Long Haul Flights

Long Haul Flights

Who's been on a long haul flight before?? Whats it like? Im starting to dread mine, even tho its not til September Realised at the weekend that I really dont enjoy being on an airplane for more than 5 minutes and am not looking forward to the 11 hour flight to and from Hong Kong

Do you get much more space? Will the doctor give me something to knock me out for that long?? What do you do for that amount of time??? Omg, what if theres a screaming kid next to me all the way???

I think Im making myself scared of flying! :doh:

My pops has been to Hong Kong a few times! Ask him if ya come rund sometime

PM 4 ya in a sec too

you get on with it...if its night time sleep...if its day time watch the films, sleep and eat...you get free refreshments, snacks etc so you can eat til u feel :sick:

Do you get anymore space tho Ruth?? Cos I struggle to get to sleep so cramped usually I can see myself just watching the clock tick...tock...tick...

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I havent BUT my mam has recently been to america for the 1st time , she only went for a week and said it took her half of that to get back to normal after the flight n all the exchanges etc , and said when she wasnt on the plane she felt like she was constantly in a que for sumit !!

I really fancy going to places like Japan etc but i get really uncomfy and agitated on flights so i reckon id have to try n take sumit to knock me out for the journey , maybe a space cake would do the trick b4 hand lol , i cant handle hash so last time i had a cake i was a kip for nearly 12 hours !!!

ive been on quite a few. u will b fine

its boring after a while tho. the food is shit so take your own on with u.

u get your own tv screen and can choose wot to watch but is normally 4 films on and only 2 of them r decent the rest of the channels r old comedy from bbc or news.

take a good book and just try and sleep if u can. i always kick ppl in the seat infront of me when im tryin to get comfy to sleep

i did 10 to the US a few times... not bad at all - but i love flying... dunno what the big deal is... loads of tv and films to watch, radio... it goes by pretty easy....

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I do aswell I can see me freaking out at some point! I get mild claustrophobia

Iv only been on one long haul and that was when i was a kid to america. So im guessin i wasnt pretty much bothered by it, cos well kids never really are bothered about stuff like this are they. I do remember bein sat on the floor playin where the wing seat is tho, cos there is quite a lot of space and the airplane staff didnt mind. So you could always do that to pass the time

Might try that aye

Do you get much more room tho? In your seat? Anyone?

i couldnt tell you! ive never been on a plane

theres a bit more room cos its a bigger plane but not tha tmuch...my legs hurt cos of not being able to stretch them when i was asleep!

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do what we did and go via the trans-mongolian railway...it took us 2 weeks to get there but was well worth it!

Dont they show you stretchin techniques you can do sat down now anyway on some long hauls? because of that deep vein thrombosis lark

nah u dont get that much more room is better than ones to europe and stuff but not by much. u want to try and get to the sirport early and ask if they hav any seats with extra leg room. sometimes they do but some airlines make u pay for it an du hav to book it in advance.

Man I need more space for my butt, so I can wiggle to make myself comfy I dont like reading when I travel either cos makes me feel abit sick. Im gonna hate this flying lark.

My flight plan is preety harsh tbf An hour down to Heathrow, then onto an 11 hour flight to Honk Kong, 3 days later just under 4 hours to Bangkok, then an hour or so down to my island. Thats just to get there!! And its longer on the way back!!! Got like 15 hours flying straight off. Must have different flight paths or something

if you're tired enough you'll be able to sleep though...i'm not the best sleeper in the world but i managed it!

what times your flights?

I might to that. I'll check their website when I get home and see if it says anything. Think it'll be worth it.

Going there isnt that bad, we fly at 8pm roughly, but coming back we fly 8am! Gonna try and stay awake thru the night.

honest you won't...its worth it for where you're going...

when i went to thailand..i had nearly a 2 hr flight to france, 4 hrs in charles de gaulle airport then 12 hrs to thailand! and on the way back it was longer....