Discrimination laws aside, as a long-haul flight attendant (last century) I have witnessed too many folk having their flights/holidays ruined by an obese person trying to fit into a regular Y/C seat & 'overflowing' onto their seat neighbours. I agree that they need to purchase 2 seats or travel in a premium class for their own comfort & consideration of others. The safety factor also needs to be considered, obese folk are more difficult to evacuate in the event of emergency especially if they have requested an emergency row seat for the extra room (which they are usually denied anyway). I don't wish to sound discriminatory but it is what it is...
I'm fat and tall and I always fly highest possible class or at least make sure to compare seat sizes to see if it's OK to go. I think every overweight person should do that simply out of respect for the other passengers..
I’ve flown Scoot several times in both classes on busy & less than at times busy sectors. The crew are never overly attentive or engaging. They always rush even on a couple of occasions running through the passenger cabin without any valid reasons. Certainly a stark contrast to SQ, as you well know.
Your right Josh, with Scoot a "Guest of Size" who are unable to put both arm rests down, must buy two seats together or pay for the Premium Cabin. Great to see you flying with one of your supporters, well done Josh and Adrian. Cant wait to see the Afghan Angels, incredible crew, I hope they fly again soon.
So great to have one of your Pateron supporters on board with you and chatting like old friends. Adrian and Josh both looked like they had fun (even with hiccups in train strikes etc.) I always like watching Josh, as much for his airline review but more for his genuine and fun personality. Scoot looked like a nice airline and a cool touch with the refreshing welcome drink. I love their motto “Sit back, relax, escape the ordinary.” It works as a good motto for life. Shame about the food, it didn’t look appetising and sorry it gave you a bit of a stomach pain. I don’t know if it’s me but Josh seems to stay young. I watched a video from 4 years ago and he looked exactly the same!! In 4 years I look so old by comparison! Wouldn’t mind a video on his diet or health regime at some point hahahah! Seriously though, great job and another well spent time on RU-vid! ☺️👍🙌
This are the business class seats from the 1990th 😊 Had the pleasure to fly this seats on LH to Buenos Aires, Hongkong, Sao Paulo and Tokio …. Yes that was a dark time …. luckily First Class had already flatbeds that time … 😅
We flew ScootBiz back in October 2017 Melbourne-Singapore and back, the flight to Singapore was ok, no priority boarding in Melbourne although it said it was included, on board they got the already ordered food wrong, staff were older and very helpful, also on the way back , no priority boarding, long lines at the gate, had a younger group of hostesses ,and they were hopeless, not only wrong sort of food , (we had already booked and paid for) but we both received an ice-cream instead of a meal to start with! no apology when asked why, and where were our ordered meals, staff never came around to check on us, we had 1A & 1B . We decided that the fares were not as cheap as they think they are, and to fly Singapore next time and pay more for what we want(in Business class), sadly we don't look like getting back to Singapore anytime soon(we are locked down again in Melbourne Australia) Philltheflyer
Granted, this is a low cost carrier, BUT. 200 euros for a two and a half hour flight in Europe, on a widebody, and not in a standard European 3-3 business class on a narrow body is not bad at all. I would choose this over any European legacy carrier any day of the week for a short hop intra-European.
so interesting that the entire area was empty and I am glad you showed the front row as that is where I will be seated tmw on my flight from Singapore to Japan
Isn’t the great legroom in bulkhead available only in the middle row in Scoot Plus? And only on some of the 787-8? I noticed that you can’t stretch in bulkhead if you are in AB or HK..
For the economy class passengers, 2 passengers can use a double outlet plug adapter, that way its 2 for 1 ! ($2.50 each) there is always a work around! haha
i recently flew gatwick to bangkok with scoot in economy.. and can best describe it as a discomfort endurance test, the crew were ok but 12 hrs is a long flight especially when you're sat waiting to take off and you're delayed by an hr and a half! no food or even drinking water, no power outlets, no entertainment.. nothing unless you pay extra! fortunately i came prepared but being a first time scoot flyer i don't think i will use them again, and as this vid has shown.. business class isn't much better!
That VPN route to better pricing sure as heck didn't work for me one way Singapore to Sydney and I was using a Singapore server. Not guaranteed I guess. Did you notice a little button for calling an attendant ? A meal was included and they delivered it. Continual fawning was not included.
I just flew Sydney to Singapore to berlin via scoot economy. Worst flight. Super uncomfortable, no water even in economy, a lot of people including myself didn't know you needed to bring your own food and drinks then when going through the boarding gate security in Singapore the water and food I brought along was confiscated. So I had a 14 hour flight with out and water or food.
Hi Josh The audio is having a bug where the right channel is only working for your mic audio it's clear while using headphone.. where there is no audio at left channel
@@JoshCahill I was not offending you just try to convey that so you can maintain your regular video as well as audio quality. Because am a regular viewer of you.. love from Kerala India ❤️❤️❤️
I flew it Mel BKK a couple of years ago and hated it. Terrible food. Just microwaved mush. Crew otherwise disappeared until the seatbelt light came on when they would charge through waking everyone up regardless of whether they had their belt on. The other way, I flew Malindo premium and it was great.
