Hi, how are you? Be all welcome to a new video!
I am Oscar Alejandro.
At this moment I want you to accompany me on an adventure.
One of my best friends birthday this coming weekend,
and he is going to organize a party that I really can't miss.
But there are two small details that we have to solve.
The celebration is going to take place in Richmond, Virginia.
And I live here in Miami, Florida.
The second problem, I don't have much money.
But believe me, I don't want to miss that party.
So you can not miss a single detail of this video,
because with you I will plan and travel saving as much money as possible
but enjoying to the fullest.
Join me!
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Ready dear friends, we are about to start flying
but before knowing if it is worth traveling on a low-cost airline,
I want to tell you some details.
I bought this ticket at one of these cheap airlines
and it cost me about $ 150, round trip,
compared to if I had been able to buy in one of these big airlines, American, United or Delta.
It would have cost me $ 300 and I'm saving almost half the price.
I'm also saving money on transportation
from where I am, which is my house to the Fort Lauderdale airport
An ordinary Uber would have charged me approximately $ 30 one way, $ 30 return,
to make a total of $ 60.
It turns out that I find out that there is parking
where they allow you to park your vehicle at $ 8 a night.
Without a doubt we will see if it is worth the sacrifice
of saving a lot of money on this trip.
And you will live with me the experience.
Join me!
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Well, after paying it is very simple,
because then you have to leave the ticket in that place, right?
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Well, ready... After I left my car,
I'm riding here in this transport and straight to the airport.
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I want to welcome you to the Fort Lauderdale airport,
this is considered as the cheap one of the city of Miami
You can find here national and international flights.
And let's see how the experience of the city's economic airport is.
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The company I chose has these machines where you can check in.
Join me to withdraw my ticket...
Confirmation code...
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Apparently there is my name, suitcases not, because I did bring mine here.
Notice, a personal item is included in the ticket.
However, if I want to put a "Carry-On" it costs $ 55 the Carry-On.
And if I want to put a suitcase on the plane, it costs $ 52.
In this case I have chosen to have my back pack to save a lot of money
I will not pay anything extra.
So I will press continue...
It asks me if I want to change my seat for an additional $ 25.
A seat with more space ahead.
No, I'm going to tell him that I'm keeping my regular seat
Ready, with my boarding pass in hand, the next step is security checks.
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This is very important, for example, is this suitcase size meter
in which the airline says it includes a free suitcase.
Of course, but it has to fit here,
if the suitcase does not fit here... You have to pay!
So right now I'm going to measure my suitcase to see if it fits in the official meter
to see if I'm not going to pay anything, there it is.
But in case the suitcase had not fit here,
they would have sent me to that place to pay.
If you had selected a Carry-On...
You have to pay!
But in this case I am a cautious guy,
and I already knew that to save money I have to bring a small suitcase.
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Well, ready... There is the door where security checks begin.
Give me a second while they check me out.
Well, coming out of the security review.
Well, the controls issue at the airport is a bit tedious
because you stay naked,
they order you to take your shoes off, you stay in stockings...
They order you to remove the belt.
That's why I always recommend that when you travel
do it in the most comfortable way you can.
they order you to take off your clothes, they order you to put it back on...
And it's a process...
I am aware that it is for everyone's safety,
but that's why I recommend you always travel comfortable,
and with the least amount of clothing possible
without a jacket, with nothing in hand...
Because then you have to literally get dressed again.
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Well, I don't know if you listen but this is the most awkward moment of my life.
I want to recommend the people of Fort Lauderdale airport
that in the bathroom doors, please...
Put the doors a little more closed.
Because I feel that everyone can see from the inside out, it's horrible.
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Already here within the boarding area I have to make a recommendation.
Avoid buying anything, not because it's bad
but because everything they sell here is extremely expensive
compared to how you can find the prices on the street.
For example, this sandwich costs $ 8
You can find it at any bakery or at any store for $ 4,
but here it costs double.
The same, for example, this egg wrap, which costs $ 7,
you can find it in the street, between $ 3.5.
Everything sold inside an airport is more expensive.
With the water you will be horrified, for example, here see the price of a Nestle bottle...
$ 2.5 without taxes,
is the same that you can find if you go to the supermarket,
a box of for example 20 bottles of water.
Here at the airport they sell it at the same price only one.
I find it extremely expensive.
