First post on this page. Not really sure why I'm doing this, but eventually I plan to expand operations (why am I talking like I'm a business or something? lmao)

Anyways, this flight was on a Boeing 737-900ER. Never been on this plane from what I can remember, so new plane time! The interior is quite dated - not one of their new A321 NEOs, but also not the oldest. From my Turkish Airlines interior knowledge, this is a 2013-2018 interior.

However, this interior isn't well kept. My literature seatback cover was ripped off, which while basically everyone can live with, does not inspire confidence. Honestly, it's quite sad for me, as examples of this interior can look very good, but when unkempt and left to rot, it rots.

The service was pretty good for a 1 hour domestic flight. In economy, there was water handed out in plastic containers, which is definitely a choice, as well as a drink service and a sandwich. Above anything I would have expected for this length of a flight, and in business, you get a full meal, which is quite surprising.

The plane is in an economy-heavy configuration, with 4 rows of very padded business class seats in the front in a 2-2 configuration. These seats are comparable to inter-US first class, and I far prefer them over an inter-European 3-3 with one seat blocked off.

The 737-900ER

The 737-900ER is a plane I hadn't heard of before. I'm just getting into planes, but it's quite an interesting aircraft. Released in 2005 and first flying in 2006, it was a big part of Boeing's push towards their "new-generation" 737 family, with better fuel efficiency and a better flying experience overall. However, the 737-900ER is a weird choice for Turkish Airlines in my opinion, as their main plane is the 777-300ER, which by this time they had an order in with Boeing. I just don't see any reason for Turkish to operate a long range narrowbody aircraft on any of their routes, especially as an "Airbus." The only explanation I can get to in my head is that Turkish bought these planes as a sign of goodwill to Boeing, or the ER wasn't an expensive upgrade, because I see no point in Turkish operating a long haul narrowbody route with 4 rows of 2-2 business class, except for select destinations in Africa.

My second post to this blog thing, and first widebody post... So exciting! Anyways, onto the actual post and not my pre-post rambling!

This flight was on Turkish Airlines' "new" 787-9. With this new type, they also introduced a new business class, which I was lucky to fly in! The seats are identical to their A350s, with the positives and negatives that come from a reverse herringbone configuration.

First impressions were very good. The Istanbul airport has one of the best boarding/immigration experiences if you have status and/or are a Turkish citizen. If not... it takes a long while. Also, flying Turkish out of the Istanbul airport meant I got access to their "flagship" lounge, which is a very impressive lounge. Whilst not within the top 10 first class lounges ever, it definitely has its character, and the food is surprisingly good.

Now, on to first impressions of the plane. This 787-9 has 8 rows of business class, which is quite surprising for an "inter-European" flight, however when you realize that this plane is destined for cross-Atlantic flights and other long range high volume flights, it makes more sense. No premium economy for this plane though, which kind of sucks because premium economy on these widebody planes is usually the best way to go for price per dollar. The business class seats are some of the best in the industry, and by far beat Turkish's old 777 design of 2-3-2, which felt very open. I still have a spot in my heart for the 777-300ER, but it's time to move on from dated cabin designs, especially the business design.

The food was on par if not better than what I expected. Turkish always does a really good job with food, but I got to experience their new menu, which makes the food feel more authentic, as it shows where certain items are from, such as the butter being from the "countryside" of Trabzon. Whether these items are actually from said provinces could be up for debate, but the butter was one of the best butters I have had on a plane, so I am not one to complain. The first course was a caesar salad with very elegant plating. However, as pictured below, the "croutons" were potatoes, which makes sense for catering purposes, but kind of ruined the taste of the salad. However, the main was amazing - I ordered the Grilled Chicken, which for being plane food, was excellent. Hopefully I remember to show the photos, but the catering out of Istanbul was amazing, and was definitely indicative of a business class experience.

Back to the seat! This seat is definitely one of the best business seats flying in the air at the moment. Combined with the 787's incredibly quiet interior, it feels like I progressed 20 years of flying, compared to the 777 I flew to IST with. However, and this is the one nitpick I have with the seat, the headrest blocks your second window, which seems like a weird omission for a fleet of 23 in-service 787s. However, the extended headrest does give the illusion of more privacy, so I guess I could let it slide.

