Wear your flight socks!

Katiehound

Okay, not money saving, but maybe save a claim on your travel insurance.

Just back from a 12 hour flight.
6 hours in an older lady had what they reckon was DVT (badly swollen leg) and she was not wearing flight socks.
I know they found her a bed and arranged for a doctor to meet the flight on touchdown. As I was in in economy (cattle class!) I do not know if that happened but it was a salutory lesson.

Long haul = long decompression socks
(and as I am awake all night I was walking up & down, flexing feet etc)

LadyDee

Katiehound wrote: »

Okay, not money saving, but maybe save a claim on your travel insurance.

Just back from a 12 hour flight.
6 hours in an older lady had what they reckon was DVT (badly swollen leg) and she was not wearing flight socks.
I know they found her a bed and arranged for a doctor to meet the flight on touchdown. As I was in in economy (cattle class!) I do not know if that happened but it was a salutory lesson.

Long haul = long decompression socks
(and as I am awake all night I was walking up & down, flexing feet etc)

Very good advice - and it could be moneysaving if you don't have travel insurance!

photome

Wife and I always do , we don’t see many others wearing them tho, of course it’s not always easy to tell

Pollycat

I've always worn them for long haul and also on a fairly recent short haul flight after foot surgery.

Ballard

I fly long haul once or twice a year and I must admit that I have never worn them. I usually travel in economy and always plump for the aisle seat and walk around a fair bit and my thinking is that this will largely negate any risk.

I do have a bright red Virgin Atlantic sock tied onto my hold bag for purposes of identification at the carousel so it's not as if I've never used one!

photome

Ballard wrote: »

I fly long haul once or twice a year and I must admit that I have never worn them. I usually travel in economy and always plump for the aisle seat and walk around a fair bit and my thinking is that this will largely negate any risk.

I do have a bright red Virgin Atlantic sock tied onto my hold bag for purposes of identification at the carousel so it's not as if I've never used one!

The bright red virgin socks are not flight socks ( if that’s what you are suggesting) they are short woolly keep your feet warm socks

Doshwaster

Ballard wrote: »

I fly long haul once or twice a year and I must admit that I have never worn them. I usually travel in economy and always plump for the aisle seat and walk around a fair bit and my thinking is that this will largely negate any risk.

Same here. I always get an aisle seat on long haul and make sure I get up to stretch my legs every couple of hours.

badger09

We fly long haul 2 or 3 times a year & I've never thought about wearing flight compression socks.

Going to HK week after next, Business class (our main post retirement, spend the kids inheritance, luxury:D) so I hope to sleep for a good few hours. Still makes sense to get some.

Anyone have any recommendations where to buy/what brand?

Thanks

jackieblack

badger09 wrote: »

We fly long haul 2 or 3 times a year & I've never thought about wearing flight compression socks.

Going to HK week after next, Business class (our main post retirement, spend the kids inheritance, luxury:D) so I hope to sleep for a good few hours. Still makes sense to get some.

Anyone have any recommendations where to buy/what brand?

Thanks

Mine are from Boots.
It’s important that you get the right size, you need to measure your ankle and calf, not go by shoe size alone.

Ballard

photome wrote: »

The bright red virgin socks are not flight socks ( if that’s what you are suggesting) they are short woolly keep your feet warm socks

Ahh. Okay, thanks. I've had them yonks and have forgotten what they were originally intended for.

Ballard

badger09 wrote: »

We fly long haul 2 or 3 times a year & I've never thought about wearing flight compression socks.

Going to HK week after next, Business class (our main post retirement, spend the kids inheritance, luxury:D) so I hope to sleep for a good few hours. Still makes sense to get some.

Anyone have any recommendations where to buy/what brand?

Thanks

I'm prepared to be corrected but isn't the cause of DVT restricted leg movement? If so there's surely no need to try to combat this in business class. As it happens I'm flying business class the other direction (Bogota) later this month but have no intention of getting any flight socks.