SINGAPORE: When a journey influencer uploaded a video in January from a Singapore Airways first-class suite that value him over US$13,000, it immediately went viral, getting over 10 million views.
Antoine, aka Lounge Guru on social media, is just not solely a advertising skilled who lives in Dubai however can also be a journey influencer who opinions first-class flights on-line.
Whereas he has fairly the next, the response to his movies about his ultra-luxurious expertise on Singapore Airways has been actually next-level.
To be honest, Antoine loved his personal spacious room with a full-sized mattress with premium bedding, Cristal champagne price over US$400 (S$508), a Lalique branded luxurious skincare package and a Singapore Airways designer pyjamas units, and varied different perks, together with, in fact, the stellar service that Singapore Airways is thought for, it doesn’t matter what class a passenger travels.
Not solely was there caviar service, however an SIA crew walked him by way of the in depth menu choices, which helped “curate the proper dinner expertise” for Antoine. Nonetheless, he did admit to Newsweek that the principle course of crispy lamb chops “wasn’t fairly as hanging or ‘visible’ as I had imagined it will be.”
He additionally described the first-class bathroom as “a non-public spa-style house the place you’ll be able to change, refresh, and absolutely reset in the course of the flight.”
“If there’s a true First Class throne within the sky, that is undoubtedly it,” Antoine wrote within the caption to his longer video concerning the expertise.
His “calm, intentional, and deeply private” SIA flight seemed like a far cry from the experiences the remainder of the world has in cattle class.
The reactions to Antoine’s movies have been different. Many individuals couldn’t appear to wrap their heads across the extraordinary amount of cash he spent on only one flight.
“US$14000 for a aircraft ticket, that is past wildness,” wrote one YouTube person.
“There are simply ppl residing in a totally totally different world than 95% of us,” remarked one other.
Yet one more wrote that the ticket value was greater than the primary automotive he had ever purchased.
Plenty of commenters reacted to Antoine saying that the Bang & Olufsen headphones given out, which he mentioned retail at $500, had been free.
“These headphones are something however FREE!” one commented.
“I really like how he thought of the B&O headphones free after paying 14k,” one other wrote.
A 3rd chimed in with, “I like the way it mentioned ‘free headphones.’ Nah, dawg, you paid for these.” /TISG
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