Throughout the flight, it felt like I was having a proper "business class" experience, with very professional service and a "luxury menu" offered to me. Just something to note.

Also, at the end of the flight they offered this little chocolate-covered pistachio lokum box, which are the types of touches I really appreciate, and the box is really cute so I kept it. Hopefully I attach a picture of it below - it's the little touches for me that really complete the flight, and make flying in premium cabins "worth it."

This is written on the return journey from LHR back to IST. Anyways, with that out of the way, this route again, the LHR-IST. What's up with that, Mia? Honestly, I'm not sure - that's just how I'm flying. Eventually I will have enough blog posts so that you don't have to read about just Turkish Airlines, but who knows, I may have some interesting travels planned ahead.

Anyways, this flight was taken in economy on the legendary Turkish Airlines 777-300ER (god I love this plane so much). Complete with a 2-partition business class config spanning 7 rows and the older style economy layout, featuring a 2-4-2 layout instead of the newer 3-3-3 on Turkish's more recent deliveries of -300ERs. However, the older cabin design for the -300ER means that they ditch the ugly red/blue economy design, which I would love to talk to whoever decided that was a good idea.

I was in 12A, which was quite a nice seat all things considered. However, this interior cabin's age kind of confused me, as the usual seatbelt/no smoking sign was replaced with a no laptop sign in place of where the no smoking sign would be. This was quite interesting, as apart from the overhead, the cabin was arguably out of date. Maybe Turkish had cabin refurbishments over COVID which would explain the semi-updated state of the cabin, however even Turkish's 787s and A350s do not have this updated seatbelt indicator, so overall it's just kind of a weird choice - not against it though.

I face a dilemma here, because I could continue writing and finish this post, but that would dilute from my voice, and more importantly there isn't much for me to say. But I guess more words = more effort = more professional, so what do I do?

The Turkish Airlines saga continues! Mia just loves Turkey so much wow! But on a serious note, I have flights planned that aren't on Turkish coming very soon, so I guess look forward to that, as if it's a deal or something!

TK1 is a very interesting route. The mid-day IST-JFK is one of Turkish's first routes ever, originally served with an A340 - one of Turkish Airlines' finest business moves literally ever. And since the start of the route, not much refinement has gone into it - it's the same-ish flight plan, over mainland Europe and following the jetstream over the Atlantic Ocean and finally landing in JFK. So, why am I bringing up TK1 if I'm on TK11?

When I talk about planes, I talk about all aspects. I don't discriminate, plus I wanna talk about what I wanna talk about. Turkish Airlines operates 4 flights from IST-JFK: one at 1am (TK111), one at 7am (TK3), 2pm (TK1) and 7pm (TK11). Now that's quite a few flights to be running, but what really interests me is TK111.

TK111 interests me as it is not usually operated on Turkish's 777-300ERs, instead opting for the A350-900 or 787-900, depending on what's available. Also, this flight is cheaper than all the other options, which makes sense, but it kind of doesn't. Because why would an airline be operating a smaller aircraft for a 1am flight? It makes sense - lower load numbers (who the heck flies at 1am?).

However, on the same hand, why would they operate an older, less refined cabin for one of their flagship routes - in fact THE Turkish Airlines flagship route? Especially on a route that could get considerable business-based travel, why would they use an outdated business class layout? Well I don't think that's the answer - Turkish has more 787s and A350s combined compared to 777s, so just an interesting thought. Of course it's also a leisure route, so I guess it makes sense to operate an "air-bus" sort of route in economy, very similar to what they do with their IndiGO 777, which is a plane I would love to fly on - it's so interesting.

I guess it makes sense that business travelers would take the flight that gets into New York at 5am. You sleep on the way there in a nice business class seat, get there early, check into a hotel room, and then conduct business the next day, like go to meetings and stuff. Still perplexes me - just a little tangent I guess (big tangent).

Now, onto writing about the actual flight. Because of my elite status and the amount of times I have flown through the Istanbul airports, new and old, this process was as streamlined as could be. Just experience. The Miles and Smiles lounge had Manti, which was a welcome addition - properly handmade and some of the best manti I have had in my life, would definitely recommend. Whilst the Miles and Smiles lounge is meant to be "inferior" to the business one, it really isn't, and the only things it misses is a bit of space, which can actually be nice, and the amenities are comparable all things considered.

