Priya Nair

Most people who cannot sleep on airplanes are not simply tired. The cabin works against sleep from several directions at once: it is dry, … Read more

To survive the middle seat on a long flight, you need to do four things: pick a better seat if you still can, claim … Read more

To make an economy seat more comfortable, change three things in this order: pick a seat that suits your body, use the adjustments the … Read more

Who gets the armrest in the middle seat? The middle-seat passenger gets both of them. The window passenger keeps the fuselage wall, the aisle … Read more

Is it rude to recline your airplane seat? No, not on its own. A paid economy seat is built to recline, and using that … Read more

Yes, you can usually change your seat at the gate. Ask the gate agent before boarding starts, name the exact seat you want, and … Read more

The most reliable way to get an empty row on a plane is to book the window and aisle seats in the same row … Read more

Seats near the galley are noisy because the galley is an open, hard-surfaced kitchen built right against the cabin wall, separated from the cabin … Read more