suze

That... I can live with

pollyvw

I squirm. I can't sleep sitting up and reading or watching movies just does not hold my attention. As a result a flight as short as cross-country leaves me exhausted.

BlueSea

Last month on the AA MIA-MCO hop we all 3 went thru the Shopping Mall magazine and had good laugh at some of the ridiculous items for sale.

Otherwise, on long hauls, sleep, read, drink, read, eat, watch movies, sleep, read, bathroom, read, look out of window, land.

I save up back issues of magazine to catch up with them on flights. DS takes a book - at age 13 he's very good traveller. Sometimes we play cards.

TxTravelPro

Filing nails or clipping anything whatsoever (even cuticles) is just gross. If someone started filing their nails, I would ask them to put it away immediately.

gomiki

If it's Air France (with seatback screens) I watch the movies I've missed, esp foreign. If it's a day or night flight for a short distance (because the altitude is lower) I get a window seat and watch the scenery below. I love to do that!

I also have magazines/book for backup.

tcreath

Usually I turn on my MP3 player and sleep as much as possible. I also bring a book and a few magazines and read, especially for shorter domestic flights. For longer flights I will watch a movie or two if the plane has a personal entertainment system on the back of each seat.

Tracy

bamababe

This is for A0NEAL79, instead of Tyelnol PM and wine ( which usually leaves you sluggish / drowsy ) try Melatonin. It's over the counter and is produced by your body ( although in lesser amounts as we age) and doesn't leave you drowsy or sluggish when you awake. It comes in various strengths so you should be able to find one that suits your needs.

suze

My answer depends on the kind of flight:

If it's an 10-hr. overnight red-eye to Europe plus an 9-hr. forward time change, that's one routine. A daytime non-stop to Hawaii 6-hrs. with 2-hr. backward time change, completely different. Down to Mexico with one transfer, yet another scenario. A quick 2-hr. hop to San Francisco needs no strategies.

girlonthego

Gossip magazines are a must! I never read them otherwise. Even my DH looks forward to finding out who's who.

I have recently found some funny travel novels with short travel stories. Some are hilarious and some are stupid. They are short. So, easy to put down and pick up again.

I usually also bring travel guides and a good novel.

I don't talk to my seatmate unless it is my own family. I may chat up a stanger if we are delayed or something like that. Usually it is a short conversation.

I wish I could sleep. Never happens. Maybe I should try a tylenol pm or something for the long hauls.

sarge56

I'm with cmcfong...NO personal hygiene stuff, please!!!

If you wouldn't do it in front of your dinner guests while at your dining room table, then please don't do it on the plane!

I once had to suffer across the aisle from a man clipping his toenails!!! ARRGHHH!!!!

STOP THE INSANITY! No pedicures, no manicures, no putting on smelly lotions or perfumes or hairspray, no flossing your teeth, no trimming your mustache, no clipping your nose/ear hair, no snapping/popping your gum, no muscle t's exposing your gross hairy armpits, no shorts if you have excessively hairy legs and are sitting next to a stranger and you're so big/tall you cannot help but rub up against your seatmates' legs! ARGHHH!! What has happened to common decency????

sorry, so sorry. didn't mean to get off on a rant there. sorry. gotta go take a deep breath. sorry.

OO

Whatever happened to Susan Pouter anyway??

I do sleep...have fallen asleep even before takeoff. Living next to a runway for 9 years does that to you.

Magazines that have been piling up at home get read later.