This was the first time I saw a proper second jetbridge being used exclusively for business class passengers on Turkish. I have seen it hooked up to the plane but closed off once, but never actually used. I am all for this - yeah it segregates based on class, but flying elevates our classist system anyways, who cares, plus it's quicker. This 777 had the new interior for Turkish's 777s, with their blue and red seats, which I am not a big fan of, but what am I to do? Like it looks okay I guess and I can sit just fine so does it really matter?

One thing I noticed is the amount of galleys that this plane had. Behind the 2-partition business class cabin with 7 rows, is an area with about 12 rows (I didn't actually count), typically where an airline would put a premium economy product or an "economy plus" product, but no such differentiation exists, which is such a shame. About 20 rows further back, another galley exists, which is quite interesting - personally I would have removed a galley, but they do make the cabins feel a bit more private, so you win some, lose some. Also, you get more extra legroom seats, which is a big plus for me because I'm tall (wow crazy).

Food was what you would expect - eh, kinda pasta and chicken, definitely calories and pretty good calories at that, but I would not eat plane food every day, no matter what airline. All things considered though, Turkish does some of the best in-flight catering, and I will stand by that opinion.

Charging situation was sadly exactly what I expected, but not bad in the slightest. One USB-A port on the IFE, and a universal plug under the seat. Not bad at all for economy - would love to see a 60W USB-C and ditch the universal charger, kinda pointless. I think I was on a 777 that had USB-C charging on Turkish - it could have been a 787 or A350 though - but the charging was slow, which defeats the whole point of USB-C. What kind of annoys me is that technically speaking you aren't allowed to use a portable charger on Turkish while in flight, which is kind of interesting, except like how are you going to tell? Safety above all else I guess?

Hell yeah Mia you finally decided to write about a different airline!!! It's almost as if people read this shit. Anyways, JetBlue is such a cool airline, and they had a convenient flight, so of course I had to fly them.

This flight was on an A320, one of JetBlue's older examples, but had a surprisingly well kept cabin. In my opinion, JetBlue is by far one of the best "low cost" airlines, and it really shows in my experience during this flight.

I was seated in 1A, which felt so fancy, especially going through the priority security line at JFK, which was sadly really slow. T5 needs a bit of a revamp, because the amenities are ok but security is just slow, and I think there were 3 other flights departing around the same time as mine, with one going to Heathrow.

The seat was very comfortable considering that JetBlue is considered a low-cost airline, I was quite surprised, and the food/drink selection was pretty good, they handed out these mini cookies which beat Americans' Biscoff cookies any day, even though I have a sweet spot for those Biscoffs.

However, what really took the experience from good to great was the flight crew. Now usually, I don't really care about flight crew, but this flight was by far the best experience I have had with flight crew, I have never had a flight attendant offer to bring down my bag from the overhead bins, and it's people that put that effort into their jobs, that try to elevate the experience that made this flight from an overall good to great flight.

I don't really talk about IFE, it's not a point of interest for me and I usually just watch YouTube on my phone, but JetBlue had a surprisingly good selection of movies that wasn't just like Marvel and all the crap that airlines usually put. Didn't explore it much, but the UI was pretty responsive and overall when things just work, it makes the experience so much better

*this wasn't written on the plane, which kinda sucks I know, but I just got knocked out as soon as I got on the flight, so sorry about that ig? as if it matters.

Back on the plane review grind again I guess. Regional jet time baby!!! This is a new one, so it’s fun. Like really new.

Based on what I know (which isn’t much), this seems like honestly a 2018-2019 cabin retrofit, with pretty impressive seat pitch for economy, LED seatbelt signs and in flight power for all (1 socket+USB per 2 people). What really impressed me is that this specific jet is in quite good shape, as ususally these American regional jets are in terrible condition and and are rarely new, especially on this Santa Fe route (cuz who the fuck flys from Santa Fe).

However, as for all regional jets, it’s really loud, and you can feel the jet engines. Thats why I prefer flying on wide body international jets such as the 787-9, which woah is that subtle foreshadowing?? Surpisingly though, the cabin didn’t feel rattly at all when taking off, which is usually a problem in these regional jets.

