World鈥檚 Best First Class? Air France La Premiere 2021 - YouTube

Channel: Sam Chui

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(electronic music)
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- It's a beautiful day in this France airport. Very busy.
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It's like almost back to the pre COVID days.
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All the flights are full. So today, as you see,
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I have the red envelope.
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I upgraded myself from business to LA premier,
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the first class of air France.
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With my new friend, Carolina at Nice airport today.
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And this is LA premier. They walk you to the aeroplane.
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Take care of you from your arrival, magic.
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- Magic, Bonjour.
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- Oh, hi, hi, Captain, How are you?
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- Hello Mister.
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- It's a pleasure.
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- Welcome aboard.
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- Nice to see you. A pleasure.
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Thank you, Carolina.
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And thank you. Bye-bye
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Every La Premier passenger get exclusive a walk escort to
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the aeroplane, and then the pilot
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will greet you before takeoff
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(plane engine rumbling)
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(electronic music)
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Just landed in Paris. One hour, flight very routine,
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nothing special, was a snack serve on this flight.
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I have to say the French snack are very good.
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The air France is really good. French snack selection.
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- Thank you bye-bye. See you next time.
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- Let's go down, take the car.
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I think it's not my first time with you.
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- Oh really?
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- Yeah.
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You saw me before?
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- Yeah.
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- Maybe there's many guys who look like me.
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- No, no, no it was you I am sure about that.
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- Really?
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- Yeah.
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- Many says CDG is a complex airport and maybe we're not
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French. We don't understand the French system.
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The best way is to fly La premier,
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because you don't have to worry anything. They take care of.
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You take you to the lounge, take you to the plane to board,
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and this is the way to do it.
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And I hope every airline first class should consider
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something like this on ground. Not just on the plane.
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- Sure, Charles de Gaulle is one of
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the most complicated airport
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- Even you think is complicated.
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Everybody flings all the, oh, I want you to know this.
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There's not many people fly first class.
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the traffic is down.
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The traffic is down.
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- The traffic is
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- Or there's more because of COVID?
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They prefer to fly in the more, more
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- Safer
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- More safer in the more privacy.
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- Exactly, that's it.
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I cannot wait to start.
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Tell us where you're originally from.
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- I'm from Tunisia.
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- Oh from Tunisia? I met lots of Tunisian people.
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Very good at camera. Very, very good at talking. Yeah.
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Very, very nice.
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Oh hello captain.
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I love your uniform, very traditional.
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- Thanks sir.
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- Oh, my private dining room this is really, really proper.
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Thank you so much.
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I actually have a mirror looking at myself here.
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- It's a mirror but it's also a TV.
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- Oh, it's a TV.
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- Yeah
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- Wow, Let's turn the TV on and watch TV on mute.
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- This is the Foie Gras and duck.
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- Oh, thank you.
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- I want them,
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- I didn't eat breakfast because I knew this is going
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to be a great meal in the lounge before I fly.
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I'll book pasta with truffles. I love that uniform
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So I was told by the staff,
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this was to 1933 air France uniform inspired from the hotel,
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the hospitality bartender and from the boats.
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I think these French dishes up 3000 calories but calories
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doesn't count when you travel and having fun.
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- I think, you know, you are here like at home, but
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this is the relaxation area and if you
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need the bathrooms and the toilet.
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Oh, is this the nature book for all the guests always come
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here to read it because that's all the feedback.
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I think in terms of the cosiness, the French flair,
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the elegance, nothing come close to that.
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This is very luxury, European.
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(electronic music)
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- Yeah. Have a nice day.
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- Thank you. Thank you. See you
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- Thank you. Thank you very much.
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- Oh, that time was very, very short,
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but you can tell I'm totally embarrassed.
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I feel very relaxed today.
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I'm wearing this French hats.
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Trying to be a little bit like French.
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Terrible. Right?
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I can't speak French, but this lounge,
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you can see so many awards. I'm not lying here.
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You know, you have to be here to feel it.
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It's so cosy. It's incredible.
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Thank you. This is the lady driving me.
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Not often as a lady driving me to the plane.
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This is so awesome. Appreciate it.
