13 Hours in Singapore Airlines First Class Suite (London to Singapore)

This is a first-person travel vlog by Nate and Kara Buchanan documenting their 13‑hour Singapore Airlines First Class Suite flight from London (Heathrow) to Singapore. The video shows lounge access, boarding the A380 upper deck, a detailed room-style suite tour (closet, vanity, multiple TVs, bathroom), extensive multi-course dining (including chicken satay, caviar, and a veggie kebab via "Book the Cook"), champagne/wine tastings, bed conversion into a double bed for adjoining suites, and brief sponsor and behind-the-scenes moments (bringing a stranger into the lounge). The tone is enthusiastic and experiential—focused on luxury, service, and practical notes for travelers.
Questions this video answers
12 hours and 40 minutes (stated as "Flight time is 12 hours and 40").
Almost 500 people (the narrator: "This plane holds almost 500 people").
387 economy seats (stated in transcript).
78 business class seats (stated in transcript).
6 suites (stated in transcript).
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Good morning from London Heathrow. Today we are flying 13 hours to Singapore in what has to be the world's best first class seat for couples.
Do some lunges right here, some yoga.
The photos and videos that I've seen of this suite are absolutely insane. We have been traveling full time now for over seven years and this might be the most excited I have ever been to get on an airplane. We booked two adjoining suites, which means for the the first time ever, we are going to have a double bed to share in the sky. These tickets should have cost close to $20,000, but they're also available to book using miles and points. So we are going to be making a whole video about exactly how you can do that over on the Daily Drop channel. So after you get done watching this video, be sure to head over there and I will leave a link to that video down in the description. But finish this one first.
To put that check in experience into perspective, there's an entire line just for suite class and there are only six seats in suite class, which means that there is an entire line set up for just six people. Over the top is going to be our favorite word of the day.
If I could describe Dubai in one word, it would be over the top.
Since we're flying first class, we get to use the fast track lane. But no matter what class you're flying, everyone at London Heathrow still takes their liquids out of their bags. Although I heard this is ending soon.
Thank you. That was actually amazing.
Thank you. That was perfect.
Please scan. Please scan.
This might be the biggest box of chocolate we've ever purchased for our flight attendants. But it feels fitting. It was hard to find something that felt worthy of this flight. You can't walk off with just three chocolates on the first class flight.
Is that our plane? That one. Let's go see it.
This might be the cleanest view I've ever had of an A380. And this plane is massive.
This plane holds almost 500 people. So on the bottom level, there are 387 economy seats. And then the top level is split between business and the suites. So the back half is 78 business class seats. And the front half, well, the front port, that is the six suites. See those first two windows? That's our side of the plane. That's exactly where we're going to be sitting.
This looks so, so good.
Oh, my gosh, the stain.
When I close my eyes, I am in Singapore.
You have to try it.
So I told myself this morning that I wasn't going to eat anything at the airport because I'm saving myself for a flight. I have 13 hours of fine dining ahead of me. But turns out Singapore has their own first class lounge here in London. And.
Laksa, I'm bringing all my rules.
Thank you very much, madam.
Thank you again.
Not too hard today.
Yeah. Seriously, once again, have our own line. Boop. Yes. First try.
Thank you. Hey. Thank you.
I do not feel emotionally prepared for this experience.
We are on the top jet bridge right now to just walk directly onto the top of the plane.
Hi, I'm 1s.
Morning.
Thank you so much.
This is S here. My gosh.
I guess this is your first time then. It is. Welcome aboard. My name is.
How did she know?
Oh my gosh.
Okay.
Yeah, it's heavy.
Yeah, we'll do M's. Beautiful.
Well.
I'm in shock.
I don't even know where to start because I feel like I'm living in a dream right now.
This seat feels weird on an airplane because it's just sitting in the middle of a room. And then this will turn into a double bed later in the flight. Look at this space. I'm walking around in my suite. If you're a nervous, this flyer, you can just pace back and forth.
I could do a full on workout. You can do a full workout.
I'll join you.
Do some lunges right here.
Do some yoga. It's gonna be great. Okay. We're serving lunch today. Okay. Are you vegetarian by your chest?
Yes, but I do like caviar.
Okay. We'll start with chicken satay. You can't miss that. Really? You cannot miss that.
That is like world famous.
That's pretty convincing.
Flight time is 12 hours and 40. Not long enough.
Yeah, I know.
I'll tell them to go around.