Wifi!!!! Don’t we all love wifi! I didn’t realize American provided subscriptions for their inflight wifi, im guessing it’s only domestic, but they use the same Panasonic based UI for their wifi, so who knows. But these prices are outrageous lol, American has always been pretty bad with wifi, but I never realized it was this bad. For a 1 hour flight, which I mean who needs wifi anyways, the flight pass was 13$, and their monthly plans are actually fair compared to that, at 50$ for one device and 60$ for 2 devices. Why can’t people just hotspot, we will never know…. Whats crazy to me is American’s 600$ and 700$ respective annual plans. Now, with the monthly pricing structure, that makes sense right, have wifi for all the ballers. But no like member discount, which if you are paying for a 700$ wifi package and have executive platinum pro or concierge key (weird names ik) shouldn’t it just be free like I feel that would be a great loyalty perk. Also the attendant said that high-speed wifi would be installed soon in their regional fleet, which would be great.

Guess who didn’t pay 13$ for an hour of wifi!!! Meee! Instead I pay like 70$ a month for service with t-mobile, which is arguably worse, but having 4 full flight sessions and unlimited 1 hour wifi sessions has saved my ass so many times, so thanks t-mobile yay!!

Complete side tangent, but why is the guy on American’s AAdvantage page on a 777??? Like I understand the marketing of first class, with american’s cool moving chair, but wouldn’t you want to not advertise a product you are currently phasing out. I mean don’t get me wrong, I love the first class on American, its the best first class on a US carrier, and easily beats out United and Delta’s offerings, but just a weird thing I saw and wanted to comment on.

1 snack service happened, not bad at all, however they did want you to pay for the alcoholic beverages, which whilst weird, I can understand, because who in their right mind would have a beer at 7 am (me btw). Anyways, as I am American, and I love to support huge megacorperations, I got a coke and biscotti cookie, the cookies are by far the best part of the American in-flight experience,

They also had a wi-fi sign on the LED seatbelt sign, so it went wifi, no smoking then seatbelts, which kinda baffles me, because why have a no smoking sign in the age where its pretty well established. Not like it’s going to turn off or anything. I guess freedom is nice though, and as we all know freedom is what made AA, so I should just let it be.

Overall, I was seated in 14D, and it was a pretty good flight all things considered. Was it expensive, yes, as all regional flights are in the US, but it was by no means bad, and getting a new CRJ-700 really made it quite good.

My first ultra-long haul flight review!! How intriguing and exciting!! I know I had the Turkish 10 hour flight, but 14 hours is a looong stretch, and it’s frigging hard to sit in a seat for 14 hours. So I consider it ultra long-haul. I was siting in 17j, which is just a bland ahh economy seat, nothing cool about it. But, there are obviously cool things about this flight, or else I wouldn’t be writing about it.

First off, the dimmable shades on the 787 will never not be cool to me. And, these shades were not worn down at all, in fact the aircraft felt good as new. Probably a recent delivery. Except not too recent, as I will explain.

Now, mia, why do you think this delivery is recent but not too recent. Simply, USB-C. My rule of thumb Is under 6 years old cabin w/ USB-C, and usually cabins have been outfitted with USB-C since 2018. With more rampant growth occurring after the main shock of covid, 2021-22. This plane was only outfitted with USB-A, so my estimate would be 2016-2017, which is not bad by any means, but is definitely not “Brand New”. However, it’s very well kept, and I couldn’t see any signs of wear, apart from the outlet receptacles, which as always on aircraft, are super worn down. Why can’t they just outfit most aircraft with like 1 type c at at least 45w or even 60w, I would never have any problems with the in-flight charging.

On the charging receptacle, it was on the seat in-front of me, next to the IFE remote and under the display, which is just a wierd choice. I guess it makes sense if you consider what devices people use, and like you would want a shorter cable, but when you plug in a charging brick you are pushing on the persons’ seat in front of you, which just doesn’t feel very nice to me. Next to that charging receptacle is the IFE remote, which I want to talk about for a bit. You can tell this is a modern layout because the font looks modern, like a bold looking sans, but I would have no clue I find font I like and use it. No frontend designer here, if you couldn’t tell. The chord is also surprisingly long, at like 1m long, which is long enough for anyone to use it.

