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7 moments that make you feel like a king on an economy flight*
This is what air hostesses used to look like, FYI (PA Archive/Press Association Images)
1. Getting to sit in an exit row
SO MUCH ROOM FOR MY LEGS.
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2. Or even better – a free row of seats ALL TO YOURSELF
Oh, me? I’m just HORIZONTAL ON A PLANE. No biggie.
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3. “We’re ahead of schedule”
Nice.
4. Realising you have one of those systems that lets you choose your own movie
X-Men or The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants? Your call, sir.
5. Sitting beside someone hot
And getting to deploy your full range of “Anything good in the in-flight magazine?” chat-up lines. Slick.
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6. Unexpectedly getting a free drink
*glug*
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7. And best of all… when you get an UPGRADE
The Holy Grail of flight moments. See you later, cattle class!
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What happens when Spock and Captain Kirk try to speak Irish?>
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