Two passengers found themselves with the entire Philippine Airlines business class cabin to themselves. The young man and young woman decided to have dinner together on the plane. He moved over to her side of the aircraft. They began with champagne…
— ۟ (@copiumx) November 11, 2024
I’ve flown alone in first class many times, such as Singapore Airlines from Singapore to Paris, Thai Airways from Bangkok to Tokyo, Korean Air from Seoul to Singapore and ANA from Chicago to Tokyo. But I’ve never had an entire aircraft to myself.
In the late 80s I flew New York to Cincinnati on Delta with just two or three other passengers after a series of delays. And then my January 1, 2000 (“Y2K”) flight on United from Los Angeles to Washington Dulles flight was on board a a near-empty Boeing 777. Everyone else was afraid to fly that day.
But it doesn’t surprise me at all to wind up alone in Philippine Airlines business class. They’ve long had tremendous award availability.
Business class, credit: Philippine Airlines
American Airlines codeshares with Philippine Airlines but you only earn miles on codeshares and there are no redemption options. ANA suspended redemptions on Philippine Airlines between the U.S. and Manila, and Etihad no longer partners with them at all. So there’s no great ways to access this space.
I’m pretty sure the “girl” is actually a guy.
This is how I wish I could meet my future wife. Just the two of us in a Sapphire Lounge, or in Suites class, or at a Hilton club, clinking champagne glasses and regaling each other with our pedigrees and work experiences (I am an elite professional and expect my wife to be as well).
Alas I settle for Hinge and meeting fat and ugly chicks.
Awww.
Badinger Z.
Mike, you need to lower your standards. Unless you fancy the ladyboys?
@Mike
Wake up to reality. You don’t want an elite professional as a wife. She’ll boss you around, divorce you, and take half your money.
Marry someone who will be there for you when you finish work. Spend some time together. Have a coupla kids who she’ll care for. That’s a life worth living!
Mike, perhaps you are attracting these types of women, you mention?
You need to develop a good heart and that in turn, like will attract like.
Not entirely convinced there was a young woman g woman in that video
I met my fiancee during my travels abroad. When she told me she only owned 6 pairs of shoes (including sandals), I knew she was The One.
Umm, I think we’re missing the more important story here, not about these passengers, but about the airline. If Philippine Airlines if flying empty planes, I am glad to not be a shareholder. Unless, the adage that ‘any PR is good PR’ still holds true. In that case… aww.
During the pandemic I had a run of long-haul flights where I was the only business class passenger on the plane. Also had a couple of such wide-body flights where the revenue passenger plane load was in the 2-10 range.
In the developed world, there is an increasingly strong correlation between obesity and socio-economic background. So if Mike wants to encounter fewer obese people, factor that in and spend more time at places where obesity levels tend to be far lower than the previously frequented stomping grounds.
Awwww….looks like the opening of a Hallmark movie. Plot twist: she owns a bakery and he’s tasked with shutting it down and converting the space into a Midas Muffler.
If there were only two passengers in the cabin, who took the video?
A mostly empty airplane:
– May still be making money from the cargo.
– May need to be at its destination because the return or onward flight is full.
This looks like a regional flight in SE Asia. MNL-SIN? MNL-KUL? I think a lot of your readers are more likely to fly SQ or MH since they’re allied with US airlines. I don’t know the guy Travis but the girl is a travel influencer Melissa Enriquez.
Better check the undercarriage of “Melissa” before proceeding! Lol.