This is like watching Simon after a few drinks. Very chill, edgy and some swearing. On the other channels, he is like everyone’s favourite Oxford professor.
@@brainblaze6526 There's a TV show on in the US called "Drunk History." You basically dress up in the fashion of the time period, get pretty drunk and talk about the time period or event that your wardrobe suggests you're from. I think it would be great if you were a guest on that !
This is so much better with Simon going on weird rambles. My idea is biggest fines ever, why and if they were paid or if they were reduced/dropped all together
In the U.S. the problem got so bad that the Fair Trade Commission issued a rule requiring all airlines to prominently display all fees on their website... Which led to my first sale as a comedy writer: "The Fair Trade Commission has issued a new rule requiring airlines to display all fees on their website. Of course, to view the website, you have to pay the $17 Website Viewing Fee."
I have a few friends who perform stand up comedy. I'm a funny guy, but don't have much of a stage presence, so I will help them write jokes, or write jokes for them.
I like this format. It seems to give Simon an opportunity to de-stress a bit and laugh at some of these ridiculous concepts and topics. Keep up the great work. 👏🏻👍🏻
I'm not sure it's so much people stalking you as much as it is that you are becoming the very face and voice of UA-cam. It's a thing, man. I watch one video you're in and then I go to my subscription feed and OH! Another video with Simon was just uploaded! Finish watching it. Then it shows me you uploaded something a couple days ago that I didn't see. So I watch it. Then there's a new video. And the cycle repeats. Your empire is becoming a reality.
Alternatively there was one video where he stopped, looked up and said there was a man standing outside his window. My takeaway from that was Simons studio is a basement level apartment facing the street. In a completely non stalkery way mind you.
100% agree. Please continue with this takeover of UA-cam. IF you need funding, maybe you can get into makeup, then UA-cam will be officially yours! 😂😂😂😅
An idea for a video. The phenomenon, especially prevalent in the UK, of being able to fly domestically for less money than a quicker train journey. The example that comes to mind is the guy who got famous because he flew regularly from somewhere in northern England to watch Chelsea in London via Barcelona because it was cheaper to do that than take the train.
Yes it is just south of the Sahara it use to be the jumping off point for trade caravans heading towards the Mediterranean and Arabic countries. This made it incredibly prosperous and a center of culture at the time.
Ooh Simon, I love that you covered this because it was especially prevalent with COVID. At just about the end of March 2020 I was looking to climb Mount Saint Helens with my childhood friend, the flight from San Diego International to SeaTac (Seattle) was only $45! Of course, taxes and fees would bring it up to $70 or so, but HOLY COW was that cheap. Of course, it never happened since they cancelled our hiking pass two weeks before I was going to go and the opportunity was outweighed by the risk. I'm also under the impression that it's mostly a ploy to get you to book their flights. Some sites will go as far as not telling you what time your flights are until after you pay the price, afterward it's non-refundable, the biggest scam in airline history behind the Spruce Goose (or RyanAir, dealers choice.)
Would love to see a vid on Commodore Business Machines, creators of the C64, the highest selling computer of all time that went bust due to poor business decisions. Now a footnote of how not to run a business.
hi im loving this new channel with it being less scripted its hilarious:') i had an idea for a video which was how did famous inventers get away with stealing inventions, i always hear about famous scientists and inventers who supposesdly stolen ideas and thought it would make a good video:)
I've never been on a plane so I don't know how this all works but if the check baggage fee is so much could you just FedEx your luggage right to the hotel where ever your going for vacation
Vid idea very prominent for this channel in this age: the"End user agreement" technical legal jargon prohibiting me from changing or altering software I've paid for and now own... If I buy a table I can paint it if I want to why can't I customize software to work how I want for what I want?? I think it could be interesting to see what led to this...
And this is just one fine example of why copyright is unethical. It enables people to place unwarranted, unreasonable, and even onerous restrictions on what others can do with their property and their person. And in the case of restricting the person, it is tantamount to slavery.
Danny was able to stay alive in the basement by buttering Simon up with personal stories. This is why he had the strength to defeat Steve and Lawrence.
Yeah Lawrence got like 2 scripts in. So guess he heard about Lawrence dying and Danny getting caught and ran. After a rebinge studing the development of BB (what else are lockdowns good for) I noticed Simon cracking up when reading Danny's script. Lawrence and Steve 660 wrote more serious scripts
In 1988, I managed to get a flight from Frankfurt, Germany to Lhasa, Tibet round trip, with a 15 day stay. It also included the "hotel" for the 1st night upon arrival and the last night before departure. It also included food and drink on the flight, as well a shuttle service to and from the "hotel". It cost a total of 115 Deutsch Mark, around 80euro today(I am guessing). It's not exactly one pound, but it is a really cheap ticket to go that far around the world. Plus, I have a photo of myself with a Chinese border guard on one side and a Tibetan monk on the other. Not very many people have experienced that.
I bought a round trip from Belfast to Amsterdam for £7 back in the early 00's. We booked months ahead of time and knew that we'd be paying £10 Airport Tax (it's compulsory, we were frequent flyers). However, the taxi to the airport cost 4x the price of the flight. That stung.
Air New Zealand occasionally does really cheap flights. The other day they had all domestic flights for $9, which is about £4.50. their standard price is £25. There are no booking fees or any other nonsense
Topic suggestion: quilting as a business. When I tell people I’m a professional Quilter, they typically say sadly “oh, that’s a lost art.” Well they are so wrong. It is a multibillion dollar industry internationally and certainly millions of dollars in the United States. My quilting machine alone Cost $36,000 and to make a quilt takes around $300 in fabric and up to $1500 worth of labor, so it’s certainly not a lost art, but a huge business. The International Quilt Festival held in Houston, Texas, in the fall brings in around 250,000 participants to visit hundreds of quilts and over 1000 vendors. Surprising? A business blaze indeed.
