What are your best flight tips and tricks? (lemmy.ca)

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Since I assume lots of people are flying this time of year

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[-] RagnarokOnline@programming.dev 18 points 9 months ago

CubbyTustard has a good list. I’ll add the following:

Don’t fly a budget airline
Pop a dramamine before the flight (it makes you sleepy)
Bring gum with you on the plane (chew a piece on accent and descent to help pop your ears)
If in the US, use the Libby app alongside your local library and download audiobooks for free to pass the time during flights
Wear a mask on the plane (or better yet, one of those buff scarf things). Not only to protect against germs, but because if anyone farts, you’re probably not going to smell it. Plus, people kinda get intimidated by people wearing masks these days, so they probably won’t chat with you too much.

I love flying and being in the airport. Yes it can be stressful, but it’s a miracle of modern dang science that ~300 people at the same time can take to the sky. Awe-inspiring, really.

[-] Drunemeton@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

To expand: DO NOT assume that in plane WiFi will be working and download any movies, songs, etc. that you’re going to want to be enjoying!

(Our 6 hour flight to Hawaii was a SLOG because we assumed…)

[-] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

I'm a paranoid flyer and I always have at least 6 movies, a dozen mobile games, and a dozen switch games, 5 audiobooks, 40 ebooks, and a paper magazine.

The thought of being bored scares me. And the one time I had a 12 hour layover, I was well prepared.

[-] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Definitely this! I loaded fun videos on micro sd cards and popped them into each of my kids' tablets for a transatlantic flight recently. It saved my sanity big time.

[-] safesyrup@feddit.ch 2 points 9 months ago

Yes, airfoils and turbofans are really marvellous

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