Can You Profit From a First Class Flight?

Most people that fly first class are millionaires trying to relax. But me, I'm trying to profit. First class flights [music] promise that gourmet food, top shelf drinks, and entertainment are all included in the price of your ticket. But does this really make it worth it? To find out, I'll be eating way too much, drinking a concerning amounts, and experiencing all that I can. Cuz as someone who's never flown first class, I need to know. Can I consume more than what [music] the first class seat cost me, equaling a profit? Starting here at JFK [music] Airport. That's right, I'm in New York City. Hey, I'm walking here. I'm learning I'm working on my New York. Thank you. Thank you. Guys, I'm about 4 hours early for my flight, intentionally. Before I even step foot on that flight, there's some things I have to take full advantage of while still in the airport. After all, the ticket I purchased cost me an eye-watering $4,600. Laugh through the pain. The flight I chose is going to take us from New York City to Milan, Italy, and it's the absolute cheapest ticket I could find, which means it's an overnight flight. To make this as fair as possible, I'm going to factor in the average flight cost of an economy ticket from New York City to Milan, which is around $671. That leaves us with $3,329 of stuff that I need to get out of this ticket [music] in order to turn a profit. Our first order of business, the Emirates luxury first class lounge, where all drinks and food are free and unlimited. Hey, how's it going? It's my first time flying first class. All right, Mr. Jack Colton. Yes, sir. Oh my gosh. Bro, we're in for a treat. This place had it all. You you know you're somewhere luxurious when the drinks have [music] fruit in them. There was a wide array of desserts, some I've never even seen before, tons of different hot foods as well as cold ones. Every beverage imaginable, tons of alcohol including top tier champagne and more. I was a bit overwhelmed, but with time already ticking, I loaded up on a bunch of items and brought them right back to my table. It is very quiet in the lounge. I tried to get what looked to be the most expensive. The way these videos work is each item that I consume, I am going to assign a value to based on what I think is worth it. This plate of food here has pasta, [music] fish, don't even know what that is, and two stuffed dates. I'm going to call that $12. I also got not one, but two of these plates of tuna. We'll say those are about $15 each. I also got this dessert. I don't even know how to begin to describe this thing. We'll say five bucks. To drink, I got a diet Pepsi and a glass of champagne. I looked up the bottle online. We're going to say it's about $20 a glass. The plane boards in about 2 and 1/2 hours, and I am sick of yapping, so I am going to dig into this food. That was so good. I'm going to try the champagne. That is a That's pretty strong. Every time I return to it, hits me like a truck. Bottoms up. Every minute in here could be used profiting, so I'm going back [music] for seconds. I demolished the last of this meal like a boss, and my table was immediately cleaned off. Do you have like a favorite champagne? They're both good. They're both good. Can't go wrong with champagne. Right? Thank you. That guy probably owns Apple or something. I don't Meal number two acquired. I got two more of these [music] tuna things because they're really easy to get down and they seem expensive. This challenge is about being calculated. I got what looks like to be some [music] sort of fancy cake. To drink, I got a hibiscus lemonade and another glass of champagne. I asked one of the potential billionaires that I'll be flying with which champagne is the best. >> They're both good. They're both good. So, I'm trying this one, which I haven't had before. Let's give it a shot. That's worse than the other one. Oh. I finished another plate of tuna and put some work in on this cake here. The more tuna I'm eating, the more fishy it's becoming. After a while, it starts to taste like it was swimming at one point. You know, I'm going to see if I can one bite this thing. A big bite. It's a lot of tuna. This turned out to be a terrible decision. I didn't think I'd be coming with an update to you guys this quickly, but I'm two courses in and I'm already starting to kind of feel it. The tuna, I think I'm done with. >> [laughter] >> I have like an hour before the flight. We're just getting started. This is going to get pretty degenerate, I'd imagine. I'm already the loudest and youngest [music] person in here, so I can't even imagine what this flight's going to be like. I am so excited. I'm going to go refill. Keep profiting. I knew I had to make this last hour count, so I started speed running. Desserts on desserts, coffee from a fancy machine, and not one, but two, actually three glasses