Script Suggestions: Fashion Companies burning unsold stock scandal! and Rent The Runway, is fashion rental the way forward, how Rent The Runway went from Hero to Zero
Reminds me of when Megabus used to advertise $1 tickets. I never saw one for myself. At least such a low fare makes a bit more sense on a bus rather than a plane.
I've gotten that fare a few times. NYC to Norfolk VA, Harrisburg to Pittsburgh PA, and NYC to Buffalo. Of course, there were taxes involved but the base fare was $1.
I believe it was only for the first ticket sold. You pretty much had to buy your ticket as soon as a schedule became available. This doesn't sound too good to be true as there is always going to be someone buying the first ticket for a journey, and it is not like most tickets are particularly expensive, even last minute.
The etch-a-sketch in the back looks like a hatless Walter White. obviously Simon is the real Heisenberg. also Simon looks like Picard and Riker had a kid.
Perhaps we can get a video on Car Ownership in the Soviet Union/Buying a Car in the Soviet Union? I think that could make for a very interesting video. I’ve been reading the book Cars for Comrades, and both that and Russian Motor Vehicles: Soviet Limousines 1930-2003 are very detailed & unique accounts on Soviet automobiles. Regardless, I’m happy to see another video on this channel. I hope this channel eventually has a lot of subscribers like your other channels do.
Love the new channel and all the others. Always enjoyable to pass my time learning new things in a fun way. Never disappointed. Absolutely amazing laughing my ass off in public places with headphones in and innocent bystanders extremely bewildered as to what's happening lol
Before 9/11, there was an online community (though the practice went back to at least the 1970s) of people who would take surprise vacations by going to the airport and go to where they could get a cheap last minute ticket, and spending a few days in that city.
I'm really enjoying the relaxed, casual atmosphere in Business Blaze. I found myself laughing at the dunking of Ryan Air (it was well deserved). Keep up the great work, Simon I have no idea where you get your high energy, keep doing whatever it is (provided it's legal) I enjoy it.
I just realised: whoever does the editing on these videos (Sam, I think?) is about as important/integral to the ‘feeling’ of these videos as Simon... Amazing work of your craft here, Sam. Just saying~
I clicked because I was interested in the topic and enjoy all of your video.... I stayed because you are laughing, being super funny and delightful. You seem like a lot of fun to have drinks with!
Dang, and I felt lucky to get a flight from Boise, Idaho to San Francisco for $750 once. It was a family emergency so I didn't complain but I felt the pinch in my budget for some time. Glad you got such a good deal.
Amazing if you want to go from Detroit to Entebbe. Of course, that's the point, isn't it? Also, I wonder if the bullet holes in the terminal building have been repaired yet.
As much as I hate ryanair in 2004 - 2005 I used to get one way flights from Birmingham to Dublin for £1 but the added taxes were around £20. The return flight was About £40 including taxes.
Hey Simon, nice to know that you are in Prague. you should definitely do a collab with guys from the honest guide.. They really have a similar energy and vibe to yours.. May you could talk about some famous place in Prague or something 😁
Ryanair and Easyjet have many more additional fees than they did back in the late 90s. Also, the airport tax was considerably less then. Those two airlines used to have a £0.01 advert for Galsow to London (plus tax). While the "plus tax" means that the flight isn't actually £0.01, it was still very cheap. My parents frequently few this route and the taxi to and from the airport would be more expensive than the flight. They still do take advantage of these airlines. My father books 3 to 4 months in advance, they pay with debit card to avoid the credit card fee, they have only a small carry on bag, they print their own boarding pass, they check-in online, and they read the small print every time to make sure nothing has changed since the last time. In 2000 and 2001, there was a last-minute package deal site that had an auction system. You could bid for last-minute deals, often leaving within 24 hours, with the auction starting a £1. While most auctions closed at a considerably higher price, occasionally there would be a ticket that didn't sell. Typically they'd be short notice with an unknown hotel. My father, then recently retired, would sit refreshing the page right up to the close time, then bid. He did once get a package for two to Tenerife for a week for £1 including tax, hotel and transfers. On the same site, I got a week for 2 in Cyprus for £100, inc hotel and transfers. Now I live in China, I still sometimes get cheap deals. My wife and daughter went to Hong Kong on a 5-day package deal for 100 RMB (£10) each inc flights, tax, 4-star hotel, all meals, Disney entry, and transport with the one condition that you spend 2000RMB or more shopping. Even if I'd paid for the flights myself, just the flights would have cost double the shopping condition without counting the hotels, food, transport, or tickets. So my wife bought me a nice watch.
You need to do an episode about the amazing company that blessed the world with the incredibly well made zebra mask that you almost got ebola in i think it would be so informative and just one more blessed appearance from the zebra mask
I got a 1€ one way flight to Berlin once, with all the usual fees added on top of it it was still pretty cheap. Booked it to visit a friend of mine there and have a bit of a holiday. The return was more expensive, but all put together it was still a really inexpensive holiday considering what I got out of it in terms of experience.
