trips is a breath of fresh air and I find myself hoping you can find some good curry along the way. Thank you for reminding me and everyone else here that the journey is equally important as the destination.
ironic given they're taking a budget airline which is peak high-speed society.
Curry for the curry fan! 🍛
Another way to express the value of a plane or ferry ticket - this ticket was worth 25 curries ! 😊
The food curry?
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Being 192 cm / 6 ft 4 in and seeing this seat pitch, my body begins to scream! 😵💫
Than don't fly on any airline in the USA, you'll have permanent back trouble. I'm speaking from experience!!
@@dennistani1986 less than 1% of the white population is 6 ft. 4". the average MEAN is 5 foot 7 and a half inches. so airlines are not worried. I DID however get seated to Seattle in a full plane with a guy in either side of me that exeeded 300 lbs. easy; that's worse; I'm UNDER 200 so not small myself. only take 2/3 hour flights. usually I go to SLCity and it's usually a near empty plane! plan ahead. take the exit door; more leg room for free!!
Book a bulkhead or wing seat.
Being 6ft. 1in. My knees were aching just looking at the distance (lack of) between the seat in front of each other. I wonder who is doing the measurements on that 31inch seat pitch??
@@MrDboydeluxe What I would recommend, fly another airline. I would recommend ANA business class. You will find it be be excellent.
It’s a much more reassuring name than Unzipair would be!
It is actually because at one point japan was called zippangu. Like china was sino
Counter likely closes at 1 hour before so that staff can go to the gate and handle boarding, this is common for low-cost carrier. Surprised that self-check-in isn’t available though, maybe they decided the fees for integration wasn’t worth it for one flight per day.
It’s also to allow time for the baggage to make it through handling, security screening and loading onto the plane. 😊
@@baysidelass That would be a reasonable explanation by itself, but the check-in cutoff for JAL’s four daily flights from Bangkok is _40 minutes_ before departure*. Airport ops typically don’t discriminate to that extent with regards to LCC vs legacy carriers.
* Based on comparing JAL’s current listed operating hours for the BKK check-in counters to the official departure times. For example, JAL states that for JL034 the counter will be open 19:05 - 21:25; the listed departure time for the flight is 22:05.
@@bubbledoubletrouble 40mins?? That is a frightening timeframe for those behind the scenes. It would be very well organised chaos.
They look like the best economy seats of any airline Ive seen! what a great review, thank you
Glad you had a safe trip. Also I don’t sleep well on flights either.
Not a bad price for a low-cost option. Love your luxury trips, however! We miss you having curry and all the perks! 😍❤
😢im so sad for you. Lost 20 curries.....and...Not even one free drink ....thats bad. Id not fly with this company unless if its an emergency 😅. Love your videos ❤❤❤❤
I don't know exactly why, but the way you write your captions makes me feel really happy. Thanks for these videos, I just think they're so cool. :)
Also 11:40 Unexpected Dr. Jelly cameo
287 USD for a one-way red-eye flight! You could have flown with a regular airline at that price! Zipair maybe cheap for Japanese customers but it's still a lot more expensive than its counterparts like AirAsia, Tigerair, or Lion Air in SE Asia.
Those are not regular also they are budget airlines.. ana and jal is 700usd
I declare that your videos are nice. In flight mini golf !? That's luxury.
i LOVE this airline! I have taken Zipair twice already, once in dec 22 and once in mar 23 from singapore to tokyo. I enjoyed the food on board and the wifi was decent too (i could not connect to the wi-fi during the dec 22 flight). I like the seat pitch as it is longer than on scoot and airasia. they provide the powerpoints for free while scoot charges for the powerpoint. I was able to get some decent sleep on both flights to tokyo (the people around me were not tall or fat people thankfully).
In fact, i like this airline so much i will be taking it again in march 2024 to see the cherry blossoms again. I booked the march 24 flights the day the tickets were released😊
Were your flights as empty? Can you really not change seats? Do the armrests come up? Wondering if you can get away with laying down in a row
@@igobyplane all the flights including last week's flight to and from tokyo were all full. and yes we are not allowed to change seats but seems all the passengers (at least those around me) had no issues with this.
The armrests in between the seats do come up.
I doubt you will have any chance of an entire empty row as the flights i took were always full (i confirmed it with the airport staff who checked me in for my flights)
3:11...the sign with all the fast food logos...and the arrow is pointing straight at the defibrilator. :-) Message or something? :-)
Thank you for informing us of the flight experience. You are very helpful ✈
Thanks for video I was sad for you that you missed the promotion and 20 curries
Great airplane love your videos.
Nice plane,delicious food
I believe its still rainy season in thailand so that might be the reason behind the lack of passengers. I went on peach out of osaka in june and the plane was full. The weak yen doesn't help though. I imagine those zip honolulu flights have even fewer passengers
Great flight, hope this airline can survive because there's trends where LCC Long Haul have greater risk to collapse rather than Regular Long Haul Carrier.
ZipAir is owned and operated by Japan Airlines so hopefully that helps keep them alive.
I used to love flying Oasis that flew from London to Hong Kong, my husband and myself booked 10 days in Hong Kong for less than a £1000, a bargain we also had upgrades to our room in the hotel and eat breakfast on the premier floor, much quieter then the main restaurant, I really miss HK but planning to go in 2025,
Good to hear: HK is it's own game and has been for 200 years. It's on my bucket list along with Taiwan. My son speaks/writes Japaneses and Mandarin so we'll go together.
The airplane cabin has that Star Wars storm trooper vibe, right?
Back injury, no flying for me , but i remember when😅
I'm trying to book Zipair from LAX but their servers are busy and the website isn't working. Not a good sign. I guess you get what you pay for.
