Long haul flights - any top tips?

Friend Or Defoe · October 2014

Don't get much sleep and you'll soon pass out on the plane.

Wheresmeticket · October 2014

Strike up a lively conversation about Charlton with the stranger sitting next to you. Don't forget to fill them in on any historical gaps in their knowledge. The time will fly past.

MrOneLung · October 2014

Stig said:
My best tip for drinking on a plane is to always have the wine. Beer and spirits are a rip-off, but with wine you usually get a reasonable sized drink.

Surely be free on a flight to The States

Stig · October 2014

MrOneLung said:

Stig said:
My best tip for drinking on a plane is to always have the wine. Beer and spirits are a rip-off, but with wine you usually get a reasonable sized drink.
Surely be free on a flight to The States

Quite possibly, but you've still got to get them. Anyone drinking those silly little beer cans is going to be calling for the stewardess every five minutes.

cafcfan · October 2014

MrOneLung said:

Stig said:
My best tip for drinking on a plane is to always have the wine. Beer and spirits are a rip-off, but with wine you usually get a reasonable sized drink.
Surely be free on a flight to The States

Not sure about US airlines which are the flying equivalent of a charity shop. You might get beer or wine in economy, almost certainly not spirits (or champagne).

se9addick · October 2014

cafcfan said:

MrOneLung said:

Stig said:
My best tip for drinking on a plane is to always have the wine. Beer and spirits are a rip-off, but with wine you usually get a reasonable sized drink.
Surely be free on a flight to The States
Not sure about US airlines which are the flying equivalent of a charity shop. You might get beer or wine in economy, almost certainly not spirits (or champagne).

American Airlines give free beer and wine, $8 for a spirit + mixer. They ran out of beer about 2 hrs into my flight to LA a couple of weeks ago !

shine166 · October 2014

se9addick said:
Getting smashed on/before a 2hr flight to Majorca is a good idea, getting ruined on a 10hr flight to the States is a very, very bad idea - no matter how much fun it sounds.

This 100% although personally I wouldn't consider 10 hours long haul. 1 meal , couple of movies and the a kip would see you through that easy

DaveMehmet · October 2014

Half a g up each nostril just before you go through security control.

killerandflash · October 2014

Check the airline website to see what movies are on, and whether the seats have power sockets or not, as you can use them to power a tablet during the flight

Macronate · October 2014

couple of films, 2 episodes of Only Fools & Horses you've seen x100 before, x3 of The Big Bang Theory, see where you are on the flight indicator x45, listen to a best of Billy Joel album, watch a documentary on monkeys renovating a township in South Africa, spend 2 hours trying to get the volume button to work properly and another hour pressing the ear phones they give you so hard to your head so you can hear anything that it makes your scalp hurt and your journey's done.

Addick_in_Exile · October 2014

Strange but little known US rule. You must drink half the value of your ticket before landing in the USA.

Bournemouth Addick · October 2014

shine166 said:

se9addick said:
Getting smashed on/before a 2hr flight to Majorca is a good idea, getting ruined on a 10hr flight to the States is a very, very bad idea - no matter how much fun it sounds.

This 100% although personally I wouldn't consider 10 hours long haul. 1 meal , couple of movies and the a kip would see you through that easy

...blimey. I'm guessing that your 5'2'' and don't suffer from arthritis in that case ;-)

DamoNorthStand · October 2014

Sydneyaddick said:
Enjoy it while you can. Once you have children you will know the meaning of long haul!!!

THIS.

We fly to LA a couple of times a year with the kids. It is when they point out the window and shout out 'is that California?' when you are flying over Cardiff that you realise it is going to be a long flight.

Saga Lout · October 2014

Macronate said:
couple of films, 2 episodes of Only Fools & Horses you've seen x100 before, x3 of The Big Bang Theory, see where you are on the flight indicator x45, listen to a best of Billy Joel album, watch a documentary on monkeys renovating a township in South Africa, spend 2 hours trying to get the volume button to work properly and another hour pressing the ear phones they give you so hard to your head so you can hear anything that it makes your scalp hurt and your journey's done.

Sounds EXACTLY like the flight I just took!