Now, onto the actual seat. It’s an economy seat. I think it has 30 inches of pitch, pretty decent padding for an economy seat, and theres not much else to say. The tray table sucks for writing, I am kind of arching my hands as I cannot put my laptop any further behind me, but it’s definitely useable.

its time for: the mia loo review

Economy on a 787, did anyone pay attention to the shitter! Nope. This quite possibly the most boring, take a piss and leave loo. Now, that’s not bad by any means, of course you should just piss and leave, thats what a loo is for, but no cool soaps or anything, just a bare bathroom.

The loo is loud. Like really loud. For some reason it sounds louder than the cabin, but I could be wrong. Also, second and final thing, but there seems to be a second seat cover that was up, maybe for smaller kids. It dug into my like lower back while I was trying to use the bathroom, so not a great idea American, but maybe I just got unlucky. Overall, 6/10, would use again, just didn’t have that extra touch of niceness to make it a 7-8.

back to being normal!!

Sadly, the IFE is based off American’s old UI layout, which is sadly still the default. It features the rotating tiles, with the cool animations, which I can appreciate, but its really time to update, I don’t want to scroll through a menu to find what I want to watch, I just want to watch it!!!

Overhead bins are actually a proper size, which is surprising as its a 787, Americans’ 777-200er I had some trouble putting my carry on in the overhead bins, and don’t get me started on the CRJ, if it does’nt fit under the seat In front of you, theres literally nothing you can do except gate check it, which then defeats the whole purpose of a carry on in my opinion. Props to that.

The cabin divider curtains between economy and premium economy are just these stupid thin curtains, like literally more see through than lingerie. I can clearly see the screen with the map on the premuim economy bullhead from my seat, which kind of ruins the whole idea behind a privacy curtain, maybe American wanted you to feel special by having you walk through a curtain, like a “luxury” sort of experience?

I hope you enjoyed my yapping, this page is literally for me to check back and see how my writing has improved, but I just can't get much out for this flight, too tired lol!!

wow, you decided to fly something crazy! good job mia! yeah exactly, good job to me, turkish airlines was getting boring. the c919, with its main fuselage being manufactured in china, and im guessing everything else except avionics and engines being manufactured in china, you can put it however you want its still some crazy engineering work, if an off-brand ripped off a320.

so, on to my experience with the chinese jet. i flew air china, but im pretty sure the other chinese airlines use the type, such as china eastern if i remember correctly. i like to write without distractions, and plane is good environment, so maybe facts arent the best, but its my site so too bad. anyways, i was in 15J, which you would expect to be near the middle of this plane, but it was at the front, there were 2 rows of “first class” (i classify a 2-2 layout on a domestic flight first class after the american way, and a 3-3 with a seat blocked off a european business class, however im sure airlines market the seats differently), and then it went from row 2-7, so not sure what's up with that, but man this is a wierd plane.

first off, as soon as you walk in, the plane feels bright and open, more so than an a320, and maybe thats air chinas’ interior at work, but it felt refreshing. you also notice a barrier between the front of first class and the front door, just something i noticed, but the barrier was quite thick, i think they used it as extra catering storage, but i wasn’t able to check. then, theres a parition dividing first and economy, which is normal, with the shower curtain as a divider. one thing i noticed is the first seats were the same type, the second row also had the inserts for in-flight literature and tray table, which kinda sucks because it shows how much air china cheaped out.

speaking of cheating out and seats, the seat. this was the worst full service seat I have ever sat in. I am no expert on airplane seat models, leave that to like flight formula and those kinda people, but frontier uses a very similar model, with no headrest and just a tissue-like thing to seperate your hair and the seat, which said c919.

china is obviously very proud of the c919. its everywhere on the plane. even on the food, they hand out meal “boxes” with c919 on it, and the dessert even has a c919 logo on it, even the CUPS have c919 on them. why wouldnt these airlines do that tho. its a special plane, and really marks another step of china’s independence from american (and european) trade. obviously though, most chinese commercial aircraft are boeing or airbus, on my route from chengdu to bejing, there was 1 c919 flying, with the alternative aircraft ranging from a350-900s and a330-200/300s (the main aircraft operating this route) to a 737 or two at non busy times.

