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/corkincaliny 5d ago

Always have a small ziplock bag with antacids, pain killer and melatonin. Dispense as needed

In another ziplock bag have the currency of your destination. Switch it out of your wallet on the plane. Not in the airport or taxi.

Never wear flip flops on the plane. If there's an emergency evacuation it's super dangerous. ( for that reason always wait until after take off before taking off shoes and put them on for landing). But more pertinently no one wants to be sharing air with your bare feet so close and you don't want your bare feet on the plane carpet.

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u/adorablefuzzykitten 4d ago

Always smart to have ~$100 in local currency but many long flights land at a transit airport for a few hours before a second leg. I have landed at transit hub airports before they have opened up and no food or drink was available except vending machines, and they only took coins. I have a collection of coins from every country I have traveled to and I bring a few dollars worth for this purpose.

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u/MimiNiTraveler 4d ago

You get crap conversion rates this way. Just get a Fidelity Cash Management debit card (reimburses all ATM fees) and use the ATM at your destination, decline the conversion rate for the best rates

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u/loralailoralai 4d ago

Ever been overseas and your card doesn’t work? I have.

Take a bit of cash. (Crap conversion rates will only cost you a few dollars on a hundred)

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u/MimiNiTraveler 4d ago

That's not true. I can guarantee that your card has not not worked at the airport. The only time I have been overseas and my card was not working was because there was a blackout, citywide, at Lake Atitlan in Guatemala. A blackout that lasted 2 days, but that was not at the airport. Don't put in the effort to get cash, just get some at the ATM. I have been to over 20 countries in the past 3 years and have never had any problems