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The #Win Moments On A Flight
By Aashni on May 1st, 2012. Filed under BlogHopefully you’ve all had a chance to fly on a plane before, and unless you’re lucky enough to have your own private jet, then you probably know about the common problem of having enough space whilst on a plane. For those not exactly in the know-how, you don’t have enough space. Ever. Your feet are cramped underneath the seat in front of you, and you have to fight with the people on either side of you to get enough space on your armrest.
This, obviously, isn’t a problem if you have that awesome #win moment on a flight. Can you guess which #win moment I’m talking about? I’m talking about the #win moment where you have an empty seat beside you. This means you have the wonderful joy of being able to spread out, use the other table to store overflow from your own table (or your leftover meal, since they take ages to collect it up). You can use their leg area to stretch out your own legs.
As an extension to this, you could have the #doubleWin moment of getting the entire row to yourself (which I’ve had the luck of doing before). If this happens, then you can really spread out. Lift up the armrests, pray that the plane ride doesn’t get too bumpy, and lay down across the seats. While it’s not the most comfortable “bed” you’ve ever slept in, it’s definitely better than sitting in a small little cramped section.
Speaking of space, another #win moment is when you manage to nab a seat in the Exit row. Automatic extra leg room! And the obvious #win moment when you get upgraded to business or first class. Hey – it does happen from time to time!
Definitely one of my favorite #win moments on a flight is when you aren’t stuck sitting in the row behind a family with young children. Unless the children understand the meaning of “shut the hell up and go to sleep”, you’re screwed. I once sat on a flight where the kid in the row behind me screamed, the whole flight, for no reason at all. He then proceeded to hit himself. Why? I still do not know. So when I get on a flight and find out that I’m not sitting next to any children, instant #win moment right there.
A relatively small #win moment is when you’re one of the first people let onto the plane (or at least to your section of the plane), and manage to get enough space for your hand luggage in the overhead storage close to you. It’s so insanely annoying if you’re amongst the last people on the plane, and end up scouring the plane looking for a place to store your bag. And if you end up finding space further back in the plane, then you’re really stuck at the end of the flight, when you have to spend time trying to backtrace through the plane and get your bag, while everyone is fighting to get off the plane.
This #win moment only applies to people, like me, who enjoy watching movies on the plane. I love when they have a great selection of movies, especially movies that I either haven’t watched yet, or haven’t watched in a really long time. I used to spend the first ten minutes of my flight leafing through the magazine looking for the movie listings, and the times they were playing. I would make myself a schedule that let me watch all the movies I wanted to. I no longer need to worry about this, since most flights let you start and stop movies whenever you want 
I guess a good #win moment to end with is the moment when you touch down, safe and sound, and arrive at your destination. Hey – you were just 30,000 feet in the air, travelling at 300+km/hour. The fact that you arrived safely at your destination is a huge #win moment, let alone all the awesome fun that you’ll hopefully have upon arrivale
What other #win moments do you have whilst flying on a plane?
Hey Aash! How have you been?
Being somewhat extroverted, or friendly, or annoying, or whatever you want to call it, I always hope that I’m going to sit next to someone equally friendly as well as vastly intelligent and interesting, but more often than not, the person I wind up next to is unresponsive and smelly. So, #win moment if I end up next to someone cool or, idk, Lady Gaga, and opposite of #win if it is the usual smelly potato-esque civilian.
Perhaps I’ll get lucky?
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You’re very lucky! Once on a flight to Casablanca, which is quite long incidentally, I had the joy and honor of sitting behind an old man who felt terribly inclined to recline at the greatest degree possible. When I had the gall to kick the back of his seat, he yelled at me. On the very same flight, the airline swapped all our tickets so I wasn’t sitting anywhere near my mother and sister. Quel horreur.
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Hey!
To be honest I don’t like being in planes at all. I used to love it when I was younger but I hadn’t been on a plane in a while and I went in one last year, and I absolutely hated it. There was no space and my ears were going to explode. My best win moment was when I was on a plane to San Francisco, there was absolutely no one on the plane and the four members of my family each had a row to ourselves! Don’t laugh but when I was younger I used to love handing out the little lollies to everyone. Best plane ride ever!
