not feel like I'm stuck in some form of flying tin can
You'll be stuck with one hundred or more people in an aluminium tube with hot air coming out of the wings for two or more hours. My advice is to go by train where you will be able to use the toilet without having to queue,view the scenery, easily move if you don't like the immediate company, and quite possiby be able to access a bar/restaurant with food that is prepared without being heated up in a grubby microwave. You will be able to leave from the middle of a city and arrive in the middle of a city, with easy access to accommodation. It will be slightly more expensive and may or may not be longer but it will be infinitely more enjoyable. Good luck with whatever you do.