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 😂
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.
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.
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
"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
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.
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.
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.
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
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 😅
Wow, a United flight that was acutally good!
And this ladies and gentlemen is why you always purchase travel insurance.
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.
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
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! ;-)
Noel your vids are so straight and genuine, thank you for that.👍
Way to stay positive. Never had quite such a disrupted journey myself!
Wow Noel I was exhausted just seeing your video. Good thing you had insurance!
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!
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Big up for showing some of our lovely Birmingham countryside at the start 😁
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 don’t even know what aircraft we’re on’😂😂
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.
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.
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 love your flying adventure videos!
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.
'Whatever morning it was.' Been there, done that lol
OK well stay safe I always enjoy your videos!
Your experience makes me feel better that I bought travel insurance for my summer trip to Europe in June.
BTW, It's SEA-TAC. Not Seattle's Tacoma airport. A small nit.
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.
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.
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 UA-cam.
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.
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.
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.
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 😁😂
Wow hope you feel better reached home safe at least made it
Just proves the world is in a crazy zone at the moment. Nothing is normal. Stay healthy and safe travels.
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.
Keen to hear who your travel insurance is with Noel! Sounds like a good company to be with
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.
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
I love how you do your Job like a professional ps:im a big fan
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
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!
Oh man, I'm sorry Noel, this sucks. But this video is nostalgic for me because this is actually the area where I reside, Seattle. I hope you got home before the coronavirus outbreak had the flights cancelled.
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.
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.
Lol just got an ad about an INDESTRUCTIBLE DRONE!!!! 😂
Imagine listening in on that ATC and hearing your flight declare mayday
going to be interesting to see what your going to do with all this pandemic stuff going on.
Ohhhh you’re in Frankfurt, now I recognize the terminal 😂
Seattle!!! Hope you are OK. No quarantine I assume.
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
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.
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
Hi Noel, great video once again! Which travel insurance company do you go with? In search of a very good one. Thanks in advance!
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.
Oh wow what a journey!
Glad to see a new video! I live a half hour south of Seattle 🙂
Welcome back Noel, i would take you out for coffee, but hey. Pandemic
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.
Overall I think that your videos are amazing. You’ve highlighted the ups and downs during the flight from Frankfurt to sfo.
You poor lad! That’s quite a long day. Good job with the travel insurance.
Wow those old websites in the squarespace ad still exist! go Chronos Cat!
Drones in themselves are not the problem. The problem is down to the users of which whilst the UK has applied strict regulations there are still going to be those not just in the UK but worldwide that won't register their drone etc and to be honest the FAA (and worldwide equivalents) can't always monitor every single drone.
It should be down to drone manufacturers to be actively applying firmware and hardware based flying height restrictions along with GPS based restrictions that makes further limits when flying within a certain distance of an airport.
Iwas getting sweaty just watching you rush through the airport, glad you got to your destination safe.
What travel insurance do you use? Sounds like an unfortunate, but great experience with them!
I have done that exact second flight except on a delta a319
Hi Noel, I hope you get safely home Ok with all the flight restrictions. Are you planning to get creative with workshops on travel planning, hunting best prices etc during any enforced downtime from the airlines?
Fingers crossed I’ll just fly somewhere else. That’s the joy of this job.
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.
What an adventure !
Did you see the tui 787 at Birmingham? I just got off that plane from bridgetown, the morning you flew to Germany... i also saw your plane too!!
I was trying to figure out what it was. Was too far away for me to see - thought it was Korean or something but just turns out it’s TUI 😂
@@noelphilips awsome, i took a photo of your aircraft not releasing you would be flying in it.. i think we were less then an hour of seeing each other😅 maybe next time
How quick was that taxi driver going 😂😂😂
Cripes that taxi driver was shifting.
At least you got a good seat on that United 777!
Dang... I’m a ramp worker for UA here at SFO - had I known you were passing through, I would have loved to have met up with you.
And you even flew out of my ramp, “ramp one” at the “E” gates.
Another great video Noel. But why did you go ahead and get a hotel Seattle? I would have just stayed at SEA. It is that it was already paid for?
I think if you are found to be flying a drone that disrupts flights at an airport, you should receive an automatic ban for life from flying to or from that airport. I love the way you handled it Noel, like a seasoned veteran. You're a class act! Great video I love your content!
Thank you!
10:18 what’s with all those cranes. Are they making a new terminal and Frankford.
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.
Re watching this as I nearly missed a connection. I wonder what insurance Noel had. I currently got an Admiral Policy. I need to look into getting a better one next year as I've been traveling a lot. It's at least a lot better than my original CoverWise policy learned a lot from that mistake : ) I've claimed on Admiral once but lacks some coverage