Travel

The Long-Haul Flight

A fourteen-hour flight is really four shorter problems in a row: falling asleep after the meal trays go away, the stiff hours in the middle when your feet swell and the cabin is too hot, the ninth hour when the engine drone and the dead screen get to you, and the hour before landing when you want to look like a person again. This scene follows those four moments for one traveller in a window seat and the handful of small things that made each one easier. Expect to spend between $90 and $180 for the whole set, with the headphones and the charger taking the biggest share.