Royal Brunei A320 Business Class In 10 Pictures

I acknowledge that you have a different opinion on the topic, but I couldn't even imagine traveling to somewhere where being gay is punishable by the death penalty. Stay safe!

Brunei seems lovely. Time for everyone to visit, even though they don't like gays. If you dont visit that means gay haters win. So go, especially if you are gay.

@MarkP

. . .what, as opposed to living in the USA where you can just be randomly shot for it in a nightclub?

Looking forward to hearing your other observations on Brunei. It was a great place to visit last year.

@MarkD: exactly right ... or shot in an airport baggage claim area, for that matter

Two things:

1 - About being Gay - the remark about being shot in a nightclub was uncalled for. Yes, it happen/happens. But totally different than being wrong across a total society as mentioned above.

2 - Dry airline - no thanks. On our recent RTW trip, I actually made a list of airlines to avoid. We did 8 others and enjoyed our drinks in biz/first.

@Gary Royal Brunei will happily pour your duty free booze for you & even tip in a mixer from their bar if required.

Any reason why the pilot being "British" needs to be pointed out?

@ Scott -- I mention that for all airlines when I notice it. As a kid I wanted to be a pilot, ideally for a foreign carrier, so I'm always fascinated by which airlines have ex-pat pilots. Not sure what you're suggesting my agenda is?

@Scott is an Anglophobe. The best pilots come from the land of the free.

Some should not comment... Like betterbub and Gary; but I get that people in trailer parks get lonely..

Ewww, soap dodging pommies flying the planes. Count me out.

Hey Ben did you book this and the 787 leg as an award? If you did, which airlines can you book royal Brunei through? Or which transfer programs transfer to RB? Or did you simply pay cash for it?

So, was the obviously male FA a twink? I bet you were giving him the eye to see if he was closeted. I'm guessing two things: (1) Being cabin crew on the national airline in a country like this is really prestigious and political job for not-so-smart, well-connected kids with good looks and (2) the crew are more socially liberal and tolerant than their country's dominating culture.

BTW, this looks better than first-class on an American-flagged airline flying an A-320 domestically. It looks better than my experience on Hawaiian's "international business-class" on a 767.

No. It's not totally a dry airline. In regional flights, yes they don't serve alcohol. In long-haul flights on the 787, they do serve alcohol but by request. You can ask them on your next flight.

I believe it is Bandar Seri Begawan.
Looking forward to the 787 report!

You made a great point about beverage selection Lucky: it's great to have on any airline, but a bad beverage selection is particularly acute on a dry airline.

Hey Lucky, you should try a trip where you only fly A350s or only 787s. That could be quite interesting. Just a suggestion though.

@Nick

You sound jealous. And bitter.

@Rohit, you can book RB using Asia Miles.

I was lucky to fly RB during the good old days on a 757, gold plated sinks in First, a fold down leather seat cover over the toilet in the enlarged lavs, as well as gold platting on the overhead locker buttons.

BSB also proved to be one of the most interesting and boring places on earth. Free amusement park in the jungle that was empty, teenage boys racing around town in their modified Japanese cars, pictures of the Sultan and his two wives dripping in jewels adorning every room in town. And of course the separate palaces for each wife to make sure they were equal as required in Islam.

And strangely, the fishing village still on stilts right in the middle of town where people lived in worked. Yet surrounded by crazy wealth and indulgence.

Hey Lucky, was the pilots name Tim?