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Love it. Sometimes when we have time,
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I remember last time they even gave me a tour.
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It's the older, big cleans dancing around look triple seven.
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Wow.
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This is LA premier. You got driven to the plane.
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Last to board.
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Thank you. Nice to meet you.
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Thank you. Thank you very much, nice to meet you all.
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Bonjour.
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- Thank you for everything Mr. Chui
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- Thank you, Zoe.
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- It's a pleasure to have you with us today.
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- Loved it.
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- I hope you enjoy it, thank you very much
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hope to see you again.
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- Merci, Hope to see you again.
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(electronic music)
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- You have this hat and today we all know Boeing flight.
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So maybe I can take yours?
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- Yeah. My hat Airbus hat right?
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- Needs Boeing on it.
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- Hat says Airbus And we're on Boeing today?
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Oh, big mistake.
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- yeah
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- Thanks for telling me. Thank you.
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Thank you. No more hats from now on.
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- I can put it overhead.
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- Okay.
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- Merci.
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- This is the right side.
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- Yes
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- Thank you so much.
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Champagne? Blanc des millenaires.
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Millionaires? Millionaires champagne.
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- Yes Exactly.
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- Cheers.
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- Hi, my name is Mary.
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I'm the person I'm going to work in
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first class and business and
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I'm very glad to offer you the menu and the wine list.
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- How many passenger do we have today?
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- Today?
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There is one special guest in first class is you then 56
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passengers in business.
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And then let me check to be sure because it's fully booked.
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- It's full in business class?
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- Yeah.
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- Wow.
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- Yeah business class is full then the premium economy,
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28 passengers and 206 in economy.
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(plane engine rumbling)
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(electronic music)
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- So I ordered some appetiser and
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then I'm going to have a rest
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then dinner before landing and lucky me. Right.
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I have the whole cabin to myself. The reason is Air France,
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LA premier is not easy to fly it with
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cheap fare with upgrade or miles.
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Let me share with you the best secret to fly Air
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France LA premiere is to purchase a business class.
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Then an online check in. And if there are availabilities,
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you can purchase an upgrade.
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That will be the cheapest way to fly LA premier,
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which today I did exactly that.
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I pay 1000 Euro extra from business class to first class.
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(chilled music)
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- Yup.
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Yup.
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- This is your baguette, this is foie gras in ravioli.
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- Oh its in the ravioli?
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- Yeah exactly.
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- Difference player.
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- It's from Bordeuax, a Margaux and cantenac brown chateau
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- Chateau, Okay so, Bordeaux
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Very good.
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It's very good with the Foie Gras, Perfect match.
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- Would you like any cover for you?
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- Yes, That's interesting.
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Oh, private. Very nice.
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It's quite smart, right?
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It's not the door or pan nose. It's just a curtain.
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It's like your own little bubble here and very smart.
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They use magnets to close the two piece of curtain.
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It's so rich the Foie Gras ferments immerse in your mouth.
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Oh my gosh. I'm almost in tears.
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(chilled music)
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Even though this is a Day flight they provided pyjamas
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for me to change. This is the air France, LA premier design,
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French design. It makes me look a little bit slimmer better.
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- Voila
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- Wow.
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Beautiful. Thank you.
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All right guys, coming inside my bedroom suite.
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You know what I love about it? It's just the design.
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It's very comfortable. But on top of that,
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look at us wrapped blankets and white plush quilts.
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I mean just to design everything,
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blends in to create that first class experience
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(chilled music)
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Very good evening. So we flew from day now to night.
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It's a beautiful cabin to sit and now the whole mood has
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changed in the evening.
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I'm going to have my dinner before landing.
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(engine rumbling)
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- Here it is
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(chilled music)
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It's good to see there are no COVID cutbacks in air France,
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LA premier. The cabin is not flashy as gold or bling, bling,
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but the understated luxury and design,
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created that perfect French first class experience with good
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food and wine and the intimate ground service.
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In my opinion,
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this is still one of the most exclusive and greatest first
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class product out there.
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This is the highlight of my France trip the Air France LA
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premier. Thank you so much Bye-Bye