What to take on a long haul flight?

DeeLasVegas

jhe wrote: »

yes every passenger has the choice to recline a seat,as an equally paying passenger i am entitled to a certain amount of comfort and the majority of people on flights are more thoughtful and think of the person behind them.

Take it up with the airline if the seat does not provide enough leg room OR pay for an extra leg room seat. Also the majority of polite people wouldn't dream of being so ignorant as to keep nudging the chair in front of them.

jhe

DeeLasVegas wrote: »

Take it up with the airline if the seat does not provide enough leg room OR pay for an extra leg room seat. Also the majority of polite people wouldn't dream of being so ignorant as to keep nudging the chair in front of them.

there are only so many extra legrooms seats on each flight.
and if people were not so inpolite they would think of people behind them, how many people welcome the person in front reclining their seat?

Tojo_Ralph

jhe wrote: »

yes every passenger has the choice to recline a seat,as an equally paying passenger i am entitled to a certain amount of comfort and the majority of people on flights are more thoughtful and think of the person behind them.

Of course you are entitled to enjoy the limited comfort an economy seat provides.

What you are not entitled to do is prevent your fellow passenger from also enjoying that limited comfort by behaving so unreasonably and repeatedly disturbing them by repeatedly "nudging" their seat..... But then again, you knew that all along.

jhe wrote: »

If people were not so inpolite they would think of people behind them, how many people welcome the person in front reclining their seat?

It's really quite funny that you should think that because you don't wish to recline your seat and relax/sleep, everyone else should follow suit. ..... Have you never wondered why seats recline?

jhe

the only reason i dont ever recline my seat is purely for the comfort of the person behind me.

claire16c

Im pretty sure that anyone would need to recline at some point going all the way to auckland.

OP who are you flying with? Quantas have seats that dont go back in the same way that normal seats do, when the person reclines, on some of their planes. So they might not be hitting your kness anyway.

I just spend the whole time watching films.

meece

Have a look on seat guru to see if you can check where the good seats are.

Grab a pillow and blanket straight away, they go quickly.Aircon can be fierce, sounds unmanly but put a moisturiser on, and don't wear contact lenses on the flight.
Buy silicone/wax earplugs at airport- much better than foam. Get an eyemask.
I take a small toothbrush and toothpaste as well it makes you feel so much better.
Take some other form of entertainment in case the inflight doesn't work (just had an 11 hour flight with none)Music is good as sometimes its quite dark to read.
Take a scan of your passport/photo of your suitcase with you. It really helps if you are horribly tired and you lose either of these, you have all the info with you.
Have a good holiday.

Gloomendoom

I've flown Air New Zealand on the Heathrow to Auckland flight (got off half way there though.) I'm six four with long legs and the seat pitch was plenty big enough for me to sit comfortably no matter what the person in front did with their chair.

On a couple of short haul flights I have had to have words with the person in front who has inadvertently come close to breaking my legs by reclining their seat. I never do it because I know the pain it can cause.

Doshwaster

A change of clothes, even if it's just socks and pants, for the stopover is a good idea. UK to Australia/NZ is a very long way so it's nice to be able to freshen up on the way otherwise you could have 36 hours or more in the same clothes.

mrbadexample

claire16c wrote: »

OP who are you flying with?

Air New Zealand.

Gloomendoom wrote: »

I'm six four with long legs and the seat pitch was plenty big enough for me to sit comfortably no matter what the person in front did with their chair.

That's reassuring, as I'm only a weeny 6'3".

mrbadexample

As far as the legroom / reclining seats issue goes, as far as I'm concerned it's a compromise. Yes, the person in front has the right to enjoy what they've paid for, but (and this may surprise some posters) so do I!

I can't see why I should have to pay extra for legroom. It's not like I'm really fat and need two seats because I ate all the pies. Although, admittedly, I did eat a few.

I'll be too excited for it to bother me on the way out - it's the way back I'm most concerned about.

Oh well, what will be will be. Thanks for all the tips.