{"id":98881352,"date":"2010-11-04T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-04T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/travel-trends\/five-unspoken-rules-of-international-economy-class-travel\/"},"modified":"2022-11-15T05:20:56","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T10:20:56","slug":"five-unspoken-rules-of-international-economy-class-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/five-unspoken-rules-of-international-economy-class-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Unspoken Rules of International Economy-Class Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"

You\u2019d love to fly first class on every international flight<\/a>. But as reality would have it, you\u2019re not made of money, don\u2019t have Elite status yet and can\u2019t redeem loyalty points for certain trips. Thus you, oh frugal one, are stuck traveling nine hours in economy class.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

It wouldn\u2019t be half bad if everyone observed the unspoken etiquette of coach-class travel. Alas, many passengers are simply unschooled in the matter. They hog armrests, go to the bathroom\u00a0 every half-hour and, worst of all, snore so loud that the sound penetrates the quarter-inch pieces of ear-canal-shaped foam designed to drown them out.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The next time you\u2019re traveling long-distance, keep these five basic rules in mind:<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

1. The Middle-Men Get the Armrests:<\/strong> The great armrest debate has been ongoing for decades. Rather than play the sly, slippery-elbow game and obnoxiously hog both sides, give the gift of double armrests to the folks in the middle seat. They deserve it. After all, they\u2019re flying cross-continent stuck between you and Mr. Bobblehead to the left without the freedom of aisle-access or the support of a window panel.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

2. Let Sleeping Passengers Lie<\/strong>: It\u2019s time for in-flight meal service and your neighbor is out like a light. Some travelers think they\u2019re doing their fellow passenger a favor by waking him to let him know it\u2019s time to eat, but who wants to awaken a tired bear in hibernation? The sight is seldom pretty. Drool, disorientation and confusion are often the result. Instead, politely ask the flight attendant to save a meal for your neighbor and once he arises out of his slumber, alert him that he missed meal service. Leaving him to starve while he figures out that food was already served is another no-no.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

3. Minimize Bathroom Breaks<\/strong>: Drink lots of water hours before your flight and take a bathroom break (or two!) just before you board. It minimizes the amount of liquids you\u2019ll drink in-flight and the number of times you\u2019ll need to disrupt your neighbor to go to the beloved in-flight lavatory. Middle- and window-seat passengers should try to take their bathroom breaks whenever the aisle passenger stands up \u2013 another tactic to minimize interruptions.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

4. Don\u2019t Let Your Insomnia Get the Best of Your Manners:<\/strong> Don\u2019t be that guy who, while the cabin lights are out and everyone else is asleep, is fidgeting with gadgets and books and, worst of all, working on a laptop with its bright screen shining towards the other passengers in the row. No one wants to wake up next to you with a solar eclipse happening in his or her face. The best solution \u2013 pop in your headphones and listen to soft music until you drift off into la-la-land.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

5. Regulate Your Nostrils:<\/strong> There\u2019s not much that can be done when you\u2019re seated next to a loud snorer and the feeling is much like that of being stuck inside a torture chamber with your eyelids pried open. Snorers \u2013 be considerate of your fellow passengers and arm yourself with nasal strips and any other anti-snoring gadgets that actually work.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Flickr: oddharmonic <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You\u2019d love to fly first class on every international flight. But as reality would have it, you\u2019re not made of money, don\u2019t have Elite status yet and can\u2019t redeem loyalty points for certain trips. Thus you, oh frugal one, are stuck traveling nine hours in economy class.   It wouldn\u2019t be half bad if everyone […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98881352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98881352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98881352"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98881352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98911904,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98881352\/revisions\/98911904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98881352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98881352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98881352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}