Most people on ATH-BER fly A3, Easy or Ryanair...Josh fly Condor's 767 from DUS or FRA to Spain or Greece..Very nice legroom and excellent choice of meals..You missed also this year's Austrian's 777-200 VIE-HER-VIE which was great and you get to fly business on economy prices..Their last flight was on the of the 4th of September..They flew every Saturday..I also flew a fantastic Edelweiss A340 on HER-ZRH
Are these recorded in mono? the last couple of video has only had sound on one channel. (And yes, i checked other videos and they dont have this issue)
This review helped me so much! As a ,"fat" person I would rather pay £1000 on a luxury liner then buy 2 seats! You want us to buy extra seats but your bathroom won't accommodate us. Thanks again for the review
Just took a SQ economy flight to Hong Kong and returned on a codeshare Scoot flight. The crew on SQ are always attentive regardless of the class I'm flying, whereas the crew on my Scoot flight was just doing their job. Didn't even get a smile or goodbye on my way out. Guess you get what you pay for.
Really convinced by Scoot! Flew the route in Scoot Plus two weeks ago by myself with a private Jet feeling included. Would love to go on a longer flight to Singapore with them one day! :)
Never again on scoot … stewardess more like salesmen , trying to sell u water … couldn’t find my business reservation put in economy , refused to refund the difference , couldn’t then even find my booking ,had to go to intermetary to get refunded , luckily I had my receipt to show the mediation . When it goes wrong their mistake , they won’t help you . Likewise they overbook their flights and close tge checkin early leaving you stranded despite being in the queue they claim yiu don’t checkin on time …. Yeah no need to buy trouble from this airline ….
Come on Josh you could've just forced mono audio from the recording when editing this. Now I have to go out of my way to find a script or a extension so I don't go mad only having audio on the right ear.
I've heard, that Nonstop Dan had an awful experience with Scoot and will never fly with them. I don't know about your thoughts, regarding this situation, anyways I trust your reviews more and keep it up! 👍🏻
Not expecting anything of quality in a no frills, but you get too little for what you pay compared to lccs from neighboring countries. Its due to singapore having expensive labor compared to elsewhere in the region. For intra europe flights, I'd rather take ryanair and pay 5 times less
Well electricity does cost money to generate but something like a plane, train,bus or ship is generating it anyhow as a byproduct so it does seem very strange to charge passengers for it and the electrical drain for charging phones,etc would be very small not like you are plugging in a fan heater or a toaster!
Awesome video Josh.. I actually travelled on their dreamliner from my hometown to Singapore .I had a very bad experience but i made up my mind that i am travelling in a budget airline ....
Hi josh , Another great flight review . I’ve flown Singapore AL a few times and found the service fantastic so I was quite surprised to see scoot was somewhat less . Glad you do the toilet reviews ! I’m already looking forward to you next trip report 👍
Hey Josh, great review, thank you, Do those business class seats on Scoot recling further and have more raised foot rest than we could see. Cheers mate, happy travels, Glen and Di
As a travel agent, when they first stepped into the European market, I was at their promotion stand on the ITB))(the big international travel and tourism fair in Berlin). They guy handed us pamphlets and we talked about what we as agents and our customers expect of an airline and they failed in almost every discussion point. At one point even the brand representative laughed with us. What a weird airline, I actually didn't think they would stay longer than this weird air France? Hipster youth airline. But hey, here we are today. XD
Thanks for the video! I suspect that you dislike the fragrance of the Chinese shiitake mushrooms. It is probably an acquired taste for you since I don't find it in western cuisine, but it is common in Singapore :) Even as a Singaporean, I dislike it when i was younger, so I could totally relate to you when you said it doesn't taste like mushrooms but "something" else. Usually, we will eat that dish with dark soya sauce and small chilies, seems like it was not provided though. Cheers
So someone basically sitting on your lap the whole flight because they are morbidly overweight does not violate any laws? I am glad somebody had the courage to stand up for us normal passengers who have to endure hours of inconvenience because someone has no self-control.
Okay, I agree with you the comfort of other passengers is, of course, important as well. But what the hell do you mean by 'normal' people? Are 'fat' people not normal? People are not just fat because they don't have 'self-control', some cannot just help it!
@@kushaanagarwal9420 their size is not normal though. They are heavy and require a lot more room and fuel to transport so it makes sense for airlines to charge more. Or they can reduce luggage allowance for overweight passengers
@@kushaanagarwal9420 by normal I mean individuals whose bodies fit into airline seats without infringing on the space of the others sitting next to them. If you do not fit, have decency and buy yourself two seats or fly business. We can speculate all we want about diminishing seat sizes, but that is not going to help any one who has to endure hours of crammed travel just because someone next to them is big. We all pay for the same space and comfort on the plane, so why should some have comfort at the expense of the others?