lets get back to my experience, because its all about me (wow!!) the seat was really bad, as stated before, also had no padding, but it was in this really nice blue color that lights up the cabin, so i guess I can give it a pass. the first thing you notice, if you are me of course, was the dual literature pockets, and lack of ife. the seatback contained a phone holder, which was nice and clicky, a surprisngly fancy tray table, one of the best I have used in my short time writing about flights. behind this table was a literature pocket where a safety card (which obv i took that is PRIME collection work) and a magizine idk prob some Chinese propaganda to spend your money in yuan. but, at the base of the seat, down a bit, there was a second literature pocket, with 2 mesh pockets at the front, a typical situation for economy (in my experience)

there are so many little details I noticed, so i will go through a few real quick. first off, the lights were integrated with the overhead ac, which makes a lot of sense, on the topic of overhead, there were pretty nice overhead screens, slim bezzels all things considered, I felt like I was in the mid 2000s, also overhead were 2 cabin crew call buttons, one on the left and right, which is a wierd decision to make, because what if a person needs cabin crew in the middle?? do they press both? or hope cabin crew just understand?? what if they dont understand chinese?? all dying questions in my head. overhead bins were oriented interestingly, not sure on how to explain it, but the whole bin came down, leaving a gap? like the bin was on a swivel and the anchor points being the sides where each bin was connected.

moving on because that made no sense, the aircraft felt very modern. the windows had a extra space so that the handle could go all the way up and the window be symetrical, instead of the window having the shade in the way a bit. there was a type c and type a port at the base of EACH seat, the type c being 60w. honnestly, as long as there is one fast type c, I don’t see the need for a plug, but i understand thats personal preference. i found it interesting that the power socket was made by (i forgor but i think us conpany), which is intereting becasue im guessing the seats are made in china.

the meal service was exactly what you would expect, a meal box, 2 drink services, typical for a normal fare economy flight. the seat really ruined it for me. i think the reason why the seat is that way could be MTOW, more passengers=better, or access, because that was definitely not a cheap ticket, and even the seat pitch was a bit lacking, i would put it at 27-29 inches, which after an hour got kinda uncomfortable. bag fit under the seat, as it does with literally every seat, peakdesign everyday carry btw, best bag ever.

thought the flight, the air marshal was like staring down the cabin, and along with a ridiculous thorough security check, I felt safe, if not pretty annoyed (mostly the security check I couldn’t bring my ifixit kit, understandable. also, the pilot never turned off the seatbelt sign, when there was definitely time and space to do so, so i couldn't write on the plane :( much sad.

anyways, would I recommend the c919, yeah its cool, definitely an experience and a great thing for aviation enthusiasts, but I don’t think china is going to go global, apart from indonesia with the c919.

i love status so much‼️ its so cutesy and gives me ALL the perks. shit lounge with bad food?? you got it. free upgrades on partner airlines, yes.

I feel oneworld and skyteam has and always will be inferior to the greatness of star allience. my last 2 flights have just been that much better, because of status with turkish. wild. i guess its the perks of flying a lot, getting a free upgrade to a exit row seat, because theres space. also, exit row is 15 in asia, which is interesting because in the us and im pretty sure europe its 16, just a lil thing to keep in mind.

this flight was on asianas a330-300. the most boring and “aircraft” aircraft ever. nobody wants to fly on an a330, except if its with finnair, in which case I would love to fly that business class. it was also decently dated, nothing un-airwortjy, but a late 2000s early 2010s sort of deal. this plane at least in the interior is VERY similar to turkish airlines’ (turkish airlines mention!???) a330 and 777 interiors. the ife remote and screen are exactly the same, along with with pitch if i can guess lengths, 2-4-2 layout, seatbelt signs, even the seatbelts are the same.

the seats are a gray with lil specs of color in them, so thats different, but if im not correct the business also has a very similar layout, except I cant check thay out as im a lowly pauper in economy class. the windows were pretty small, ofc its an a330 thing, but just something I realised. we were cruising at 19000 feet, which obv makes sense for a 1 hour hop, but im used to the a330 being at much higher altitudes, 19,000 feet felt low, and our speed was like 350mph, which also feels low for an a330. there was obviously passenger demand for an a330 though, because the flight was full for all I could say.

meal service was uneventful, 1 drink service, no options just 1 dish, which I passed on, wasn’t hungry, with a snack box. overall, not bad.

lights went out in the galley for a bit. nothing crazy. overall, a pretty solid flight, if you need to go from bejing to Seoul and for some reason are reading this, I would say its a pretty good flight, but obviously there are probably cheaper and better flights for whatever situaiton you are in, yes, its about you, the reader. because you exsist, and therefore you do, and if you do, you are driven to make decisions based off past experiences, and nobody can make that decesion for you. Yes, I just finished evangelion, philosophy goes hard.

