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VIETJET AIR A321 Economy Class 🇻🇳⇢🇹🇭【4K Trip Report Saigon to Phuket】How Vietjet Changed Vietnam



What’s it like to fly internationally on VIETJET Air in Economy Class on their Airbus A321s? Check out this 4K Trip Report & Honest Unsponsored Review on board a VIETJET A321 from Ho Chi Minh City to Phuket. (Not your average trip reports, let’s chat about how Vietjet is a cultural force in Vietnam!).

Hi there! My name is Kevin and today we will take a deep dive into the full VIETJET Air experience on their workhorse A321. We will check out the airport experience in Saigon, the Apricot Lounge, board via the stairs and enjoy some beautiful views as we talk about Vietjet’s impact on daily life in Vietnam. Finally, we’ll wrap it all up with The Flip Flop Score.

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Fare Paid: $118.77
Class: Economy (Extra Legroom)
Inclusions: 25kg Check in, 7kg Carry on, Exit Row Seat

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— Video Chapters —
0:00 Flight Preview
00:10 Intro
00:25 Welcome to Saigon
00:48 Flight Info & Channel Scoring Spread
01:00 International Terminal
01:10 Check in Tip
01:35 Heading to the Lounge
01:52 Apricot Lounge Tour
02:20 Vietjet’s Impact on Vietnam
02:52 Plane Spotting
03:23 Heading to the Gate & The Southwest Effect
03:58 Carry On Baggage Hack (no Guarantee!)
04:25 Bus Apron Views
04:35 The Rise of Vietjet
05:55 Boarding our A321
06:10 Today’s Flight Stats
07:00 Extra Legroom Seats
07:20 Taxi to the Runway
07:45 Line up, Spool up & Take off
08:12 Airport Stats
08:38 Our Route Today
08:55 Vietjet’s Route Map Detailed Look
09:45 Changing the Domestic Market
10:05 Flying over Thailand
10:45 Approaching Phuket
11:15 Final Approach over Mai Khao Beach
11:34 Landing
11:50 Taxi to Gate
12:35 Heading to an Insane Immigration Line
13:24 The Flip Flop Score

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28 Comments

  3. Kev Brown

    Love Vietjet their slogan should be the same as Air Asia NOW EVERYONE CAN FLY
    Just can’t see how they can make money with such low prices some say the lady that owns it is using it for money laundering
    I always try early flights as they usually are on time .
    Flew last week to BKK for 8:35 am got to airport at 5:30 and check in was already a nightmare but the immigration was the worst I ever seen .
    Immigration line wrapped around the airport and main reason was there were only 40 % immigration officers on the rest started at 7:10 am
    So I just barely made it on time and I even snuck in line and cheated.
    Will be going 4 hours early now because of immigration lines
    Vietjet was on time perfect and cheap

  5. Paul Rodger

    horrible customer service and they lie. changed my ( paid and confirmed) flight HAN-SGN. Would not pay for lounge for 1 flight changed 3 times. I asked why? Weather in HCMC, yet VN AIR FLY and flew hourly. Shameful treatment. Never again.

  6. Arpan Jokhakar

    I flew from Ahmedabad (India) to ho chi minh city and then to Denpesar. I must say you were right about paying extra for comfortable seats. Otherwise for 5 hour flight it was not comfortable at all. But otherthan that it was really good experience.

  9. Hung

    Hey Kevin! Love your channel!
    I know you didn't quite enjoy your experience at the capella bangkok, but do you have plans on visiting the capella in hanoi anytime soon?

  10. Thế Hùng Nguyễn

    I have lots of horrible experiences flying Vietjet domestically, and so do many customers. However, people keep complaining and can't help flying with them again and again due to attractive prices. I wish there woule be more LCC in Vietnam so that we have more choices.

  11. Reaganomics Lamborghini

    I sat in the same exit row seat as you when I flew Vietjet from Hanoi to Taipei around 5 years ago. I got up to get something from my carry on and turned around to find a woman had colonised my seat and was reaching out to hand me my personal items while smiling sweetly. She was promptly turfed out by a crew member. Nice try on her part though! 😂

  12. Viet Khoa

    Wow. I flew on this flight in august last year, only 50$. The view when approaching HKT was wonderful. Love Vietjet. Before Vietjet was founded, flying is only for rich people. VJ has given flying opportunity for most people in Vietnam. VJ is the only Vietnamese airline to have a subsidiary in foreign country (Thai Vietjet). That makes them a great and successful airlines to me. Many people complain VJ's service but I think it totally worth the price

  13. Teacher Gavin

    Agree, they have opened up a lot and great to make affordable travel. However I avoid them like the plague. Terrible seat pitch, always late or cancelled. This is in Thailand, maybe it is an issue with the Thai operations? Also when they are late, they do not care, the reports are not good

  14. Varun Kumar

    72 mins is nothing for immigration, when I visited Bali in 2022, the immigration was 3 hrs long!!

  16. Jess Macc

    This airline is known as second class airline … the sears are not good as well as the service , and most annoying is the fact there are no business class in the most domestic flies

  17. Kevin Zee

    Thanks for your video! I flew Thai Vietjet from BK to Phuket last Nov it was quite good compare AirAsia! I hope you will visit Japan anytime soon!

  19. Rudy Sy

    artist and song name featured on this video clip? and where to get it…. thanks….

  21. Brilliant But Blue

    I think you give low-cost carriers more grace than most would, a max two hour delay for the number of times you have flown with them would have to be pure luck. Usually, it takes one bad experience that puts people off and can influence many 👍

  22. Ian Holliday

    Sorry this review totally missed the mark, you didnt show any of the inside of the aircraft nor the service or the food

  24. Ryan So Fly

    This is great… I have a Vietjet video coming next week as well. I found them to be alright. What I'd expect of a low cost carrier. I'm curious to try them on their A330 between Australia and India. I saw some connection fares so that's for me very curious.

  25. David Hacker

    I just ran into the same surprise soem days ago- the lounge change in HCM is rerally a shame! I liked the Saigonese better. During my stay in saigon i made sure to stay in the Hyatt since your review inspired me to do so. I have to say, you have been spot on! The service is truly beyond everything i have experienced in years. But i had also some issues like the fact that there was no pillow menu available. I will come back and see if they improve on that. And OMG are you right about Da Lat! I used the bus once, brutal 😀 Since vietjet is in the market, i love to fly there just for a weekend. The impact was hughe! And i loooove Da Lat.

  26. Saigon After Dark

    u can actually pay at vietjet counter to skip the queue for checkin and get ur desired seat. the cost is 250k just walk towards the business check in and tell them u want to pay to skip the line. usually there will be one staff there asking people if they want to skip the queue.

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