Tourists reveal best hacks for falling asleep on a flight (without upgrading to business class) Reddit users give their recommended hacks for nabbing forty winks on a plane What's YOUR go-to sleeping hack? Vote in our poll below...
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.. WINDOW SEAT ‘Bwainwright’ says they ‘used to travel from the UK to California and back every month for a couple of years and got to the point where [they] could fall asleep when taxiing to the runway and wake up when coming into land 12 hours later’.
They give the original post loads of tips for sleeping, the first of which being to ensure you nab a window seat, adding: ‘‘You're likely to not be disturbed by other passengers needing to get past you, and you'll have the bulk head to rest against. ‘If you can get an exit row or a row with extra leg room, then great. ‘However, be wa.
