Flew Batam last year on an inland flight Peru. Absolutely loved their structured deboarding procedure in which the cabin crew would stand in the aisle and let the passengers get up per two rows. Only after the passengers on the rows in front of you were walking to the exit, the following rows were allowed to get up. No stress, no crowding the aisle right after landing, no pressure, just a very structured and very fast deboarding. I wish every airline would follow suit!

@johnvsymons

10 ай бұрын

Years ago, I used to fly from TPE to HKG(Kai Tak) quite often on SQ(Economy Class). Many times after arriving in HKG, the flight attendants would close the curtains between the different cabins, stand in front of them and announce that everyone should remain seated as they would disembark by cabins chronologically. It made the entire process orderly with none of the crammed aisles and mass confusion normally associated with leaving the aircraft. Your LATAM experience seems to be an improvement over my experience. Too bad that this procedure isn't more common on all airlines.

@mabamabam

10 ай бұрын

Best thing about working FIFO is that everyone knows what theyre doing. Literally every single flight exits like this with zero prompting. And then gets on and off the bus in the same way. Worst thing about FIFO is getting on a commercial flight and knowing how much smoother things could be

Great video! Love seeing Latam on this route! Also, really digging your map!

@DennisBunnikTravels

10 ай бұрын

Thanks mate - just been enjoying your incredible trans Atlantic crossing. That map was created using Mult dot Dev - cool little mapping app that was recommended by one of the aviation guys on twitter. Not as fancy as your moving head maps though :)

Great report Dennis! No clickbait or hyperbole.. just solid content as ever.

It's so cool that we have an airline from Chile flying all the way over to us in Australia. I would love to see Australia and South American nations working together more closely. We're all Southern Hemisphere brothers.

@ilovesheryterry

6 ай бұрын

this is not a chilean airline and shouldn't be considered as such. LAN used to be our flag carrier, but then it joined with much bigger brazilian TAM and disappeared.

I flew this route last year from Sydney, Auckland to Santiago then Bogota and back. I found the bed ok (better than just sitting up), the food was tasty, but the service just wasn't there. if you wanted water or anything outside meal service, you would have to call someone. The purser introduced himself at the beginning of the flight, then we never saw him again. The lounge in Santiago was just divine!!! Qantas should take a leaf from their book.

Love your videos Dennis. FYI Runway was Three Four Right, not Thirty Four R As in the compass direction you are heading 340 (Three Four Zero)

Love your videos, Dennis! Thanks so much! ✈️

As as expected, Dennis, a great video. Here’s to many more…🥂🥂

LATAM business is honestly great!! Comfortable seats and good food and service!! Definitely recommend!

Great review as ever Dennis! Thank you!

I never thought I'd see Cessnock show up on a in-flight map!

Thank you very much, Dennis, for sharing your wonderful documentary video with us.

The bed looks so comfy Dennis! Great review thanks for sharing with us.

Recently spent a little time in that QF business lounge around lunchtime. OMG. The food offering was awefull. Chicken cacciatore smelt like dog food. Your breakfast offering in comparison looked delightful. Describing the lounge as 'tired' is being diplomatic.

Dennis, you have provided me with a bad habit! On my recent trip to and through Europe, I touch the side of the of the plane before boarding. If Dennis does it, I must do it😂😂.

Don't Aussies get to use the autogates at AKL? I breezed through immigration when I arrived there a month ago. It was the biosecurity lines that were a pain though... A 7+ minute review is almost unheard of these days. Thanks for keeping it succinct when other reviewers force 40+ minute reviews upon us while repeating their word for the day (Ouagadougou) ad nauseum.

Dennis is favourite reviewer, cheers to another great video 🍷

Dennis as always a fun and informative vlog The lounge looked the same as I was there in 2011 🙀

Fantastic video Dennis!😸

Again a great video Dennis. Love all your video’s they are the best!! Love from the Netherland😘🇾🇪

@DennisBunnikTravels

10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

@loeshalberstadt9998

10 ай бұрын

No, THANK YOU!😘🇾🇪👋

Flew ARN-ADD-GRU-EZE last week and really got curios about LATAM - I used to work with a travel agency who had LATAM in an entire country. Not a big fan of 2-2-2 in business but for a short flight having a seat like that I wouldn't care so much. Thanks for great content, as always. Need to fly Qantas A380 one day :)

Glad you’re back!

I prefer those business class seats, and always choose the middle one for a direct aisle access. Fancied your video a lot

Another great one!

Nice one Dennis, food looked superb!

I would say the QANTAS Lounge is in the same state as Qantas is itself, that is in a desperate need of an upgrade, from chairman of the board down through all non flying managers.

Many thanks for reviewing LATAM Dennis

Lat March I flew out of Brisbane to Singapore on Qantas and founf the business class excellent. Nice and clean with great choice of of food. The staff were very friendly especially the checkin lady. i was feeling very emotional and she was very helpful and chatty and caring. I rate Qantas second only to Virgin Atlantic for the attitude of the crews and the lounges. No busieness class lounge can hold acndle to VA's Clubhouse at Heathrow though. Another great report Dennis, keep them coming🙂🙃❤

Great review. As to your comment about the airlines and their home hub lounges, the BA lounges at T5 are no better either.