of champagne. Looking back, I can't believe I actually drank this much in such a short amount of time. Do not try this at home, please. [music] The lounge started to fill up, so I couldn't slow down. Tuna wasn't an option anymore, which left me with one more choice. Champagne. I'm not going to lie to you guys, I think I overdid the champagne. I feel crazy right now. I think we're going to have to switch up the drink selection. I thought I'd try out this beer. It tasted like beer, and oh boy was it hard to get down. I was then [music] gifted a whole chicken sandwich, compliments of the chef, so of course I deleted it. My flight is boarding very soon. I think the method is get a couple more drinks in and save my appetite for the plane. On board, they're going to have a lot nicer and more expensive items to take advantage of. For now, let's keep profiting. It's not often you have champagne free at your disposal, so I thought before we get on this flight, let's take full advantage. That's going to kick in real soon. Surprise food, surprise food. Guys, I was delivered a mini cheesecake without warning. Add it to the total. That is so That's the best I've had. I think I'm going to eat it all. I went right back to the champagne. One, two, three glasses later, and I was feeling great. Oh, that was terrible. So, it was a good thing we were boarding any minute now. All right, guys, I met a fellow passenger. I'm here with >> John McCoy. John McCoy. You've flown first class a couple times? Yes. >> If you don't mind me asking, what do you do for a living? I'm an importer. I import uh men's wear from Italy. Men's wear? >> Yeah. So, like what I'm wearing now, like clothing and stuff? >> men's clothing. Uh little better than that, but yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. [laughter] John McCoy. So, I was curious, how much did you pay for your ticket? >> I think $3,000. Sweet. >> Well, Emirates, I think is the best airline that I've flown. Service is good, the food is good. It's the best that there is. So, if you have any advice for anybody watching on the other side, uh who wants to maybe be an entrepreneur or make it, what do you What's your advice? My advice to anybody wants to make it, first of all, love what you do. Yeah, if you don't like what you do, I couldn't think of a more miserable existence. Number two is be passionate [music] about what you're doing, and work hard. If you could do that, you have a good life. Yeah. Remind me your name? John McCoy. My flight is boarding any minute now. I have one last idea for how we can profit big before we leave the lounge. In the distance is a boatload of alcohol that is free for the taking. If I can somehow, someway finesse a bottle, that would be huge in terms of profit. Wish me luck. [music] With staff all around me and my plane about to board, I had to make this quick, yet discreet. Guys, this bottle of Don Julio might just be small enough to fit in my backpack. You have to be smart about this. We got it. We got it. We got it. Your boy just finessed a $60 bottle of alcohol. It's literally in my backpack. I don't know how we're going to do this, but I know for a fact it's possible. Luckily, we are just getting started. The items and amenities they have on this airplane are unlike anything I've ever seen, and I am absolutely ready to take full advantage. I got to board my plane. I am so excited. Let's do this. Thank you so much. I have always wanted to fly first class. It has been a bucket list thing for me for so long. Here we go. First. Thank you. I'm not going to lie, boarding this plane, I [music] felt like a young crypto millionaire, but deep down inside, I was struggling to hold back my excitement. And before I knew it, I saw my seat for the very first time. Is this Is this free for me? This is crazy for me. I'm freaking out. This is the nicest anything I've ever been on in my entire life. I'm sweating cuz I'm so nervous of where I am. Growing up, I used to watch these videos of Casey Neistat going in these first class seats, and I never thought [music] that I would be in this position. Once we take off, I'm going to give you guys a seat tour. >> [music] >> We have officially [music] taken off from New York City. It's about time I gave you guys a sweet tour, and yes, it is called a suite, not a seat. That is the level of luxury we've reached. First things first, this is the seat. I mean, come on. And I'll be the first to say this is easily the most comfortable airplane seat I've ever sat in. This is a view of the legroom. My feet can't even touch the wall. And if we're being honest, you could probably fit a whole 'nother human down there. Got to put that back. See what I mean? Now, this seat comes with tons of free amenities [music] that we can add to our total, including a toiletries bag. Inside is Axe body spray, a middle school classic, a comb, a tissue, a cleansing