After 9/11 my family got flights to Rome from Ryanair for 50p each (before taxes) Definitely a thing if you don't count taxes and wait for the world to turn upside down
I live in the US, but I was living in London in 2001. I was there for 9/11, and if you recall, the weeks immediately after, everyone in Europe and America were waiting for follow-up attacks. People were genuinely frightened to fly. I can't recall if it was Ryanair or EasyJet, but both were doing absolutely ridiculous specials trying to get people flying again. The internet was advanced enough by then that we were getting comfortable with booking online. There were a bunch of two quid flights offered round trip to a bunch of destinations. There were only a handful of these seats and you had to jump on the offers as they posted. I missed out on London to Barcelona and London to Tunisia as they disappeared almost the moment they popped up. I did get two pound tickets from London to Glasgow and London to Genoa Italy. These were truly two pounds round trip! It cost way more just to get to the airports than the actual flights. This was of course, an unusual time to be flying, and the specials didn't last long.
My cheapest flight ever was 12 euro's, Dusseldorf to Londen and return. It wasn't great for legspace, but it was a short flight so didn't mind it too much, also flights were during night.
I've flown a bit in my life and me and the wife got a hold of a really nice deal: To and from Tokyo, and hotel for two weeks; $1600 for two! Usually those tickets go for that each. We stayed at a 3 star hotel (star-ratings are fluid and change depending on what country you're in. In Japan that 3 star is more like a swedish 4 star hotel (Free internet, good bed, assortment of pillows, concierge service etc)) and flew with Lufthansa where food is included in the ticket. FAR from the 1 buck but still a good price as the taxes made up half of the cost.
Back when I was in college, I could fly stand-by from New York City to Chicago for something like $25. They didn't guarantee you could get the flight you wanted but I was never bumped in the years I flew that way. I think there were restrictions who could fly stand-by (students, military). Flying stand-by in the US was cheap but there weren't as many (domestic) airlines back then. I think the military can still fly stand-by now but probably not anyone else, haven't looked into it for many many years.
When Ryanair was entering Polish market, they sold loads of flights for less than £1. In late 2008 they had a promotion with flights for 2.50 in a currency of your outbound flight. We used with my family. And then it was cheaper to get a return flight Wroclaw-Frankfurt-Wroclaw for 5PLN, than a one way Frankfurt-Wroclaw for €2.5. They were a thing. And we didn't pay any extra charges. Haven't seen such god deals since, though. And the trip we did then was Gdansk-Frankfurt-Porto for 2.5PLN+€2.5.
Here in NZ, we can pick up $1 flights one way at least 3-4 times a year, domestic only of cause. There is a credit card charge and luggage option, but if you pay by airpoints which are in $ value then no extra charges. You also can often get a return flight for the $1 as well. So yeah totally available. That would be a 3 pound flight roughly, or a USD$2 roughly.
Idea for you: Company towns in America... (Pullman IL, Hershey PA etc) towns built by companies, then rented to it's employees... They usually had puritanical rules, and services that helped ensure most of their paycheck went back to the company.
Fun fact, airline food will always taste bad because it turns out that air pressure has an effect on how stuff tastes and cabin pressure, while not equal to exterior pressure, is generally around the same pressure as if you were somewhere between 5000-8000ft above sea level to reduce stress on the hull. There have been cases of airlines hiring famous gourmet chefs to design custom menus (for 1st class i assume) which tasted great on the ground but kind of off in flight.
LOL. I saw the title and thought of this: I know one has to adjust for inflation, but when I was a kid, once a month the ballpark would have 'quarter beer night'. Having tended bar for twenty years now, I have never seen such a zoo in my life. Every game sold out, though.
I recall flying a few years ago for $35 NY to FL (Round Trip). While just 1 flight was that price a dozen more round trips were $45-$60. There was tax 8%. You couldn’t check a bag as 1 bag was $50 on its own. As a comparison most similar flights were $350. The only downside was the days and times of the flights which were a little odd.
SAS used to sell their business seats at full fare and sell the student seats for whatever they could get, basically as a public service. They weren't one pound/dollar/kroner, though. The CEO of SAS wrote a book about the policy.
I flew to Norway in the 90's for £1 + taxes with Norwegian and £1 + taxes back, yes i had to pay for baggage but from what i remember it was about £40 total, good seats and free bottles of water to Oslo from Stansted. I fell asleep on the way back and they put the water bottle by the side of me as opposed to just passing me by. I had never flown before and i have to admit the excitement possibly made it better but I still rate them as the nicest flght with the nicest airline I have ever had so far.
I've never had a £1 flight but my brother, a friend and I did take a day trip to Paris in 2009 and the single flight from Leeds Bradford to Paris CDG with Jet2 was £6 for all three of us! It was the best flight I've ever had, there were more cabin crew than passengers! Granted the flight was at about 4am but as we were all college students it was great. We then did a single back home with Eurostar which was rather less successful. That cost about 10 times as much each and after a power failure in the channel tunnel we eventually got home 14 hours late!
I live in the US but I'm pretty familiar with Easyjet and RyanAir, and let me say, I'd LOVE to have them or companies like them over here. It costs like $500 to fly from one end of the country to the other, or even halfway through.
Isn't it amazing how far he's come? I remember when he sounded super stiff and never showed himself on camera. The content was great back then, but I like the new Simon better.