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Hey Aash! It’s been forever! How have you been?
The last time I was on a plane, I was 3 years old, and my mother told me i was shrieking when the plane took off because of the high pitched noise. All I remember are the leggos I played with while waiting to get on the plane.
I can say, since we travel by car, that I have experienced the having no space thing, but I usually just end up stretching myself over onto my sister’s side anyway. It all works out in the end. haha.
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How many times have you been on a plane? To get lucky enough for a double win seems like it would take many many tries. I’ve only been in the air five times… and four of the flights were from the same trip. Haha. I hate flying, so I definitely agree with your last win. Going up always scares the hell out of me.
Any other wins? Ummm… I’m a huge twilight zone fan, so I guess it’s always a win when you don’t see a man on the wing. If ya don’t get that reference, google it.
Anyway, it’s great to be visiting your blog once again. Your layout design skills have improved vastly in the past year… aka the site looks fantastic. I’ve been back to blogging for about a month now… any way you can save me from the graveyard? heehee…
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To be honest, I don’t really notice stuff about planes. I just get on, take a seat and, well, relax. I’m not really that comfortable with strangers, though, so thankfully all the flights I’ve taken so far (only a few . . . maybe about 4-6, considering they are round trips?) I’ve sat beside my family members or people I do know.
But I guess the best win moment would be having the seat beside you empty . . . and getting upgraded.
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I think the best “win” moment for me would have to be sitting next to a friendly person on the plane and talking the whole way. I get really bored on planes and it’s nice to have someone to talk to.
Of course, only if that person wants to talk, too. I don’t want to be ~that girl~, haha.
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I’ve never minded flying, even though we usually fly with budget airlines like Ryanair, and occasionally we’ll be a bit classier and go British Airways. Admittedly, I’ve never been on a plane for longer than about three hours, and I last flew when I was thirteen and I’m quite average height so legroom has never been an issue. I did get stuck for 12 hours in Gatwick Airport once, I was flying from Marseilles to Gatwick to Glasgow the day after a supposed terrorist plot at Gatwick was uncovered…not the best timing. :’)
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How apt for me to reply since I just got off the plane yesterday afternoon. UM I hate flying. But the worse is when kids sit behind you and they proceed to kick your seat. I was tempted to scold the mother behind me for being absolutely useless in controlling her child….
Win moments:
- good food
- getting the row to yourself (but I travel with my bf now)
I don’t like those eager people who want to get on the plane first. I mean calm your faces everyone – you don’t get a prize for getting on first la! I always stow my stuff under my seat so it’s never a problem for me. I was getting nervous about my stuff I had to stow overhead ….
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I love flying! I don’t know about you, but its’ my favorite time during vacations! Especially when we’re going to Las Vegas. I usually take my camera on the plane and shoot some pictures outside of the window, usually the photos are mountains, but sometimes, I get photos of fireworks and other stuff! It’s really fun!
I had the most amazing #winmoment before! I got to the plane, sat down (away from my family), and ended up getting some really nice person around the same age as me! It was really cool, but the best part was that she was a total pokemon fanatic, so we were battling the whole time and sharing our winning strategies! xD
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Thanks, Aashni! It was ok, but it was just a dance, really, so I didn’t see the hype over all of it, naturally xD
They had your prom outdoors! You’re so lucky! Ours was indoors, but pictures were outdoors for my house, since that’s where we took them. The prom room was actually REALLY stufy, since there were so many people.
That’s how one of my friends is as well. She used to ride a lot back in Holland, but when she came here in 6th grade, she couldn’t really ride anymore. She did ride for about two years about two years ago, but other than that, she hasn’t in a while. She was so mad at me when I was riding bareback the other day though xD
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LOL, my #win moment would be seating beside a handsome guy
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Wow, you must fly a lot. I’ve only flown three times, and two of those times I was a baby.
So I’m no expert on planes, but I can tell you–never sit in the last row of seats on a coach bus (next to the bathroom ;D ).
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