Okay. Okay. Yeah, yeah. I cannot believe that I'm saying this, but let me give you a room tour on an airplane. Not a seat tour, it's a room. Okay, here we go. Starting here by our door. Instead of an overhead bin, we have a closet and a mirror. Why didn't you tell me my hair looked so bad? My entire backpack fits in here. We have three hangers, a blanket, slippers, socks, mask and airplanes. Please approach all cabin crew. If you require assistance, we wish you a pleasant flight. Moving on. Should I go this way or this way? We have a fake orchid. I thought it was real for a second. That's okay. Our extensive menu for the flight. This is the tray table. But I was told by our lovely flight attendant Yvonne not to take this out on My own and it's kind of dangerous. Someone hurt themselves so they have to try. This is where you can stow a tablet if you would like. This is lamp number one. One of many. One of my two TV screens in my suite. Lamp number two, if I hit the windows button, my chair turns towards the windows.
Which angle do you like best?
Is it 360?
Nate? This is Singapore first class. Here we have an ensuite vanity complete with an amenity kit. I feel like I always say this, but this is the cutest one I've ever seen. B and O, noise canceling headphones. There's a lit mirror if I need to freshen up. It can also convert into a desk. And could you ask for a better view from your office? Oh, speaking of the windows, automated window shades, it's too good.
There is an HDMI port, which means if I had an adapter, I could just plug my computer in and play YouTube on the TV. Question for you to leave in the comments. If you had to pick one YouTube channel to watch for your entire 13 hour flight, whose would it be? It can't be ours because you're watching this video. That'd just be like a bit biased, you know.
Where was I?
You can't take her anywhere. This is.
Remote control number one very hefty remote that can control this TV or that tv. You know, it's a remote. You can do all the things or.
You have the old school one. The remote control to the chair is very high tech, lots of buttons, a little confusing, but we'll figure it out. Up on this wall we have light number three in the suite.
This is the bed.
I still can't believe this. Here we have the main television which is against the wall for takeoff and landing and also for bed viewing. But if I want to watch from my seat, I can tell the TV to come out, please.
You are nailing those controls on the seat.
Here we go.
Here we go.
This TV is gigantic. Okay, so this, the seat has four different positions. Facing the front, facing the television, facing the bed, facing the window. And in between those four positions, it won't let you recline or put your feet up. On any other flight, I would be so happy with the lie flat seat. And that's it. With like a little sheet on top. But this is just for lounging. Then we have an actual bed. Have I mentioned that we have a bed?
I'm sorry if all of this is coming off a little over the top, but we have been traveling for over seven years and this is 110% the best flight we've ever been on and it hasn't even started yet.
Best of all, it's 13 hours.
We've been on this plane for almost 20 minutes and this is the first time that I've sat down. I've just been too excited.
Whenever the seat belt sign is turned on, incidents should be lifted from the desknet.
We haven't even taken off yet and I can already tell that the flight attendants are just going to make this entire trip.
Trip.
We're already having so much fun together.
Whoa.
That was the quietest, smoothest takeoff I think I've ever had. And we're on an A3.80. How in the world does this monster get off the ground and start flying through the air like a bird? I mean, this is.
Magic. And I have a front row seat for it. $13 a student for first class starts now.
Now what?
It feels like a waste just to watch movies. Give me some push ups.
Are you serious?
Are we gonna go to sleep?
No movie in the bed.
I mean, we'll just. In the bed and not sleep? That sounded wrong. We will just lay in the bed and watch movies.
Yvonne just brought us our first course of the flight, this bowl of warm nuts. Now, what movie am I going to watch first?
I've never had to use the zoom to film Carol on a flight. But you were so far away. We have a total of 1, 2, 3, 4 windows. And there is just no way to truly appreciate just how big the suite is without sitting here. But I was thinking about it as we were taking off and I think the closest thing that I can compare it to, to give you a little bit of scale, is these two suites combined are 100 square feet. Our van that we lived in full time for two years, 90 square feet. No, this suite that we're flying on right now on an airplane is bigger than the van that we lived in for two years.
Are you ser.
Amazing.
Wow. I have a surprise for you.
I love surprises.
Is this part of the surprise?
Three glasses? I think it's a surprise for me. Actually. You only have one glass.
She found it. The special one. Thank you, Yvonne. I didn't believe that we didn't have.
It, so I turned it upside down. Front and back, north and south, east.
And thank you so much. They only served this champagne for a limited time and she thought they were completely out of it. And she found one last bottle for us.
This might be the most over the top thing I have ever done. Each one of these bottles of champagne will cost over $200. And I'm doing a tasting haul. Also, the chicken.