These business class seats look a lot like what Turkish have on their 777. I'm glad to hear these were comfortable, though. My tailbone felt raw after my flights between Chicago and Istanbul.

Surprised in this day and age, airlines still haven't upgraded their business class hard product to a 1-2-1 config (Swiss also comes to mind). But it did deliver on what you ask of it (comfortable seat, good food, IFE, and service). Also I would have thought the trans-Tasman immigration service would have allowed faster processing for Aussies and Kiwis?!?!?!!!! For all that is touted about the relationship between the two countries!!! Oh well, I'll file that away if I ever visit NZ. Thanks Dennis!

Looked like a solid flight, hope you brought some warm clothes for Auckland!

Great video Dennis! 🎉 Only a few minutes into it & I’m already loving it and I can’t wait to fly with LATAM 🇨🇱 someday but hopefully all the way to South America! 😂 Also I’m sorry to say at 2:00 the QANTAS Business Class Lounge looks pretty poor unfortunately especially with the tatty furniture and outdated design and feel! 😞However those window views in the lounge and in SYD Airport overall are pretty amazing and I am always happy just to arrive early and sit at the gate to watch the planes! 🎉😂 ✈️ Unfortunately My Home Airport Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW) 🇺🇸 has some awful “heat controlling dotted windows” just like in Doha 🇶🇦 and some other airports that makes plane spotting much more difficult especially in the older Delta Airlines terminal that you visited when you flew the DL A350-900 a few years back now. 😂😊 Also at 1:35 The views of the planes like that fabulous QANTAS A380 with the Sydney skyline right behind was pretty fabulous! 😍 📸 Also you managed to capture a very rare to find that FABULOUS LOOKING Vietnam Airlines 🇻🇳 A350-900 in the Skyteam Alliance livery and a Cebu Pacific 🇵🇭 A330-900neo at 2:15 I just love those airline’s distinctive and fabulous looking liveries! 😂🎉🎉 & of course that INCREDIBLE looking LATAM 🇨🇱787-9 Dreamliner taking you all the way to Auckland! 🇳🇿 Also that LATAM Biz cabin looks a little old and outdated sad to say especially on such a new airplane like the 787s and former A350s (That 2-2-2 Biz Class caning and the rest of their cabin interior is now part of Delta Airlines fleet as they took up leases on some former LATAM A350s and that cabin is still in the Delta network until 2024 when it all gets the DL One and the rest of their new cabin designs like the rest of their A350s & long haul fleets! Can’t wait for that to happen as the LT A350 cabin is pretty bad compared to DL standard cabin.) However I still can’t wait to fly LATAM especially in Biz Class as I just love to fly any airline especially new to me airlines in any class of service! 🎉😂 Finally I didn’t know you could even fly just the one leg from SYD-AKL on that LATAM flight I thought you had to go all the way?! Cool I always love 5th freedom flights! (5th freedom in aviation means an airline from a foreign country this case LATAM Chile 🇨🇱 can fly from another country Australia 🇦🇺 to their own country via another foreign country this case New Zealand 🇳🇿 😂) Cheers 🥂 Mate! Caleb’s Aviation P.S. I recently visited the DL Flight Museum in Atlanta GA and the vid is now live on my KZread channel so plz check it out! 😊

Hi Dennis really enjoy your airline reviews. Always check them out before to help me select who to fly with. Just wondered though, have noticed you touch the outside of the plane before entering. Is it just a balance thing or something else?

Such amazing flight ❤

Apologies for the shambles that Auckland airport is. Apparently predicting incoming flights and rostering trained bio security staff is impossible so we welcome tourists by having them line up in a shed for as long as possible.

@joshuav9005

9 ай бұрын

It’s so embarrassing at this point. Every time I’ve flown into Christchurch, even at busier times, we’ve basically walked straight through customs and immigration and our bags were on the belt 5 minutes after landing. Of course Auckland is busier but the contrast between our two main airports couldn’t be more night and day and I’m happy to pay good money to avoid Auckland if possible.

That precious 2hr nap :)

Your comments regarding Qantas International Business Lounge in Sydney are disturbing and unfortunately reflect the results of continued cost cutting by Qantas and total lack of concern for its frequent flyers. I was recently in the Qantas domestic Business lounge in Melbourne and was appalled by the filthy upholstery and disguising food remnants in the fabric folds. I would seem that the seating had not been thoroughly cleaned for months. Just totally unacceptable Qantas.

Sad that LATAM have left OneWorld - the queues at Auckland are out of control. I was recently singled out for extra screening 😂

Excellent video.

I feel your pain re NZ immigration etc. it’s diabolical. We flew in about 3 weeks ago. And for some reason they jack the temperature right up. I always fly LATAM to NZ and back where possible. At 6ft10 it just makes sense. QF 737 biz is a little on the cramped side for me.

All in all, a great flight, Dennis😊 ! A pity Qantas doesn't seem to care anymore about it's flagship lounge 😮

@zakelwe

9 ай бұрын

Those seats were a disgrace weren't they. Does their marketing department not go there and mention it to the other parts of Qantas?