towel, shaving cream, a razor, a toothbrush with toothpaste, and some earplugs. Nice. And a bunch of luxury toiletries and fragrances from this company Bulgari, I think. I don't know. Apparently, this brand is quite expensive, so hopefully this will help towards our profit. Smells great. We also got some headphones, which are actually nicer than expected. We get a touchscreen TV that you can control from this little iPad here. And on the TV is a subscription to every streaming platform for free. I was also given this bag here that includes some slippers and pajamas. They're quite comfortable. I've also discovered a secret compartment here. And when it opens, you got a mirror and a bunch of toiletries. Facial toner, eye cream, a towellette, and pillow mist. I don't know what I'm supposed to do with that. Pillow mist review. Guys, this is just a game-changer. My pillow is wet now. Okay. Pillow mist, nice. Also, if you want some added privacy, you can press this button here, and there you go. The doors retract. I'm in my own personal private area right now. If you press this button here, you also get your own personal tray table. And maybe the coolest part of all, all of these beverages and snacks at your disposal. Regular water, sparkling water, chocolates, snack mix, you name it. All completely free. Now, this flight is only 8 hours long, and as much as I would love to relax, I'm here on a mission to profit. Are you guys serving right now? Whatever you would like to eat, that's what we can get. Whenever I want? Can I do a champagne? Champagne? Thank you. They brought out a 2015 aged Dom Pérignon bottle. No idea what that means. All I know is it's expensive. Do you guys have caviar? Yes, we do. You can have anything you want from from the menu at any time you want. So, unlimited, basically. But what he didn't know is I was going to push [music] the full limits of that. I looked it up, and apparently this champagne is like $45 a glass. So, if I can get enough of these down, it'll help immensely towards our profit. Cheers. Tastes like every other champagne. I I ordered some caviar set. Hopefully that comes soon. Before my caviar arrived, I was brought an appetizer. I got some prosciutto and melon and burrata with tomatoes. That bite I just took was peak. Got my champagne refilled. Yeah. Whoa, turbulence. Oh. My caviar arrived along with all of its different toppings, a basket [music] of bread, another glass of champagne, of course, and this menacing mystery shot of vodka. I've had caviar in the past. It is very fishy, but it is extremely expensive. I will eat as many freaking fish eggs as I need to if it means we can profit from this flight. Let's try this caviar. Woo, that is really fishy. Oh. Cheers. That hits. Absolutely freaking smoked. It also came with this shot of vodka. Let's give it a shot. 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Whenever I realize maybe I'm yapping too much, I can use paraphraser, which helps remove any redundancy in the text and helps me nail the tone I'm going for. Huge thanks to Grammarly for sponsoring this video and helping me do cool stuff like this. If you want to level up your productivity, make sure you guys download Grammarly with the link in the description. Now, let's get back to profiting. Oh my gosh. Amazing. Thank you. Steak's here. Here we got a beautiful filet mignon. And for a side, [music] some asparagus and I don't I don't know what that is. Let me know in the comments. I also got another glass of fancy champagne. I can't believe they served that on a plane. That tasted like Nick Di Giovanni himself cooked that. Another one. We have currently less than 3 hours until we arrive at our destination. These last 3 hours truly determine if we can pull this off or not. I'm starting to get a little bit nervous, I'm not going to lie, but it's time to lock in, baby. Could I get three orders of caviar at one time? Is that possible? The thing is, it won't fit. That's the thing. What if it's just the eggs? And if it could do three at once? And then if I could also get three glasses of champagne at one time? Okay. Has anyone ever ordered three three at once? >> Never. Never? If they actually deliver this request, we'll know for a fact this is possible. I'm not going to lie, I highly doubt they're going to do that. >> [music] >> Of course, I slammed these three glasses, which ended up being the intro [music] of this video. But me, I'm trying to profit. Okay. The three orders of caviar, I specifically asked for sour cream and lemon. It kind of gets rid of the fishiness and makes it way easier to eat. As much as I don't want to eat all this, there's only one way to do this. Ugh. I don't think there's a less enjoyable way to do a first class flight. I'm sure you guys can tell, but I am cooked. I think if I have one more bite of caviar or one more sip of champagne, it might all come up. But I don't want to quit because I owe it to you guys to give it my all. If I want any chance of completing this challenge and profiting, I got to lock in. The sun started to rise, and I'm not going to lie, I only became more tired, [music] but my brain wouldn't let me give up. Many hours ago, when I first got on board, I booked a shower. Yes, this plane has an actual shower on board. What timeline do I live in, bruh? Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the shower. I have all of this to myself. What the heck is this? Here is the toilet. Very sanitary. Tons of toiletries to my disposal, and I even have the option to heat the floors. I can currently feel my feet being heated. I can't believe I'm here. I'm going to go ahead and hop in the shower and make the most of this. I can't believe I'm on an airplane. I got to profit as much as possible to make sure we pull this off. >> [music] >> I'm going to dry off, and I'm back to my seat. >> [music] >> I returned to my seat with a bright blue sky. Guys, we got about an hour left of this flight, and I know [music] if we want any chance of profiting, the next hour is absolutely crucial. The only way we can do this is if I go absolute degen mode and put everything on the line. We've determined that champagne and caviar is the best profit method [music] possible and luckily for us it's unlimited. So I'm going to put that to the test and get as much as humanly possible for the last hour of our flight. Let's do this thing. Can I put in another order? This is a crazy ask but [music] could I do four champagnes and four caviar? Wait a little bit and then I can see if I can accommodate that for you. I'll just check and come back to you. Thank you so much. Guys, we've reached a point where they're worried that I'm going to eat all the caviar and drink all the champagne on board. Uh they don't even know if there's going to be enough for anybody else. I'm not going to lie. I have a raging headache right now and I don't feel my best but I can't give up. I hope they can make accommodations and we can pull this off. It's weird cuz this challenge is so much shorter than my other profit challenges but I think this might be the hardest one I've done yet. I just hope they can give me those items. Specifically no for other passengers. Two orders as well. Okay. Yeah. We can do two. You can do two? Yeah. Two caviars? Yes, sir. Okay. Can I have however much champagne? You can. Okay. Can I do four glasses then? >> That's not a problem. We might just be in luck. They said they can give me two caviars and as much champagne as I want. We have to absolutely grind if we want to pull this off. Wish me luck. I'm going to need it. I was just served and apparently they can only give me two glasses of champagne now. Apparently this is to keep alcohol control. I don't even know. Ultimately I think they won't serve me any more because I've had too much. There's really nothing I can do about it. dying bro in front of me are two huge things of [music] caviar and two glasses of champagne. I have never felt more sick in a challenge ever. I wish I was over exaggerating this challenge but [music] I just want to go to sleep. I have like the worst headache ever. I guess I have no choice but to demolish this. God bro. I can't believe how bad the caviar started to get and how salty and tough it was to get down. It only got worse. I'm so tired. I'm so full. I don't want to drink these champagnes at all. This is me trying to keep my eyes open by the way. I honestly thought about falling asleep here but I I didn't somehow. In fact, I pulled [music] myself up and downed these two glasses of champagne back to back. There's a good chance I might have to go to the bathroom for this. Looking back I don't really [music] remember much of this. All I know is this was the most down bad I've ever been for a profiting challenge and I usually never do this but [music] I came to a conclusion [singing] and this is this was my plan. Cuz I'm trying to stay strong but I think right now the best thing I can do is take a 25 minute nap and I'll see you guys on the other side. That's what I That's what I did. I got boom. This is the reality. This is it. And this 25 minutes of rest ended up being more like an hour. I slept through my alarm. The The plane is landing now. In this moment I did feel very defeated but looking back it's kind of insane that I was able to drink 22 glasses of champagne and profit over $3,000 in such a short time frame. All in all I'd consider that a win. I am now convinced there's no way to profit off of first class ticket. 150,000 likes I'll continue the series. I got to go get some sleep. Thank you guys for watching. >> [music] >> I love each and every one of you. That's it. But I hate this song. Say I'm >> [music] >> daring. I'll blow my head off. It'll sell my hands off. My hands off. My Yeah. Put a bullet in my hands now.