For some reason, Ryan Air is (or was) more expensive in the UK compared to the rest of Europe. I was stationed in Germany between '04-'08, and purchased many 1 euro tickets around the continent. Yes there was a tax and fees, but one time it was only another 10 euro. They were one-way, but you could get a one-way for return as well. Since I could go on vacation anytime, I could plan my vacation around ticket prices since they are different everyday for some reason. Now if I wanted to fly to the UK, it was outrageous. My friends wife was from Norwich, and they would drive and take the Chunnel because it was cheaper. In fact, I never flew to the UK while in Germany because tickets would cost more than tickets and lodging some place else (Italy, Greece, etc). Fortunately, I ended up getting stationed in England after a 5 year detour back to the US. The worst part of it all is that I was fortunate enough to experience life outside of the US, and now fully aware of how awful the states are in comparison. Keep living the dream Simon, you entertaining nomad.
Cebu Pacific in the Philippines have done flight tickets for PHP1 in the past, which is about 2 cents US! By the time you add the fees and charges, they are way more than PHP1, but still very low prices. Of course, you have to be quick to get the few seats they offer at that price.
I've done a few 1€ flight's with ryanair. i'm from belgium and to promote the Charleroi airport the Walloon gouvernement would reward airlines for each seat sold, so for a time it would make sence for ryanair to sell the seat for 1€ if they had seats left. a little time later they where not allowed to do that, so they came up with a even better deal, if you bought a flight, you could get that flight again 2 weeks later. this way me and a friend got a return flight from Charleroi to Barcelona for free. The best deal i did was in 2006 when i had to organize the company day trip, with a budget of 50€ per person (we are a theater with 20 employees) and i was able to get 20 flights leaving in the morning to Milan, and returning in the evening for 22€/pp all taxes included.
i did not heard of 1$ flights, but i got some good deals from ryanair: bucharest to bologna round trip for 19.98 euro, bucharest to berlin round trip for 17.98 and the absolut low bucharest to timisoara for 9.98 euro round trip. and the flight were 3 to 4 days apart so perfect for a citybreak. i live in a city 60 km from bucharest and to get to airport cost me more than the ticketsto timisoara.
I haven't been on a $1 flight, but I have been able to get the $9 a day car rental. When I fly home to Detroit, the car rental is the super low price that is advertised "As Low As..." and the cars are brand new: I got one that had 150 miles on the odometer the last time I went, and payed something like $13 a day for unlimited milage, and the car was loaded! It even had a sun roof. I assume this is some kind of deal with the auto manufacturers. I put almost 2K on a brand new car next to nothing.
This is like watching Simon after a few drinks. Very chill, edgy and some swearing.
On the other channels, he is like everyone’s favourite Oxford professor.
Drunk education with Simon.
@@brainblaze6526 There's a TV show on in the US called "Drunk History." You basically dress up in the fashion of the time period, get pretty drunk and talk about the time period or event that your wardrobe suggests you're from. I think it would be great if you were a guest on that !
Little did we know, this was the real Simon.
This is so much better with Simon going on weird rambles. My idea is biggest fines ever, why and if they were paid or if they were reduced/dropped all together
Oh, I like that!
Great idea
In the U.S. the problem got so bad that the Fair Trade Commission issued a rule requiring all airlines to prominently display all fees on their website... Which led to my first sale as a comedy writer:
"The Fair Trade Commission has issued a new rule requiring airlines to display all fees on their website. Of course, to view the website, you have to pay the $17 Website Viewing Fee."
That's good :D
That joke is legit gold. Well done sir!!
We’re do you sell your jokes?
I have a few friends who perform stand up comedy. I'm a funny guy, but don't have much of a stage presence, so I will help them write jokes, or write jokes for them.
Oooh that's good.
I like this format. It seems to give Simon an opportunity to de-stress a bit and laugh at some of these ridiculous concepts and topics. Keep up the great work. 👏🏻👍🏻
I love doing it. I’m glad you enjoy watching :)
Simon It let's your humor come out more. You often have me rolling with laughter.
@@brainblaze6526you should return! it worth the trees it kills
I'm not sure it's so much people stalking you as much as it is that you are becoming the very face and voice of UA-cam. It's a thing, man. I watch one video you're in and then I go to my subscription feed and OH! Another video with Simon was just uploaded! Finish watching it. Then it shows me you uploaded something a couple days ago that I didn't see. So I watch it. Then there's a new video. And the cycle repeats. Your empire is becoming a reality.
My master plan is working... ;)
Alternatively there was one video where he stopped, looked up and said there was a man standing outside his window. My takeaway from that was Simons studio is a basement level apartment facing the street. In a completely non stalkery way mind you.
@@dmcgee3 I have not seen that video.
He is a very good orator. All he needs now is an interview channel.
100% agree. Please continue with this takeover of UA-cam. IF you need funding, maybe you can get into makeup, then UA-cam will be officially yours! 😂😂😂😅
This is the most fun of all Simon's channels. Danny especially seems to make Simon laugh. Good on you.
Danny’s a legend.
DONT FORGET SAM!
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@@brainblaze6526 Yeah, Danny.
@@brainblaze6526 basement legend
An idea for a video. The phenomenon, especially prevalent in the UK, of being able to fly domestically for less money than a quicker train journey. The example that comes to mind is the guy who got famous because he flew regularly from somewhere in northern England to watch Chelsea in London via Barcelona because it was cheaper to do that than take the train.
Probably faster too
Timbuktu is in the southwest Sahara desert I believe.
Edit: P.S. that would probably make a good video subject for your Geographics channel
Rocky Lewis w/o looking on google I thought is was in or near Nepal.
Nope! I’m wrong again , you’re correct. I believe I conflated Tumbuktu with Kathmandu.
Indeed it would.
Yes it is just south of the Sahara it use to be the jumping off point for trade caravans heading towards the Mediterranean and Arabic countries. This made it incredibly prosperous and a center of culture at the time.
