Our last few long haul flights have been in premium economy or business class so we were wondering how we would cope in the cattle class on a busy flight.

As it was, it wasn’t too bad, so I have compiled a list of the advantages of flying economy.

1. They don’t ply you full of alcohol before take-off like the upper classes, so you don’t have a raging hangover by the time you reach Hong Kong.

2. The arm rest lifts up so I could stretch my legs out across Mike (which was good until he pushes me off and I fall down and get wedged between the crack)

3. The price is about half that of premium economy and a quarter that of business class.

4. After your meal you can just fall asleep, whereas in business class you have to get up and rearrange your seat into a flatbed. What a pain in the arse that is!

5. There seems to be less queues for the toilets (probably due to less alcohol)

6. On many occasions on empty flights we have had the middle four rows to ourselves and sometimes a row each to spread out and sleep. Unfortunately this is unlikely during the busy Christmas period.

7. Wine and champagne are served in plastic cups, so it tastes really bad and you don’t drink as much, therefore feeling much fresher after a 24 hour flight.