Korean Air 747-8 I(idk what the I is about)

Another BANGER incoming. Yes, I said fuck Turkish, we actually fly interesting airlines. And this is a pretty interesting route. First off, it flys over Russia, which I thought European jets couldn’t fly over Russia, but I guess because of Brexit a flight from Korea can? Weird just based on past experiences and how Finnair’s flight model got fucked over because of russia-european airspace debuts. I guess profit is what runs the world.

No, what makes this flight interesting is the seat and plane. I was flying on a 747, first time in a while I have flown on a 747, so that’s an experience in itself, but the seat, unless I am wrong, is one of the most modern and up-to date 747 business seats, with the exception of luftanza’s alegris product, which isn’t in service yet, so for being on such a conceptually and physically old jet, it feels like a 7 year old product, maybe 15 at most, but with a pretty nice lay flat seat on my favorite type of lay flat, I cannot be complaining. I was seated on the upper deck, on seat 21H. Now, you may be asking “mia, why would you take quite possibly the worst seat on this plane?” Because there were like 3 seats avable, and this one happened to be the only free seat on the upper deck. And what’s the point of flying on a 747 if you aren’t on the top deck or in first in-front of the cockpit. I still wish Boeing would have put a window at the front, like at the nose of the plane, that would be really, really cool, but I guess you can’t please everyone.

The experience of “prestige class” starts with the airport in Korean air’s case. They have a very similar set-up to BA in LHR (and a bit lgw but more similar to lhr,” with a dedicated check in area for korean air/skyteam premium members, but the check in was only for Korean air flights, which makes a lot of sense. Sadly, I wasn’t flying first class (what a shame,) so I had to use the normie security line for normies like a normie, but it was an easy security check, my bag didn’t even get searched even though I kept in 3 power banks, a bunch of luquids, a laptop, camera, and a steam deck, even the big rapiscan machines in the US usually make me take out my camera or something, there’s always a holdup, even thought the machines should be able to go through just fine. Sadly though, my bag did get pulled to the side, but it was just a drug/residue swab, I don’t know security practices and don’t really want to know, that is not my job, but its interesting to see whats going on. What really baffled me though is that you wait in line for security, just to go through, and wait through another line for passport control out of the country. I liked the way that Geneva airport handles the outboard passport control, where you can shop and eat after security, but then you go through passport control and to your gate. Just the little things I like to point out, and that’s what I think I bring in terms of flight revising. Tiny lil details that a normal EW non autistic stupid brain wouldn’t be able to comprehend.

After the checks, making sure I wasn’t carrying drugs or whatever, I was free from the shackles of Korea, the Samsung regime. Almost as bad as the north. (I have basically no fucking clue on what I’m talking about!! Anyways, incheon airport has a ridiculous amount of Korean air lounges, I think 4 including the “first lounge” I could go to. “First lounge!???” What the fuck mia you go from 12 hours in economy to first class lounges!?? This is NOT objective reviewing. Well, yes it is, and the lounge was called the “miller club,” which yeah, I have status on delta, but the lowest or second to lowest tier, I never fly sky team, so just confusing. I think it was the lounge for all sky team airlines, and Korean didn’t want me using the “prestige” lounge, which maybe was better. I was told they weren’t, but who knows, but more importantly who cares. It’s a lounge for heavens sake, grab your food, sit down eat and bang out some work and leave. But there apparently is a first lounge, because yes, I watched 1 YouTube video, so apparently now I know more than the workers! How smart!!