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It is time to board.
My boarding pass in hand, handed it to the lady.
She will check me.
Green light... And ready to enter.
-Bye! -Bye!
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I don't know if you are like me, but I feel this is the most exciting part of a trip...
And that's when you're going to get on the plane.
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Which is my seat?
The seat 16 C.
16 C.
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Now the bad thing is being late...
Here it is, a super safe place to put my back pack.
I feel like everyone is watching me like:
"What is this crazy man doing recording inside an airplane?".
But hey... Nothing happens!
Here is my seat and there is a lady, hello...
She is my travel companion for today.
The main detail of traveling on cheap airlines is the seats.
Notice, I know you can't feel if it is comfortable or not,
but I can show you how thin the chairs are.
They do not have many tires for comfort.
For example, the table is very small.
These planes are designed to fit the most people
and can put the most seats.
Then, of course, everything is tight,
That's the price to be paid for a cheap travel.
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I take the opportunity, that the food cart has passed
to know how much do things cost inside an airplane?
The menu can be found in the front seat.
And well, let's see if it causes me to buy something from here, inside the plane...
How much it cost?
For example, we have a can of soda, that can even be water, it costs $ 3,
or a tea that costs $ 2.
If we talk about snacks, for example, a can of Pringles is at $ 3.
And maybe some cookie is at $ 4 a bag.
For example, they have an offer of $ 4 for a muffin with a coffee.
Or what do you think, for example, this coke, water, and cheese for $ 11.
Well, here we find what they call a Party Pack,
That is three spirits, two soft drinks and a snack for $ 27, brings all this.
And, of course, they also sell cocktails.
All cost exactly $ 10.
We are going to stop with the beer issue
which catches my attention too much, they are very expensive,
they give them to you for the service of being inside the plane.
But $ 7 a can of beer,
it's the same as it can cost you a six pack, six beers, in any supermarket.
If I go to a bar in the same city, it can cost between $ 5 or $ 6 a bottle of beer.
Each can of beer cost $ 7.
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I don't know about you, but I'm always curious about
the issue of going to the bathroom on the plane.
We will check if there is any difference between going to a bathroom of an ordinary plane...
Or of these that are low cost.
Well, in this case it has soap, it has his paper.
The toilet issue always catches my attention.
Here you flush the toilet, obviously it is not like water...
You will not hear something like ...
You will see!
I can say that this, which is a bathroom inside a cheap class airplane
versus others from other normal airlines, let's say it this way,
there is no difference...
Fortunately, because it would be the last straw
for them to restrict the use of toilet paper, or water or soap ...
But we can say
that the experience of going to the bathroom inside a cheap class plane
is completely normal.
Look, how interesting!
if you have a baby there is this little table
so you can change the baby with total comfort.
It's super good, but in this case I logically have no children.
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The experience of going to a bathroom in a cheap plane was approved.
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We arrive at our destination safely!
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Richmond, Virginia.
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We arrived at our destination
and it is also time to give you the conclusions
about how I found the experience of traveling in a low-cost airline.
And the fact is that you have to take into account that these airlines
do not allow you to carry a very large luggage, because if not...
Obviously, you can put a Carry-On, you can put a suitcase,
but everything is paying extra.
For example, this trip, which is round trip,
from Miami to here, to Richmond, cost me $ 140...
Really seems like an incredible offer to me,
but I can only take this back pack which is the only thing that the airline allows me.
But, obviously, if we wanted to make a trip of more days we would have to pack a $ 47 suitcase,
which is what it costs, and really there the cheap issue would go away
because it would match the prices of a common airline.
The other thing to consider is the seating issue.
Gentlemen, at least in this airline the seats look like stone, wood...
And well, I came here to Richmond, from Miami it's only two hours and a half is bearable.
But, for example, a longer flight, let's think like up to New York
or who knows, travel to LA where flights are up to 5 hours away.
It would really be annoying for me to be in those stone chairs.
We would be really sacrificing prices for comfort,
which these trips really require.
That is why these airlines do not operate in the main airports of each city
but in those who are outside,
precisely because these airports offer cheaper fares to airlines.
In conclusion, dear friends, traveling in a low-cost airline has its advantages,
which is obviously saving some money.
But this will obviously lead to making some sacrifices.
Are you willing to do it just to save money?
Everyone take their own conclusions.
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