@@EMurph42 Aren't they both located in Over-there-istan?
First video ive seen on this channel... subbed here from top tenz... love this style of presentation!
Glad to hear that :). Thank you for subscribing.
This channel reminds me of when finals are over, and your professor takes the class out for drinks .
Ooh Simon, I love that you covered this because it was especially prevalent with COVID. At just about the end of March 2020 I was looking to climb Mount Saint Helens with my childhood friend, the flight from San Diego International to SeaTac (Seattle) was only $45! Of course, taxes and fees would bring it up to $70 or so, but HOLY COW was that cheap. Of course, it never happened since they cancelled our hiking pass two weeks before I was going to go and the opportunity was outweighed by the risk. I'm also under the impression that it's mostly a ploy to get you to book their flights. Some sites will go as far as not telling you what time your flights are until after you pay the price, afterward it's non-refundable, the biggest scam in airline history behind the Spruce Goose (or RyanAir, dealers choice.)
I'm loving these. It's great fun watching Simon have so much fun. Nice work Danny.
Would love to see a vid on Commodore Business Machines, creators of the C64, the highest selling computer of all time that went bust due to poor business decisions. Now a footnote of how not to run a business.
I think that would be a great topic for Danny.
"I guess I live in Amsterdam now."
A quote I would have also said.
Thank you for another amazing video! Made a crap day so much better! Keep them coming!!
:) Will do.
hi im loving this new channel with it being less scripted its hilarious:') i had an idea for a video which was how did famous inventers get away with stealing inventions, i always hear about famous scientists and inventers who supposesdly stolen ideas and thought it would make a good video:)
Really enjoying the content, energy and humor of this channel
👍👍from your oldphart fan in Bangkok
Thanks :)
This feels soo much like fact fiend and I love it
I remember flying when they still allowed smoking. There was so much smoke hanging in the air, it was like being in a cigar bar. Your eyes burned.
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I can smell smoke from cars driving past, I couldn’t imagine in a pressurized tube 20’000 feet in the air. So gross
Whistley boi! Loving the new channel and the humour 👍
Glad you enjoy it :)
Thank you Danny for the awesome video!
I love serious Simon Whissla but I'm LOVING business blaze Simon 😂😍❤ especially the random side notes 😂
I wore 5 layers and 2 hats onto my Ryanair flight so I wouldn't have to pay the baggage fee.
Im so sure they would search you
@@xiotrapeh3617 , a fellow American? Cuz they sure did not.
I've never been on a plane so I don't know how this all works but if the check baggage fee is so much could you just FedEx your luggage right to the hotel where ever your going for vacation
Vid idea very prominent for this channel in this age: the"End user agreement" technical legal jargon prohibiting me from changing or altering software I've paid for and now own... If I buy a table I can paint it if I want to why can't I customize software to work how I want for what I want?? I think it could be interesting to see what led to this...
And this is just one fine example of why copyright is unethical. It enables people to place unwarranted, unreasonable, and even onerous restrictions on what others can do with their property and their person. And in the case of restricting the person, it is tantamount to slavery.
Danny was able to stay alive in the basement by buttering Simon up with personal stories. This is why he had the strength to defeat Steve and Lawrence.
Yeah Lawrence got like 2 scripts in. So guess he heard about Lawrence dying and Danny getting caught and ran. After a rebinge studing the development of BB (what else are lockdowns good for) I noticed Simon cracking up when reading Danny's script. Lawrence and Steve 660 wrote more serious scripts
COVID-19 looked back at Ryanair's plans and laughed very long and very hard.
In 1988, I managed to get a flight from Frankfurt, Germany to Lhasa, Tibet round trip, with a 15 day stay. It also included the "hotel" for the 1st night upon arrival and the last night before departure. It also included food and drink on the flight, as well a shuttle service to and from the "hotel".
It cost a total of 115 Deutsch Mark, around 80euro today(I am guessing).
It's not exactly one pound, but it is a really cheap ticket to go that far around the world.
Plus, I have a photo of myself with a Chinese border guard on one side and a Tibetan monk on the other. Not very many people have experienced that.
I love how "Business Blaze" is arguably the most serious sounding channel of Simons. And yet, its very much the least haha
I bought a round trip from Belfast to Amsterdam for £7 back in the early 00's. We booked months ahead of time and knew that we'd be paying £10 Airport Tax (it's compulsory, we were frequent flyers). However, the taxi to the airport cost 4x the price of the flight. That stung.
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Air New Zealand occasionally does really cheap flights. The other day they had all domestic flights for $9, which is about £4.50. their standard price is £25. There are no booking fees or any other nonsense
Topic suggestion: quilting as a business. When I tell people I’m a professional Quilter, they typically say sadly “oh, that’s a lost art.” Well they are so wrong. It is a multibillion dollar industry internationally and certainly millions of dollars in the United States. My quilting machine alone Cost $36,000 and to make a quilt takes around $300 in fabric and up to $1500 worth of labor, so it’s certainly not a lost art, but a huge business. The International Quilt Festival held in Houston, Texas, in the fall brings in around 250,000 participants to visit hundreds of quilts and over 1000 vendors. Surprising? A business blaze indeed.
Do one on WOW Air. I flew on one of their last flights; they went belly up 2 weeks after I flew.
I think I also flew wow once. I also flew an airline that went bankrupt when I was on holiday... that was a pain in the ass.