I'm 6'5 and flew from Singapore to Tokyo and back earlier this year. The regular seats were fine, however exit row seats were cramped and feels like crap. The position of the reading light switch on the exit row seat is terrible, and you'll bump into it quite regularly. Also couldn't change seats even with 3/4 of the flight empty.
Can i bring an ekiben onboard the returning flight?
@@doel89 you could try, didn't see anyone eat ekiben or combini meal sets but I saw people eating snacks
Just curious, what will happen if you sit on a different seat? I mean, for an almost empty flight in the video, most of the other airlines won't make a fuss if you change from an aisle seat to a window seat on the same row, or even sleep on 3 seats in 1 empty row. Of course, it will be troublesome if you order F&B on board.
@VM-ox9ke yea the food is bound to the seat number
Great video!
Isn't too long? It's six hours! I don't know if they'd be able to keep me away from that window, though ;)
très beau!!Bonjour de France!
I do hope you find some cheap or free curries to make up for missing out on halfprice airfare! 🤘
Great video
Please share videos of your Thailand trip. 😊
Peace ❤
It's not a Solo video without a cushion test.
No frills for sure
Do they charge extra for check-in luggage? No self service check in kiosk is bad…
See you are as lucky as me when missing out on promotions - usually for me a big purchase then following week a reasonable discount but missed 😢
by the way, you mentioned there was a promotion after you booked. where to see zipair promotions as i cannot find anything from their website or facebook page.
I could have eaten 20 curries!!
Hahaha 🤭
Can we please have all future channel prices in Yen, US Dollars and Curries?
Hi, thanks for sharing your experience, i will take the exact same flight as you soon, considering the empty seats, it will be useless to upgrade my seat for extra legs confort, as long i can lay down on all the three seats in eco ? Thanks
Sunflower Sunflower, it had to be said We expect that to be your theme song Solo. You can't hear it on a Zip flight from Bangkok to Narita. Please, more Sunflower Sunflower. We just can't get enough Tom Crosby YQR Regina Canada.
How do you afford all of these journeys? I would have been bankrupt 80 times by now.
I love the content and how much you put into it, keep up the amazing work!
Sounds like a bot comment but I swear its not
With 286,000+ subscribers, Solo probably has a large enough viewership to get decent monetization from their videos
as well as the view revenue, remember that Solo can claim everything as a business expense if he's set the channel up as a company in Japan, making it much more affordable to do. Japan has tax laws that *really* reward small-to-medium sized businesses
*immediately moves to Japan to open a crafts store*
@@areareare9953 If you can make it work from Japan then it's a great idea. PermRes visas are surprisingly easy to get for the self employed, and life in Japan is pretty sweet outside of the main cities.
I suspect he's actually the Emperor of Japan and everyone is just too polite to point it out
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Maybe it's the exchange rate but 41000+ for a one way no frills ticket strikes me as expensive no?
I feel sorry 4 missing 20 curries that u could gain by the promotion 😂
ohhh waaa you go to japan from bangkok thailand wuu welcome to southeast asia and goodbye to ,next time you go to singapore malaysia indonesia and any best country
Domo arigato
wait, has this been a little fly on that egg at the airport? 😮
extra protein. 😅
los angeles to tokyo?
Wow that was really an empty flight!
I was expecting a possibly rave review of the Legendary ZipAir Beef Curry! :( Maybe next time. ;p
I hope that wasn't a bug in the egg yolk
I am sorry you missed out on the special offer. Hope you get a lot of likes and comments on this video so you can at least buy a few curries and survive😂
Well, that's redicilous to not be allowed to change seats in an almost empty plane
Sometimes they don't allow switching seats because of the balancing of the aircraft and margins are actually lower when plane is near empty
The least ZIPAIR could do is send you curry packets, to curry your favor in the future. As a matter of fact, I am baffled that you are not yet sponsored by a curry company. And that plane dropped on the runway like dice on a craps table. Dang that was hard.
They're only saying you can't switch seats due to passenger weight distribution for take off and landing - during cruise it won't make a difference, and I'm sure nobody would care if you moved. In fact I'd be laying across all those seats once they dimmed the lights.
Nope. Most of the LCC around the world - and especially the ones in Asia-Pacific- get *reeeeally* shouty if you start switching seats at ANY point because they do charge for EVERY seat. On a flight that empty weight wouldn't be a factor.
Well, that's just mean-spirited. The ones in Europe where I've asked to do it have been fine, as long as I'm in the assigned seat for take-off. They just amended the passenger manifest once I moved, I guess to help identify the bodies in case we crashed on landing.
I never tried it on Ryanair though. I can imagine them allowing it but charging for it. I wouldn't be surprised if /they/ started surcharging for oxygen breathed during the flight.
Dang do they have a whole 7 Eleven's in flight menu 😂
Like anyone will notice or care if you change seats or take over the entire row!!!
😂poor you. Lost out on all those curries !
So basically a Japanese Spirit Airline… Any fights or fisticuffs on board???
but we malaysia hope japan landing they low cost airplane to malaysia its suitable we dont just have air asia we have you to
My only hope of surviving 6 hours in that plane would have to been laying across the empty seats. Ouch.
Nice content 🫶
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Low-Cost Carrier, Low-Cost video.
MOVE TO THE WINDOW SEAT, IT IS IRRELEVANT!!!
That looked like an awful airline. I would rather pay more for a better experience. 17x31 seat size is not conducive for long haul flying, in fact, it could be medically dangerous to some people.
ZIP Air probably will not survive. Once people get smarter and realize the price from the US is not much cheaper if you factor in luggage and food, people aren't likely to fly with ZIP Air. I do hope they survive. It also doesn't help when the company logo represents Russia military.
So how many hundred curries would you say this flight costed you? 🥣