All three are delicious, but I have to say, I do think the crew gets one.
Oh, wrong door. Wait, how do I get in?
Whose board is going?
I'm in love with the crew.
In case anybody out there was trying to decide between three different $200 bottles of champagne and you needed some help, we have chosen the curb.
Someone's got to do the hard work around here.
All right, there's. There's too little space in here. You go to. Yep.
Sorry. I don't want to crowd your space.
Oh, my gosh.
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Oh, so refreshing. Body lotion. And I have no idea what this is.
Perfume.
Smells expensive. Behind the vanity, is the actual toilet. A place to set your champagne, maybe? Oh, no. Beautiful plant, mirror number two. Full length mirror number three. And last but not least, mirror number four. Oh, look at that water flow. Okay, I'm really sorry I have to be this way, but it's not the best airplane bathroom I've ever been in, because.
Second place for sure.
Let the culinary journey begin. For our canapes, we are starting with the chicken satay and peanut sauce. I have heard from multiple different people that this is the best thing that you can eat in the sky.
That peanut sauce. You don't even need the chicken, just the peanut sauce.
Wow. How good is the peanut sauce?
10 out of 10.
Best thing you've ever had. Correct. I'm not sure how it gets better than that, but I'm gonna keep an open mind.
Thank you.
Wow.
Thank you so much.
Course number three. Technically, the spoon is 100% stuck.
Pearl, look at this cheese stick. Do I have the cheese stick first or the caviar? Are these are the hard decisions that I'm having to make in my life right now?
Bon appetit.
I'm not even sure that I really like the taste that much, but it does hold a very special place in my heart because it just reminds me of all of the most ridiculous experiences that we've gotten to do because of this YouTube channel. There we go.
Cheers. Cheers. Oh, you're so far away.
Okay, now for the cheeseburger. This is the most impressive piece of bread that I have ever been served on an airplane. And as an airplane bread connoisseur, that's saying a lot.
Mmm.
Wow.
I love garlic. All right, moving on to course number.
Four.
On the menu, it is a salmon salad, but we had to remove the salmon, so it's just a salad. The vegetarian options are slim. I mean, I just ate chicken.
Mmm. The fresh mint leaves, the avocado puree, the crunchy cucumber, little bits of orange and citrus.
I can smell it from all the way over here.
An explosion of flavor.
We've moved on to red wine tasting.
This one almost has, like, clove cinnamony vibes.
Oh, it smells amazing.
Thank you, sir. Our main course has arrived, which is the veggie kebab. Looks like there's a spiced couscous beneath it with a side salad, which actually is pretty underwhelming. Her salad was really good. Check out this yogurt sauce. Also, when Yvonne took my last plate, I Asked if I should keep my fork and knife, and she was like, no.
I'll bring you a new one. It's so fancy.
Tastes very healthy.
It's usually not a good descriptor.
I forgot about this yogurt sauce.
So Singapore Airlines has something that they call book the cook. So before you get on your flight, you can go online and you can look at all the meal options they have available. And it is a lot. And then to ensure the one that you want is actually on your flight, you can pre order it ahead of time. So that's what we did. And we both got the veggie kebabs. Had we ordered beforehand, this would not have been an option that was on the menu. And so far, it's looking like we made a pretty good choice. Cheers.
Cheers.
This is so crazy.
This is actually crazy. How many economy seats do you think have been right here?
I just thinking that this is the equivalent of like 15 people.
The intro to this movie is epic and will make you rethink the way you're living your life.
How is it? Good.
Really good.
It says a lot of Cara likes the chocolate. She is picky. So we are finishing off the meal with what looks like, like a simple glass of espresso. But there was actually an entire coffee menu. It has four different types to choose from.
95% of the time, my favorite coffee is always when you open it. Also, we are almost four hours into the flight today, and we have just finished the meal service.
I can't believe I've got been on this flight for almost four hours and I haven't even put on my slippers yet. Shall we?
I love that they made them in the team colors.
This outfit kind of already feels like pajamas, but why not make it official? La L.
Wow. It's even bigger and more beautiful than I hoped it would be.
It really is.
It actually does not get better. It's huge. And we have not one, but two pillows, and it's adjustable. Kara's bed is in the recline position so that she can enjoy her show.
Sorry. We just had to do it.
Oh.
Oh, my gosh.
Nate. I can't believe this is real life. This is the best. I never want it to be over. Unfortunately, we only have 9 hours and 14 minutes remaining. This is the pinnacle of my aviation bucket list. It's all downhill from here.
One more.
No.
