I spent my 31st birthday on a luxurious 14-hour non-stop business class flight with Vietnam Airlines

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I was invited to spend my 31st birthday on a 14-hour non-stop business class flight with Vietnam Airlines from Ho Chi Minh back to London, with four star meals and a button for cocktails. Here's my review of my 31st at 30,000 ft.

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00:00I had two choices for my birthday in October 2024.

00:03I could gather some mates and knock off some bars in Sheffield, followed by a takeout or

00:07something.

00:08Or I could spend it on a 14-hour business class flight home from Ho Chi Minh on Vietnam

00:12Airlines' Dreamliner with presumably every need tended to and a button for complimentary

00:17cocktails.

00:18Anyway, I brought some oversized joggers in my hand luggage to change into in the bathroom

00:22at the takeoff.

00:23I thought this was a savvy move.

00:25It really was a level of luxury I'm not really used to.

00:27From the Lotus Lounge that I spent the morning in where there was hot beef pho to enjoy and

00:32wake yourself up with before the flight, to the seat that reclined 180 degrees into a

00:37bed position, which admittedly you'll see me trying to sleep in in this video, but I

00:42actually used it so I could sit cross-legged on a flight, which was a great novelty to

00:45me.

00:46I could talk about the hot towels they bring you throughout the flight to freshen up with

00:50and make you feel a bit more homely on this long haul trip, or I could talk about the

00:54built-in noise-cancelling headphones, which I don't own a pair of and means I could watch

00:58new releases like Dune 2 and Mad Max Furiosa in blissful damp and surround sound, or I

01:03could talk about the four-star meal served for both breakfast and lunch, served on China

01:08with all of the right cutlery and better food than I ever expected to see on an airplane

01:13with complimentary cocktails, recipes of which I've taken home with ever since.

01:18But no, I only want to zero in on the attentiveness and warm care of the cabin crew.

01:23It's a level of service I can't really speak on, and a level of luxury I've never really

01:27enjoyed before, but they are the bit that I'll remember about this birthday the most.

01:31They really doted on passengers to ask if there was anything else they could do or bring

01:35them, any more tea or coffee or food or booze, or if they could bring you a fresh hot towel

01:42or anything else you might want, really.

01:44If I'm going to say there's one thing that made this trip a special one for me, it's

01:47going to be the crew who were looking after us on the flight there.

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