Just relax
I take long haul flights at least once a month, and as I am doing it on the taxpayer I travel by whatever airline is the cheapest. My only discretion is timing and number of stops - which gives a little wriggle room to choose a flight with slightly more legroom, its easy to see seat pitch on Google when route planning..
A load of you guys should just chill. Spend money at the airport? Why? I can go 2 or 3 hours without having to have a snack! Very rare that I fail to get a window seat, which means no in flight disturbances. Swig the complimentary G&T, noise cancelling headphones on. Watch a film with lots of car chases that the wife wouldn't approve of. Eyeshade on and sleep or get stuck in to a good book and listen to music if its a day time flight.. Wake up when the pilot lowers the wheels.
I know I'm lucky that I can sleep on planes, but it's partly a state of mind. relax, don't let it get to you and it's fine.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