I plan all the travel in the relationship. You just wait.
There's no way it gets better than this.
Morning. We tried to be responsible and get a little sleep, but our bodies think it's 7:30. I think I fell asleep for like five minutes.
I did more slept. I think I slept for 30. I'll be plenty rested tomorrow.
So now we're back up trying to figure out what we want as a snack.
I don't know how we're hungry. When did we eat?
At least 30 minutes.
No, how many hours ago did we eat?
At least 30 minutes.
OK. You were trying to be funny. Sorry.
Also I sprayed some facial mist on my face in the bathroom and it smells very strong and I can kind of taste it.
Did you spray the perfume or the face mist?
One of them's perfume.
Can we order some?
Can I join the wheat reach?
Thank you so much. You're welcome.
Thank you.
Thank you so much. Wow. Just when I thought this experience couldn't get any crazier. We're having a snack in bed. Your wrap looks good. I should have gotten that.
Yeah, it does.
Oh my God.
Is it good?
It was the best thing ever.
You need to order one. What?
It's very healthy.
So good boat. Who thought of this? Like whose idea was it to put an entire room on an airplane? I just can't get over it. I haven't let a single second go by without just realizing what we're getting to experience Right now.
After over 10 hours, I'm attempting to fit one last thing into my stomach. I'm having noodles for breakfast or midnight snack. According to my body time.
We only have an hour and three minutes remaining on this flight. Which is devastating. But just had a really delicious coffee being a little crazy. And. And I remember that I haven't opened my amenity kit yet. Let's see what we have here. I believe this is a bar of soap. That's a first. And room spray.
This is so random. Do not spray on skin. Do you think this is what's in the bathroom that I thought was perfume? I have no idea what this is. I feel like these are more like take home amenities. Like, more like gift than like an amenity for the flight body lotion.
Oh gosh.
That was dumb. I should have known that that would explode.
Ah.
Oh no. And last but not least, lip balm. Maybe this is a little bag that you put your liquids in for your next flight. I'm not really sure what this is.
That was was the best. I cannot believe it's already time to say bye.
I can turn around and go straight back to London, right?
And then back the other way and then back the other way and then back.
Aw. We never exercise.
Give me One push up, one push up before you go.
Way to push up.
Way to push up. Got this.
Woo. That's enough for the day.
Passengers.
Thank you so much. It was absolutely amazing. Thank you.
Crashing.
Future me is going to pay for not sleeping on that flight. But I have zero regrets.
Also, don't forget there is a link in the description for Viator as well as the other video on Daily Drop that will teach you how to book this with bottles and points. I am about to do something that I have always wanted to do, which is to bring a random stranger into the lounge with us. So normally when you're flying first or business class, you can also bring a guest into the lounge. And when we were down here looking at the plane earlier, we met this guy who was super nice. He has no clue we're flying first, he's flying economy. So I'm going to go grab him and see if he wants to come to the lounge with us. Hey, what was your name, man? IO Nate. Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
How you doing? You want to come to a lounge? Yeah, like the Singapore first class lounge? Yeah, if that's.
Have you ever been to a lounge before? No, I haven't actually. No, actually that's a lie. I used to fly by myself when I was younger. My aunt worked for Lufthansa. I used to go when I was really young, but I haven't been for a while. Oh no. Well, this is Singapore first class. Loud. So even if you've been to one, this might change the world. Cheers. Cheers. How was the laksa?
Unbelievable. Now I've got to actually visit Singapore and not just do a laugh.
Thank you. Have a pleasant class. Thank you.
That was fun. I think we should make that a tradition.
What, having Loxa?
No, bringing a stranger into the lounge. I promise she didn't even have one glass of champagne in the lounge.
Yes I did. There's a person. Look how tiny.
Don't get sucked up by the engine.
Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. He's touching it. I'm so jealous. This is only my second A380 experience ever. The first one was Emorett's first class.
How can you sound more spoiled?
The first time I was in a 380 was in Emirates first class.
We just met the in flight manager and he may have insinuated that we should join the mall high club on this flight. I mean, he didn't say it that directly. He was like, have fun, eat whenever you want, sleep whenever you want, do whatever you want. I'll close the door.
Did that just happen?
I think that just happened.
I honestly didn't know what to say.
I was like, should we give people the opportunity to vote this off of your voice?
No. I think my opinion is the only one that matters.
I would just like everyone to know the reason that I have a bus session. Not because I think it looks good, but as far as Carol would like you.
Please don't fall. I'll be right back. Don't fall, don't fall.










