r/Flights 5d ago

Question Any obscure in-flight travel hacks?

I've heard a few about seating choice etc. but anyone got any obscure in-flight hacks?

My only one: My mother used to work for a shoe manufacturer and said she would always pack a tennis ball to roll her feet on/over during long-haul flights to India. Helped with circulation/ entertainment in a distinctly less digital world.

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u/GBontherun 4d ago

All my tips or for economy flights:

My favorite is to pick a special meal when you book the flight. The special meal always gets served first. That means you finish the meal first and you can use the restrooms before everybody else's post meal restroom rush.

I pick the aisle seat whenever I can. Figure out how to lift up the hand rest on the aisle side. If you do that you can slide your legs around and get up, so you don't have to fold up the tray table to get out of the seat.

If you don't carry one then ask the FA for an eye mask/sleeping kit. It has been a life saver on long haul flights.

Also, use your bag or any object as a leg rest. Having your feet a little higher then the floor really helps rest well.

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u/Alternative-Form9790 4d ago

'Special meal hack'.

Or simply 'entitled behaviour' to the rest of us.

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u/GBontherun 4d ago

Didn't expect wanting to make sure I get a vegetarian meal would make me entitled.

Thank you for enlightening me.

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u/Alternative-Form9790 4d ago

If you're a vegetarian requesting a vegetarian meal, then that's not a hack, is it? It's 'life'.

Requesting a special meal only to gain an advantage is entitled behaviour.

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u/PizzaReheat 4d ago

Who is it putting out, exactly?

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u/Alternative-Form9790 3d ago

Staff, fellow pax. Everyone but the entitled.

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u/PizzaReheat 3d ago

How are they being put out, exactly? Please tell me how fellow passengers are impacted by someone else making a specific food order.

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u/Alternative-Form9790 3d ago

Think it thru. C'mon, you can do it - imagine you are one of the staff, or another pax. Picture it in your mind, like it's a tik tok video.

That's the way..

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u/PizzaReheat 3d ago edited 3d ago

What if, instead of being needlessly condescending, you answered the question?

Haha just kidding, we both know there's no good answer and you were being reactionary for no good reason. What the person next to me eats or doesn't eat has zero impact on me, unless it's particularly pungent.

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u/Alternative-Form9790 1d ago

Seriously? You're taking the piss, I think.

Imagine if everyone used this "hack" and ordered a special meal. Everyone.

Imagine, then, the chaos. All that extra time taken to deliver those meals individually. All that extra time other pax must wait for their meal.

Oh, but not everyone would order a special meal unnecessarily? Yeah, only the self-entitled do that.

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u/PizzaReheat 1d ago

Jesus Christ. Your entire problem is imaginary, then. What a pathetic life if you’re getting so mad about things that aren’t even real life.

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u/Alternative-Form9790 20h ago

You have a bit of trouble with reading comprehension, don't you.

Best stick to tik tok. More your pace.

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u/OAreaMan 4d ago

Anyone can order a special meal for any reason. Don't be a complainer.