As an American who visited europe for the first time this summer, I was pretty impressed with Ryanair and easyjet
Script Suggestions: Fashion Companies burning unsold stock scandal! and Rent The Runway, is fashion rental the way forward, how Rent The Runway went from Hero to Zero
Reminds me of when Megabus used to advertise $1 tickets. I never saw one for myself. At least such a low fare makes a bit more sense on a bus rather than a plane.
I've gotten that fare a few times. NYC to Norfolk VA, Harrisburg to Pittsburgh PA, and NYC to Buffalo. Of course, there were taxes involved but the base fare was $1.
For that you need to book the bus in month ahead
I believe it was only for the first ticket sold. You pretty much had to buy your ticket as soon as a schedule became available. This doesn't sound too good to be true as there is always going to be someone buying the first ticket for a journey, and it is not like most tickets are particularly expensive, even last minute.
The etch-a-sketch in the back looks like a hatless Walter White. obviously Simon is the real Heisenberg. also Simon looks like Picard and Riker had a kid.
Perhaps we can get a video on Car Ownership in the Soviet Union/Buying a Car in the Soviet Union? I think that could make for a very interesting video. I’ve been reading the book Cars for Comrades, and both that and Russian Motor Vehicles: Soviet Limousines 1930-2003 are very detailed & unique accounts on Soviet automobiles.
Regardless, I’m happy to see another video on this channel. I hope this channel eventually has a lot of subscribers like your other channels do.
Love the new channel and all the others. Always enjoyable to pass my time learning new things in a fun way. Never disappointed. Absolutely amazing laughing my ass off in public places with headphones in and innocent bystanders extremely bewildered as to what's happening lol
Here in the US I saw buses advertise tickets for a dollar. I looked at the website and found that with all the fees it was more than 100.
Before 9/11, there was an online community (though the practice went back to at least the 1970s) of people who would take surprise vacations by going to the airport and go to where they could get a cheap last minute ticket, and spending a few days in that city.
I'm really enjoying the relaxed, casual atmosphere in Business Blaze. I found myself laughing at the dunking of Ryan Air (it was well deserved). Keep up the great work, Simon I have no idea where you get your high energy, keep doing whatever it is (provided it's legal) I enjoy it.
Thanks :)
Simon, you could try a C-130 flight on jump seats from Iceland to Florida. Been there, done that, not recommended.
I just love the feel of this channel
Glad you like it :)
I just realised: whoever does the editing on these videos (Sam, I think?) is about as important/integral to the ‘feeling’ of these videos as Simon... Amazing work of your craft here, Sam.
Just saying~
Glad 8 months later they're the holy trinity of business Blaze
Simon's First Cease and Assist 👏👏👏👏👏
I clicked because I was interested in the topic and enjoy all of your video.... I stayed because you are laughing, being super funny and delightful. You seem like a lot of fun to have drinks with!
Simon: “Can you get a flight for a pound?”
Title: “Can you get a flight for a dollar?”
Incredible video Simon! I like your upbeat style. Yes, look out for the hidden charges for the 1 Pound Flight.
Jetstar (Aus) sometimes does either a fly to Japan and return for free or a $1AUD and goddammit its always when Im broke.
A cease and desist 😂
He should have just published the cease and desist notice along side the offending blog post to add further proof of how awful the company was.
Do not point out how we've decieved you. Its endangering our business of deceiving and stealing.
"Well I guess I now live in Amsterdam" 🤣
Same
Bought a round trip ticket last week from Detroit, Michigan to Entebbe, Uganda for $800. It's not $1 but still amazing.
That's incredible, really
Dang, and I felt lucky to get a flight from Boise, Idaho to San Francisco for $750 once. It was a family emergency so I didn't complain but I felt the pinch in my budget for some time. Glad you got such a good deal.
That is actually a very good deal, considering that would be a 2100$ flight of similar distance elsewhere
Amazing if you want to go from Detroit to Entebbe. Of course, that's the point, isn't it? Also, I wonder if the bullet holes in the terminal building have been repaired yet.
As much as I hate ryanair in 2004 - 2005 I used to get one way flights from Birmingham to Dublin for £1 but the added taxes were around £20. The return flight was About £40 including taxes.
I like this channel. It's raw, candid, and funny.
Hey Simon, nice to know that you are in Prague. you should definitely do a collab with guys from the honest guide.. They really have a similar energy and vibe to yours.. May you could talk about some famous place in Prague or something 😁
Ryanair and Easyjet have many more additional fees than they did back in the late 90s. Also, the airport tax was considerably less then. Those two airlines used to have a £0.01 advert for Galsow to London (plus tax). While the "plus tax" means that the flight isn't actually £0.01, it was still very cheap. My parents frequently few this route and the taxi to and from the airport would be more expensive than the flight. They still do take advantage of these airlines. My father books 3 to 4 months in advance, they pay with debit card to avoid the credit card fee, they have only a small carry on bag, they print their own boarding pass, they check-in online, and they read the small print every time to make sure nothing has changed since the last time.
In 2000 and 2001, there was a last-minute package deal site that had an auction system. You could bid for last-minute deals, often leaving within 24 hours, with the auction starting a £1. While most auctions closed at a considerably higher price, occasionally there would be a ticket that didn't sell. Typically they'd be short notice with an unknown hotel. My father, then recently retired, would sit refreshing the page right up to the close time, then bid. He did once get a package for two to Tenerife for a week for £1 including tax, hotel and transfers. On the same site, I got a week for 2 in Cyprus for £100, inc hotel and transfers.