Try Nook Scoot btwn Delhi - Bangkok , its the most horrible thing i ever flew in , moulds hanging from the air vents , amenities u get is 100ml water , stained carpets , torn seats . Absolute disgusting .
There should be a toilet in front left side of the plane. That toilet should be marginally bigger as it used to be reserved for ScootPlus customers. Once I was sorta told off by the crew for using the toilet, before the crew probably embarrassed himself afterwards when I stepped back to my ScootPlus seat in row 1. On another point about service by the Scooties (as the cabin crew are called), I do notice that there aren’t much service at all even in ScootPlus. This is probably due to the nature that the food and drinks in ScootPlus is ‘rationed’, you won’t get more than the one serving of drink that is bundled with your meal. Perhaps Scoot could be more generous to allow additional drink service for ScootPlus passengers, thereby creating “halo” effect for better customer satisfaction.
Never in my life even having an Asian mother or visiting most South East Asian countries including Singapore have I ever heard of Oriental Treasure Rice. I know of 8 treasure rice which is a gluttonous rice and coconut milk based Asian rice pudding dessert which is actually very yummy but not Oriental Treasure rice. Looks like its got shitake mushrooms, lap cheong (pork sausage), chicken, soya sauce and rice. To be honest I'd give that a pass and have the sweeter Treasure rice dessert anytime.
Koper saya ilang naik.scoot 5 bulan lalu sampai sekarang ga ada kabar.ditelpon diemail, ga.dijawab. sy udah masukin ke media konsumen dan laporkan kemenhub karena scoot sepertinyalepas tangan
I'm wonder how profitable this flight was, as it seemed to be quite empty :( Apart from that, only flying on a big jet for a short range flight is more convenient and comfortable, hassle free I guess )
Good review. It is an disappointment indeed that the crew has no much interest. I believe that even a budget airline should.provide service. Unless it is all self service
In my opinion, it still worth to fly this budget airline with B787. Why ? As long as WiFi services provide in the flight, I still can enjoy entertainment from my iPad like general commercial carrier does. I may not put high expectations on food since it is budget airline , but I rather recommend them distribute fast food instead local budget food store. 🙂 Many of you know, B787 is the most modern and safe aircraft in the world. It can get rid off unpredictable turbulence event happen during journey, the wing flow can swing like a bird compare to other aircraft give constant momentum of air flow can help airline company save money on fuel consumption. Of course, you still can enjoy business class or first class on the commercial carrier if you have enough money to do so. It just an option for those people wish to take budget airline for their travel when they have budget constraints.
I had a misconnection with Singapore Airlines' budget carrier Scoot last month due to delay. No big deal. But when I asked for a confirmation letter from Scoot for my insurance claim, they refused to give it even when the governing laws (I'm flying from Malaysia) by the Malaysian government that they are legally required to provide letter within 7 days if the flight delayed more than 30 minutes. My flight that caused the misconnection was delayed for 2 hours. Until now, they still refuse to provide me with the misconnection letter. God, just a confirmation letter for misconnection, there's no monetary liability for them, yet they refuse to provide. Don't fly Scoot, or even Singapore Airlines, period.
I don't think it's discrimination if you're too fat and take up two seats... that's just how it is. Those extra extra large people should buy 2 tickets for both of their seats that their fat spills onto.I don't want someone's fat rolls touching me while I paid full price for my seat, just because I'm fit and take care of myself lol. Yuck. However, with that said, I think MOST fat people can fit in 1 seat just fine. It's the REALLY fat people that you have to worry about, and honestly, I don't think those folks mind paying for 2 because they understand that their size can intrude others' personal space.
Oh such a good memory you have! 👏 We used to play Enjoy The Silence back in the good ol' B777 days, but have since updated our playlist....which we hope you'll enjoy just as much the next time you fly with us. 😀
My Scoot flying experience remains to be one of the worst I’ve had and I do a bit of flying because of my job. The airline seems to be intent on maximizing revenue per passenger. The flight crew is a terrible batch of very possibly Singapore Airline rejects.
As a medical undergraduate and a volunteer working at the National COVID center, staying hydrated is of utmost importance. Infact, what we give as advices for home based care patients are to have adequate bed rest (with awake repositioning for each half an hour) and STAYING HYDRATED (2.5 - 3.5 L / day unless you have CKD or any renal dysfunction). So staying hydrated is even better these days. Great review Josh. Love from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰
Hello Josh. I have just subscribed to your channel. Your videos are great fun to watch. Thank you 👍😀. Question: Have you ever flown with KLM Dutch Airline? Whoops... I wrote this before watching this video 🙈 😅. Looking forward to watching your KLM review. Greetings from Durban, South Africa 🤗
Who cares if the crew aren't around talking to the passengers? I'd rather they chill until you actually need something instead of constantly walking around doing nothing.