It’s so lovely airline. I missed the flight between Frankfurt and Madrid.

These seats look very similar to Qatars old 2-2-2. Was meant to be on q suite and it was changed to old aircraft. I was really grumpy about it, but can confirm as a 6ft 4 18 stone bloke the foot space etc was arguably superior

I love it so much

If it's possible, can you please do a breakdown on the 3 big alliances. From a travel agent and frequent flyer point of view, as I don't think there is any Australian made content, that covers this topic?

Bravo Dennis

It's unfortunate the lounge is in such a bad state. I had similar impressions with AC's lounge in yvr. It was cool to see that T'way A330 which flies to icn! Great peak into Latam, would love to fly them one day.

Such a shame that Auckland Airport is in the state it’s in with no real improvements coming in the immediate future. It’s a real embarrassment to arrive back there as a kiwi. It can be just as bad departing, with consistent delays, and the domestic terminal isn’t much better. Glad the rest of the trip was good!

OMG, that lounge is a disgrace. Thank god I will never have to go there ever 😮

I saw the thumbnail and thought you were recovering in a hospital bed giving a thumbs up that you're ok 🤔

The Qantas business international lounge in Brisbane isn’t much better with minimal seating. Qantas had nearly 3 years of limited international air travel to upgrade their lounges but chose not to.

@mrwezbo

9 ай бұрын

Melbourne is pretty uninspiring also, definitely a pattern it seems!

@AlonsoRules

9 ай бұрын

Qantas going full British Airways

@j2simpso

5 ай бұрын

@@mrwezboMelbourne international is arguably the best Qantas international business lounge in Australia. Plenty of space, unique architecture, decent food and wine

I’m assuming you’re somewhere near Zagreb right now. Looks like we happened to pick the same hotel too.

Brilliant video, to ask a stupid question, does everyone who is travelling on to Santiago have to deplane in Auckland??

@markhughes145

4 ай бұрын

yes they do.

Morning Denis, good review as always, I wondered Derek, do you have a site where I could ask you a question .? Having seen the Sydney business class lounge I am rather loathe to use Qantas flying business from LHR to ADL. I would be really interested to know who you would recommend as the best ? Is there any site i could pick your brains on please ?

@DennisBunnikTravels

10 ай бұрын

Thanks. There isn't a site as such because I don't consistently have enough time available to do it properly. Re your question - yes would avoid Qantas to Adelaide. First choice would be Qatar as they have Q-Suites all the way and Doha is a great airport to transfer through. Second choice is Singapore Airlines - great airline and great airport in Changi. cheers Dennis

@nickyhurle4682

10 ай бұрын

@@DennisBunnikTravels thank for this Dennis, I appreciate the input, they were the 2 at the top of my list, so will compare prices. I have flown on Singapore airlines business and thought they were great. Now it depends on prices. Thanks again

You’ve got me touching my boarding pass on the fuselage as I board😅. Proper aviation terminology is Runway 34 Right

@melbournesbaddrivers4831

10 ай бұрын

You might want to clarify it’s “three four” not “thirty four”

Qantas has gone full British Airways with that lounge. Considering how much you pay for fares, one would expect a decent product.

❤

Agreed on the lounge in Sydney, it's a disgrace.

'I can't remember what I ate this flight'. Wish I could say the same about my Malaysia Airlines economy offerings 😂🤢

Your remark about access to the Qantas First lounge if you’re a Platinum is partly incorrect. If the LATAM flight carries a Qantas flight number you can most certainly access the First lounge

I just returned to Bangkok from Perth and flew with Malaysia Airlines. Malaysia Airlines has gone backwards and downgraded their KUL-PER route, they've replaced the A320 and A330 with the remodeled B738 and replaced the lie-flat seats with recliners, and there's no more TVs on these planes.

What aircraft is it? I recently flown China eastern a350 and the business class was amazing, the seats were 1-2-1 rather than 2-2-2

@markhughes145

4 ай бұрын

787 Dreamliner

Three-four right ;)

I agree. Lounge is desperate for updates. Unfortunately, the lunch menu is the same as dinner. Poor

Hello sir ❤🎉

The money Qantas saved on not upgrading those lounges was needed to fleece Alan Joyces pockets

Did he say what aircraft he flew?

@DennisBunnikTravels

10 ай бұрын

Realised once I uploaded that no I didn't - it was a Boeing 787-9

@avkay12

10 ай бұрын

@@DennisBunnikTravels Thanks

Thumbs up for LATAM. Thumbs down for Qantas lounge...that's the dirtiest lounge I've ever seen.

I hope NZ immigration provided you with a fully flat bed whilst you were waiting. Absolute ignorant and incompetent to have visitors waiting that length of time.

@brettcoates3759

10 ай бұрын

We did not even break stride through Immigration on our last visit to Auckland late last year not sure what would have changed?

@mabamabam

10 ай бұрын

@@brettcoates3759 I did the same flight carrying on to Santiago back in march. It was a good hour just to get through security back into the terminal.

Latam is a joke of an air line 🖕🏽