Now I live in China, I still sometimes get cheap deals. My wife and daughter went to Hong Kong on a 5-day package deal for 100 RMB (£10) each inc flights, tax, 4-star hotel, all meals, Disney entry, and transport with the one condition that you spend 2000RMB or more shopping. Even if I'd paid for the flights myself, just the flights would have cost double the shopping condition without counting the hotels, food, transport, or tickets. So my wife bought me a nice watch.
Simon's the best & I really like the unrehearsed style!
You need to do an episode about the amazing company that blessed the world with the incredibly well made zebra mask that you almost got ebola in i think it would be so informative and just one more blessed appearance from the zebra mask
I worked for BA from the United States. I flew from New York to Singapore free!
I got a 1€ one way flight to Berlin once, with all the usual fees added on top of it it was still pretty cheap. Booked it to visit a friend of mine there and have a bit of a holiday.
The return was more expensive, but all put together it was still a really inexpensive holiday considering what I got out of it in terms of experience.
After 9/11 my family got flights to Rome from Ryanair for 50p each (before taxes)
Definitely a thing if you don't count taxes and wait for the world to turn upside down
I live in the US, but I was living in London in 2001. I was there for 9/11, and if you recall, the weeks immediately after, everyone in Europe and America were waiting for follow-up attacks. People were genuinely frightened to fly. I can't recall if it was Ryanair or EasyJet, but both were doing absolutely ridiculous specials trying to get people flying again. The internet was advanced enough by then that we were getting comfortable with booking online. There were a bunch of two quid flights offered round trip to a bunch of destinations. There were only a handful of these seats and you had to jump on the offers as they posted. I missed out on London to Barcelona and London to Tunisia as they disappeared almost the moment they popped up. I did get two pound tickets from London to Glasgow and London to Genoa Italy. These were truly two pounds round trip! It cost way more just to get to the airports than the actual flights. This was of course, an unusual time to be flying, and the specials didn't last long.
Simon, you are such a delight! I was cracking up.
5:38 It's 5:26 AM in TX and that cracked me up so much the whole neighborhood is now awake. GG🖖
Thus far Danny is my favorite writer.
I'm so glad he became the only writer. (already was at the time thus video was released)
My cheapest flight ever was 12 euro's, Dusseldorf to Londen and return.
It wasn't great for legspace, but it was a short flight so didn't mind it too much, also flights were during night.
I've flown a bit in my life and me and the wife got a hold of a really nice deal: To and from Tokyo, and hotel for two weeks; $1600 for two! Usually those tickets go for that each. We stayed at a 3 star hotel (star-ratings are fluid and change depending on what country you're in. In Japan that 3 star is more like a swedish 4 star hotel (Free internet, good bed, assortment of pillows, concierge service etc)) and flew with Lufthansa where food is included in the ticket.
FAR from the 1 buck but still a good price as the taxes made up half of the cost.
Damn! I’m used to you being considerably more refined.
I’m dying!
😂😂😂
Back when I was in college, I could fly stand-by from New York City to Chicago for something like $25. They didn't guarantee you could get the flight you wanted but I was never bumped in the years I flew that way. I think there were restrictions who could fly stand-by (students, military). Flying stand-by in the US was cheap but there weren't as many (domestic) airlines back then. I think the military can still fly stand-by now but probably not anyone else, haven't looked into it for many many years.
When Ryanair was entering Polish market, they sold loads of flights for less than £1. In late 2008 they had a promotion with flights for 2.50 in a currency of your outbound flight. We used with my family. And then it was cheaper to get a return flight Wroclaw-Frankfurt-Wroclaw for 5PLN, than a one way Frankfurt-Wroclaw for €2.5. They were a thing. And we didn't pay any extra charges. Haven't seen such god deals since, though.
And the trip we did then was Gdansk-Frankfurt-Porto for 2.5PLN+€2.5.
Here in NZ, we can pick up $1 flights one way at least 3-4 times a year, domestic only of cause. There is a credit card charge and luggage option, but if you pay by airpoints which are in $ value then no extra charges. You also can often get a return flight for the $1 as well. So yeah totally available. That would be a 3 pound flight roughly, or a USD$2 roughly.
Idea for you: Company towns in America... (Pullman IL, Hershey PA etc) towns built by companies, then rented to it's employees... They usually had puritanical rules, and services that helped ensure most of their paycheck went back to the company.
Let's make air travel free.
Climate: pls don't.
Stupid climate.
@@brainblaze6526 holy shit, you actually read a lot of the comment's don't you.
Dear good, you live in Prague! Me too 🤭😄 Wow, that unexpectedly made my day 🤦🏻♀️😄
Fun fact, airline food will always taste bad because it turns out that air pressure has an effect on how stuff tastes and cabin pressure, while not equal to exterior pressure, is generally around the same pressure as if you were somewhere between 5000-8000ft above sea level to reduce stress on the hull. There have been cases of airlines hiring famous gourmet chefs to design custom menus (for 1st class i assume) which tasted great on the ground but kind of off in flight.
LOL. I saw the title and thought of this: I know one has to adjust for inflation, but when I was a kid, once a month the ballpark would have 'quarter beer night'. Having tended bar for twenty years now, I have never seen such a zoo in my life. Every game sold out, though.
I recall flying a few years ago for $35 NY to FL (Round Trip). While just 1 flight was that price a dozen more round trips were $45-$60. There was tax 8%. You couldn’t check a bag as 1 bag was $50 on its own. As a comparison most similar flights were $350. The only downside was the days and times of the flights which were a little odd.
