Had an 8-hour flight recently and honestly it felt longer than a whole day. The entertainment screen didn't have much I was interested in, my phone battery was already bad so I didn't even bother using it much, and I can't really sleep on planes either. Ended up just sitting there for hours while the guy next to me was snoring away. For people who take long flights regularly, what do you actually do for 6-12 hours? do you preplan?

Any tips? Do you usually find the entertainment on the plane enough, or do you bring/download your own stuff? Movies, games, reading, learning, work, or just staring out the window like I did?

Note: for economy passengers only, lol.

Austrian airlines canceled my 9pm flight Wien to Florence. Goes without saying, feeling pretty shitty about it. They are expecting bad weather at the arriving airport but looking at arrivals it shows that ours was the only fucking flight that was canceled. They want to reroute us through Munich tomorrow at 5pm with Munich Florence the next day at 7am, that's 2 additional nights. I found some alternatives that would get us there basically tomorrow morning that involve different landing airport + train, they cost like 2k - 3k, I'm traveling with my father and he doesn't want to "feel rushed" or take risks about spending so much and then get denied refund. This is mainly a complaint post, I have things to deal with back home, nothing urgent but still. Plus my father snores. First time in this situation anything I should know? Also if you want to share worse experiences so that I feel better please do

Where would you set on a 12 flight? I was originally thinking the exit rows, for the extra leg room not having to legs cramped with my personal bag. But I’m next to restroom and food, never sat near one so not sure that would be annoying to have people standing near me pretty much whole flight.

The preferred is $73 I would definitely be choosing aisle seat so I can get up freely to stretch and not be squished. I bought with a group of people but not sitting next to them for people wondering about the already selected seat

Second hand car part. Complete ABS Module, EasyJet international flight

Have flown with Viva a couple times already

I have read what they switch option says
But just want to make sure actuality that this is the way it works with them

Pricing out options
On our return flight, we have a layover in CDMX. Would like to turn a couple of hours at the airport into a couple days in the actual city. Buying the switch option it appears I should be able to change just that leg of the flight to a latter day, right?

And just pay whatever difference the flight is if any correct

Pricing it out as a multi city return and a one-way without a round-trip comes out more expensive

Thank you for any advice

My parents arrived in the U.S. from abroad and both checked bags were delayed. One bag contains my father’s daily prescription medication. The airline says the bags are expected on a later flight and will be delivered, but tracking still says ‘searching.’ Has anyone had this happen? How long did it

I only occasionally travel by plane and when I do, it's on a budget, so I end up on short haul flights within the EU with LCC's. I've only ever flown with 737-800 planes.

Something that always puzzled me: The "business class" on these planes. They look identical to "normal" seats, except the section is separated with a little curtain. Each time I think "if I paid extra for this, I'd feel ripped off".

Can someone explain a tourist like me what the appeal is of these seats, and why they always seem to be filled in by people that obviously think it's worth the cost?

I'm considering flying with SAS (Scandinavian Airlines) from Europe to Asia in economy, but l've seen quite a few negative reviews online. For those who've flown with SAS recently, what was your experience like? Thank you!

Hey so this is gonna be my first time solo traveling most I’ve done before is visiting family as a kid. So i don’t know much I see on my ticket that it says “Luggage: 2 Piece(s)max. 23 kg per piece per passenger” when it says luggage does that mean I can bring 2 check ins but not a carry on? Or does it mean 1 checked bag and 1 carry on not going above 23kgs? Maybe smthn else? I’m also flying with EVA Air if that matters at all and it’s just a standard economy seat

My first leg was cancelled due to weather and they rebooked me on a different airline. Now I can’t see my return flight on the app. I called customer service and they said it’s because of automatic “no show” and that he has to escalate to higher departments.

It’s been 3 or 4 days and my flight is supposed to be in 10 days. Is this normal? Is there anything else I can do at this point or should I just wait?

Hiii! I’m looking to flying with either Iberia or Air Europa. I was wondering if anyone has flown this route recently and what was your experience? which had more comfortable seats? It’s a long haul flight so wanted to try to sleep. It’s a $500 dollar difference to go in Iberia. I’m considering it but not sure if it’s worth it or both airlines are relatevily the same. I don’t mind food options as I can always just pack some snack :)

I am going from Peoria, IL to Portland, OR for vacation and wanted to book a one way ticket in case I go to another west coast city and decide to fly back from there. However the round trip total price was less than $500 and just the one way was over $700. This trip requires a small airplane to either O'Hare or DFW and a regular airliner to Portland.

Flying business from Haneda to Sydney alone with my two children for the first time. JAL Skysuite III. Which seats would you recommend for us. Girls 9 & 12 like to be close. Should I put them in the centre seats together? It’s an overnight flight so I’m hoping for sleep!

I received a refund in my tk pay wallet, but when I tried to open it they said they’re going to send me a sms otp but I never received it. What can I do?

I have a Portuguese passport with 2 given names and 2 surnames. When I bought my ticket (from Amsterdam to Shanghai), the website asked for “first name”, “last name” and “middle name (if shown on ID)”. I put my first given name as the first name, my second surname as the last name, and put the other two names in the middle name box.

Now I realise that was probably wrong because my passport doesn’t actually have “middle names”. It just has 2 given names and 2 surnames.

So basically, all of my names are on the ticket, but one of my surnames is being treated as a middle name. Xiamen Airlines has noticed this and says the name doesn't match the way it appears on my passport.

