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.<\/p>\n
As it was, it wasn’t too bad, so I have compiled a list of the advantages of flying economy.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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)<\/p>\n
3. The price is about half that of premium economy and a quarter that of business class.<\/p>\n
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!<\/p>\n
5. There seems to be less queues for the toilets (probably due to less alcohol)<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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 … Continue reading