"Let's go back to the article, that was a tangent" ---> As everyone has already commented, those tangents are what makes these videos stand out!
This channel is like Simon with his power limiters removed and it is a thing of beauty 😎👍
SAS used to sell their business seats at full fare and sell the student seats for whatever they could get, basically as a public service. They weren't one pound/dollar/kroner, though. The CEO of SAS wrote a book about the policy.
My 1st 2021 resolution: figure out how to add ‘top whack’ to my vocabulary.
Good commitment.
I flew to Norway in the 90's for £1 + taxes with Norwegian and £1 + taxes back, yes i had to pay for baggage but from what i remember it was about £40 total, good seats and free bottles of water to Oslo from Stansted. I fell asleep on the way back and they put the water bottle by the side of me as opposed to just passing me by. I had never flown before and i have to admit the excitement possibly made it better but I still rate them as the nicest flght with the nicest airline I have ever had so far.
So...you can fly from Prague to London for 180 pounds, but I have to pay 370 from Trondheim to Kirkenes in my own Country. *cries Norwegian tears*
I wonder if Simon's old blog is available on The Wayback Machine, might be worth a search
I've never had a £1 flight but my brother, a friend and I did take a day trip to Paris in 2009 and the single flight from Leeds Bradford to Paris CDG with Jet2 was £6 for all three of us!
It was the best flight I've ever had, there were more cabin crew than passengers! Granted the flight was at about 4am but as we were all college students it was great.
We then did a single back home with Eurostar which was rather less successful. That cost about 10 times as much each and after a power failure in the channel tunnel we eventually got home 14 hours late!
I CANT STOP WATCHING YOUR CHANNELS!!!! PLEASE STOP FOR THE SAKE OF MY JOB AND FAMILY!!!
I live in the US but I'm pretty familiar with Easyjet and RyanAir, and let me say, I'd LOVE to have them or companies like them over here. It costs like $500 to fly from one end of the country to the other, or even halfway through.
Simon has a law degree? I wanna see him do some law related stuff now.
A very long time ago ;)
I'm more surprised he lives in Prague
Do what? Fax you a useless motion and take a nap on billable hours.
@@calska140 I feel like the savagery here deserves more than two upvotes 😂 damn what a burn
You live in Prague? I always assumed you were working out of the UK.
I was in on the Simon Whistler ground floor. Super early voiceover top tenz and tifo. Been a tifo patreon since it launched
Isn't it amazing how far he's come? I remember when he sounded super stiff and never showed himself on camera. The content was great back then, but I like the new Simon better.
For some reason, Ryan Air is (or was) more expensive in the UK compared to the rest of Europe. I was stationed in Germany between '04-'08, and purchased many 1 euro tickets around the continent. Yes there was a tax and fees, but one time it was only another 10 euro. They were one-way, but you could get a one-way for return as well. Since I could go on vacation anytime, I could plan my vacation around ticket prices since they are different everyday for some reason. Now if I wanted to fly to the UK, it was outrageous. My friends wife was from Norwich, and they would drive and take the Chunnel because it was cheaper. In fact, I never flew to the UK while in Germany because tickets would cost more than tickets and lodging some place else (Italy, Greece, etc). Fortunately, I ended up getting stationed in England after a 5 year detour back to the US. The worst part of it all is that I was fortunate enough to experience life outside of the US, and now fully aware of how awful the states are in comparison. Keep living the dream Simon, you entertaining nomad.
Cebu Pacific in the Philippines have done flight tickets for PHP1 in the past, which is about 2 cents US! By the time you add the fees and charges, they are way more than PHP1, but still very low prices. Of course, you have to be quick to get the few seats they offer at that price.
Another bonus fact, my younger brother flies for Ryanair, because they were the only ones who would hire him... :P
I've done a few 1€ flight's with ryanair. i'm from belgium and to promote the Charleroi airport the Walloon gouvernement would reward airlines for each seat sold, so for a time it would make sence for ryanair to sell the seat for 1€ if they had seats left.
a little time later they where not allowed to do that, so they came up with a even better deal, if you bought a flight, you could get that flight again 2 weeks later. this way me and a friend got a return flight from Charleroi to Barcelona for free.
The best deal i did was in 2006 when i had to organize the company day trip, with a budget of 50€ per person (we are a theater with 20 employees) and i was able to get 20 flights leaving in the morning to Milan, and returning in the evening for 22€/pp all taxes included.
I really love this channel. Maybe a new topic about new coca cola from 1985 . Greedz from Belgium
The idea of never leaving the country to Europeans, is like the idea of never leaving a state to Americans.
I have to admit I'm jealous of all Simon's travels
I never knew Simon was so cheap. How refreshing! But I just have one thing to tell you, buses are cheaper 😉
i did not heard of 1$ flights, but i got some good deals from ryanair: bucharest to bologna round trip for 19.98 euro, bucharest to berlin round trip for 17.98 and the absolut low bucharest to timisoara for 9.98 euro round trip. and the flight were 3 to 4 days apart so perfect for a citybreak. i live in a city 60 km from bucharest and to get to airport cost me more than the ticketsto timisoara.
I haven't been on a $1 flight, but I have been able to get the $9 a day car rental. When I fly home to Detroit, the car rental is the super low price that is advertised "As Low As..." and the cars are brand new: I got one that had 150 miles on the odometer the last time I went, and payed something like $13 a day for unlimited milage, and the car was loaded! It even had a sun roof. I assume this is some kind of deal with the auto manufacturers. I put almost 2K on a brand new car next to nothing.