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Those Long flights are real bothers when you don't have enough to read, watch, listen to, and are stuck with an aisle seat. If you follows these simple tips, everything will be fine. First, take a moment to peruse the offered games on the back of the seat in front of you. In July of 2009, a popular airline had both super violent Doom and Tower Toppler ready for all those people flying in an aircraft. Not too soon anymore huh? Reading material is very important of course, but make sure you bring the right kind. A few magazines are okay if you're just flying a few hundred miles, but for this, you'll want the big guns. Bring at least four different books of varying length. Nothing too difficult, but not too easy either. Make sure they are of wildly different genres, with similar non-fiction counterparts. Science Fiction and real science. Fantasy or Western and History. Romance and Psychology. Whether or not you'll finish them is not the point. Some people bring huge book and try to finish it on the flight. Bad idea. The same can be said for music. Don't just bring metal. That will get old after 6 hours of staring at the ocean, or even worse, the people to either side of you because you didn't get a window seat. Bring every possible genre that you have even the slightest interest in. Mix and match. And anyway, if you have only one genre on your ipod or whatever mp3 player you use, you're going to be in for a long flight. The same thing goes for movies as well. A small DVD player or a full-on laptop is an obvious thing to take along, but pick your material wisely. A season or 2 of a favorite show works, and at least one exciting movie and one mellow movie. If you don't have a favorite show on DVD, just make sure your movie choices come from every genre you have. Get the seat you want. This is so important it was saved for last. Do not wait until the last minute, or even the last week, to book your flight if you can help it. Even if you don't book on the actual airline's website (of course get the best deal you can), take a moment to look at the airline's website anyway. Make sure they have a seating chart that displays which seats have been taken already. Make sure you are even allowed to pick your own seats! If you want the bulkhead, you may have to book way in advance, but doing so may also give you a better deal as well. If you want a window seat, make sure it's not right over the wing. Some airlines will show this on the diagram. Some won't. If in doubt, don't get a window seat in the middle of the plane. Again, booking early is your friend. One more thing to keep in mind about window seats is, if you're flying along the coast for part of the journey; think about which side the ocean will be on. This will make a lot of difference after 10 hours. Basically, the secret is to just keep all your options open. Bring as much as are legally allowed to carry on the plane. You probably won't need any of it at all once you get where you're going, but long flights sometimes require packing of their own.
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