Originally Posted by
davidjohnson6
.....the other things (eg entertainment systems, wine, food, massage,etc) all seem to be aimed at disguising the fact that for most people being in an aluminium tube for more than a few hours at 37,000 ft is actually a bit dull. Quite why a non spotter would fly from the US to Europe via the UAE is beyond me
Spot on IMO. I suppose there will always be a small number of people who, for peculiar reasons of their own, are happy to fly odd and unnecessarily long routings, but for all the breathless prose spouted about premium quality air travel it’s never going to be as comfortable as your own chair in your own front room. I try and be as positive as possible about long haul travel, but I wouldn’t seek to prolong it unnecessarily even at the front of the aircraft. If I had that much money I think I would choose the best possible class of travel on a direct flight, get the journey over and done with, and book myself into a good quality hotel at the other end.