I can’t believe so many people get the lay flat seats. Every time I’ve looked they are like 5x the price of normal seats. I’ve got the money but I just can’t wrap my head around spending that much. I think I would have a net worth of at least 50M to drop that links of money on a flight. But clearly I’m in a minority since they do seem to sell those seats.

Not a super long flight, but the last time I flew back from Paris, I read an entire beach book.

OP, I did the Houston-Sydney flight a few years ago. (17.5+ hours, and that's not counting time waiting for take off and landing)

I was in Economy Plus as that's the best I could afford at the time. Window in a 3 seater. I got up every time one of my seatmates did and made it a point to at least walk around and stand and stretch. I think I slept maybe 3-4 hours at a stretch.

Best part was my 2 seat mates were very pleasant people and we spent some time talking together. We shared our food, got each other a water, etc. When people are nice to each other it makes flying so much easier.

On long overnight fights we always fly business class with lie flat seats. I'll take something like Excedrin PM to help me fall asleep plus I wear noise cancelling headphones and an eye shade. I might sleep for only a few hours so I then power through the next day and go to sleep at around 10pm local time. After that I'm ok.

I took my first transatlantic flight last year and was extremely concerned as I can't sleep on planes and hate sitting still for long periods. I took no drugs, and it was fine. I did the usual things to occupy myself and went to the bathroom frequently to stay moving and stand up.

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why you don't just fly in business or first class. They have lie-flat seats that make it much easier to sleep.

Friggin Marie Antoinette over here. Just remember what happened to her.

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why you don't just fly in business or first class. They have lie-flat seats that make it much easier to sleep.

You don't understand why someone might have 3k for a flight but not 20k? Ok.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m flying LAX to SYD next month, and dreading the 15.5 hr flight. Considering just knocking myself out with benzos to get through it. Does anyone else do this? Any downside?

I do and it's wonderful. No downsides.

+1. I have a whole champagne and Xanax routine that has never done me wrong.

Anonymous wrote:I’m flying LAX to SYD next month, and dreading the 15.5 hr flight. Considering just knocking myself out with benzos to get through it. Does anyone else do this? Any downside?

I do and it's wonderful. No downsides.

I don't understand why you don't just fly in business or first class. They have lie-flat seats that make it much easier to sleep.

Anonymous wrote:Downside is if you need to evacuate.

Most crashes are survivable, but you have seconds to get out.

If your plane crashes over the pacific on the way to Australia you’re not surviving. DVT is the way worse concern here lmao

Anonymous wrote:I’m flying LAX to SYD next month, and dreading the 15.5 hr flight. Considering just knocking myself out with benzos to get through it. Does anyone else do this? Any downside?

The downside is that you don’t respond the way you wanted and one of the following happens:

You can’t fully fall asleep or stay asleep, but you’re groggy.

You have a bad reaction and get paranoid. Not good on a plane.

My coworker took two Xanax and he was still freaking out.

Anonymous wrote:Depends if you want a DVT or not. I wouldn't do it. You need to get up and walk around.

Agree.

Downside is if you need to evacuate.

Most crashes are survivable, but you have seconds to get out.

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Anonymous wrote:Take a couple of Ambien and sleep.

couple?

Haha. Yes, if you really want to sleep the whole way.