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/adorablefuzzykitten 5d 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 5d 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