Pretty nice lounge though all things considered, very nice Korean branded cutely, but very subtle, if I could buy that cutely and use it every day, I would, it was solid fancy metal. Maybe that’s a google search, because it was so cool. Food was pretty good, some of the best lounge food I have had, apart from the centurion lounge in dfw, that place is ridiculous, and other first class lounges, like the aa one in jfk and the ba one in LHR, but that’s a first class restaurant, not just a lounge.

Off to the gate, where I got to board like first, I don’t really know why I wanted to board first, usually I like to board last, because there is no point in getting on first, there’s usually space and same seats, but I wanted the complete prestige class experience. Boarding was separated by Prestige and First on one side, and the other groups 1, 2-3, 4 had their own lanes. Not bad. Just a tip, but if there is 2 jet bridges on a 747 and you are on the top deck, don’t make the same mistake as me, go in through the second jet bridge further back, it said economy on the jet bridge and I was like “oh I’m business I get to use the business jet bridge” but I just had to walk through business to the stairs which were at the second jet bridge. I got to see the cabin a bit though, so that was nice!

I have to say, I didn’t expect the 747 upstairs to feel so enclosed and private. It feels like a narrow body with the 2-2 configuration, and the dividers are surprisingly high on Korean, behind “suite” style business class, this is by far my favorite. As I am a pretty tall person, I appreciate the longer leg room and the slimmer-ness of the style of seat Korean choose, a shuffleboard pattern of 1-1 on each side, with the window offering like way more privacy. I was quite surprised the space under the seat could fit my backpack perfetly, which just adds to “the best business class experience that I have experienced so far.” Yes, thats my official stance on this seat and service, its just top notch, and beats Turkish in a few metrics, except I will always love the Turkish 777 business class seat, this is just so much better.

Surprisingly, the 747 is decently quiet in the top deck, on the level of an a320 (non Neo), not quiet by any means, but bearable without headphones, and the cabin pressure is pretty good for such an old aircraft. Speaking of old aircraft, I was also surprised 747s can handle 14 hour long routes, but look at where we are. Apparently the 787-10 is Korean’s flagship aircraft, as that was the model they had in their lounge, but the a380, 777 and 747 seem to be massive parts of their fleet, especially 747s and a380s, obviously nowhere near luftanzas 747 usage and emirates a380 usage, but a fair bit.

The cabin crew went above and beyond during the flight, and maybe it’s just who and where I fly, but I never feel the level of service I got on this flight. As soon as the plane took off, I got a few hours of sleep, it had ben a rough night for me before, and my mind needed some time off, and that’s what I did, made my bed with the very fancy mattress topper I couldn’t figure out for 10 mins and a very nice blanked. The blanket was so nice I woke up 2 hours later, pretty like hot, which is weird for me., maybe cold sweats, anyways that’s besides the point.

Imediatley, like 10 mins after, the crew asked if I wanted my meal service then or to not have it or later, which I asked for later, and about 3 hours asked for it, it took like 5 mins to heat it up, and is still one of the best airplane meals I have had to this day. The rice was a bit wet, which makes sense for microwave food, but having like pretty good kimchi on a plane, I thouhght I would never see the day, and a good meat, you can forget it. Of course I needed a good dessert, and that was even more than delivered, I got a nice tea too, British things.

I can’t think of many airlines where I could just have a meal later. That concept is ridiculous, except for dine on demand airlines. Power is pretty based, there is one plug at the front of the seat, and those prongs for the UK are tight, like your charger is staying in there no matter what, Perks of flying business. I saw blue photos online for this business class seat, but it was a gray, which kind of sucked, but it was the same exact seat, and is even better in person, so I am not in a position to complain. Besides, this is “the best flight I have been on so far”- mia, 2025

Its time for, the mia loo review

Not really sure why im repeating this bit, but noel Phillips does have a point. I used the upstairs toilet, which is right next to the cockpit, which is cool. Not the most noteworthy loo, but flush isn’t crazy loud, and having one toilet for the 8 rows of business on the upper deck is pretty cool, I like that a lot. Especially that there is a marker at the front which you can check if its being occupied, saved me from walking 2 minutes (ugh, how pretentious) to the front just to have someone in the bathroom.

Now time to check out a downstairs bathroom. I went all the way to the shitter complex, that’s what im going to call this area, because the concentration of bathrooms was immense, im pretty sure there were 4 bathrooms. I took the back one, I just wanted to see what was going on, because