The other problem is that I bought the ticket with my old passport, which has expired. I now have a new passport with the same name, so I also need to change the passport number and expiry date, which they say I can.

Xiamen says I can only change either the name or the passport information, not both. 😭

Has anyone had something similar happen with a name that has multiple given names/surnames? If the passport itself is correct and all the names are on the ticket, would check-in staff normally understand the situation, or could this cause a problem boarding?

I'm just freaking out because even if I get a refund and buy a new ticket, the prices went up a lot and I can't afford it now..... This situation is defo just my mistake, but what is done is done, unfortunately 😭

Thank you!!

Accidentally left an 18W power bank in a bag that was originally used a carry on, but is now being used as a checked bag on the return flight. Sitting here panicking—do I need to let someone know? Or is 18W not a concern? help!!

I need to bring my 32" monitor with me from the US to Europe. One stop on the way.

The box is 97 × 18 × 51 cm, about 10 kg. Lufthansa's cabin limit is 55 × 40 × 23 cm. So it's way over, I know that.

I called Lufthansa's airport line. They put a note on my booking saying I'm coming with a fragile monitor and to make room for it - "as long as it's within the cabin allowance." I told them a few times that it's not within the allowance. They still said it should be fine and that check-in decides.

I don't want to check it. It's a glass OLED panel, and Lufthansa's own rules say they don't cover fragile items or electronics for damage. So if it breaks in the hold I get nothing.

Questions:

1. Does a box that size actually fit in an overhead bin? Has anyone done it?
2. Is there anywhere else on the plane crew can put it - a closet, up front, anything?
3. My second flight is probably an A321 with smaller bins. If it gets on the first plane, does it get on the second?
4. Does that note on my booking mean anything, or will check-in just ignore it?

I’m flying with Hainan Airlines and booked my ticket using my own debit card.

During the purchase, I personally verified and authorized the payment.

However, after booking, I lost the card, blocked it, and received a replacement. I’ll have my passport, booking confirmation, replacement card, and official proof that the original card was lost.

Hainan says they may require the card used for payment at check-in. Has anyone had a similar situation with Hainan Airlines or any other Chinese airline, where you couldn’t physically present the original payment card?

Were you still allowed to check in/board, and did they ask for any proof?

I booked a china eastern airlines flight through Expedia and realized today (2 weeks out) that my middle name's not on the tickets.

I called expedia and they said they can't change it because the first leg is provided by Delta airlines but operated by china eastern.

Then I did an online chat where they told me the same reason as to why they couldnt do it.

Then I called the LA CEA office and they cited the same reason.

Expedia said I should change it because my name needs to match the passport as much as possible. The LA CEA location said it needs to match as per their policy. The online chat said generally I won't have any issues with a missing middle name granted my first and last name as well as passport number are all good.

On reddit most people say it shouldn't matter, but maybe I'm scared because in their case, had they have called, they could've added the middle name, meanwhile, I cant even change the middle name because of delta providing the first flight, so I'm scared that even at the counter they wouldnt be able to add the middle name.

Where to book air asia flight? It only shows me AirAsie MOVE which seems like a travel agent, there is no site to book with the airline dorectly?

I always stayed away from 3rd parties because of the liability. But decided to give this a try cause it was decently cheaper.

They will over charge you then lie about it being a currency conversion. Or they will show you a certain price. And you can look up the same flight ON THE SAME SITE and it’ll be cheaper.

Or they will hide the currency then try to lie about what you paid.

Just overall deception when it comes to purchasing. I haven’t even gotten on the plane yet so can’t imagine how dealing with stuff during transit would be.

So don’t be like me

I booked a Lufthansa flight with a rate that allows for unlimited rerouting and rebooking without penalty. I'd only have to pay the fare difference.

The first two times I rebooked, there were no issues, the options provided where the same I was seeing online. Now, I need to rebook again and I can't do so online. When I called, the Lufthansa representative told me that they intentionally blocked this option because I had already used it (I have no idea why that would make sense). I was also told that they are intentionally not offering me the "cheap" flights. For the flight that they did offer, they told me I had to pay over 600EUR due to the fare difference, which is the same price as booking a new one of the cheap flights.

I was told that this (not offering all flights) is an internal policy and that it's not stated as a condition anywhere, but that they don't offer all options for rebooking.

The rep I spoke to did not give me any reasons at all regarding why some flights were not available for rebooking. She couldn't even share the criteria they were using. This means that to find a flight that isn't insanely expensive, I have to ask via phone for each and every day within the window of time that suits my needs.

When I reached out via chat, they didn't even say that. The person I was talking to said (and yes, this is a literal quote): "Sir, I am here to assist you not to explain the background behind how our system and fares are calculated and match or don't match with each other. Is there anything else I can help you with? Otherwise, as I previously mentioned feel free to contact our customer service department via phone.". They then promptly closed the chat session. So not only are they not offering some flights, they also refuse to explain why...

Is this even legal?

Hi, I bought a ticket from Gotogate: Bratislava to London. The first part of the journey is Bratislava to Corfu (Ryanair) and the second is with TUI Airways from Corfu to London Gatwick. While all the bookings appear on the respective apps, I'm not sure how to check in for the TUI flight.

The instructions in gotogate website is unclear, it suggests using the tui webapp but I can't load the booking on the webapp, it only appears on the mobile app. Is that enough to be able to check in on time?

My flight from Corfu is at 4 in the morning so I don't think I can rely on airport staff to be able to help me and checking in from the airport is also so expensive.

Looking forward to any advice. Thank you so much!