Making it through an overnight flight with your sanity intact is a delicate art. Sure, there are lots of uncontrollable variables that can throw an already unpleasant travel choice into a tailspin -- Clay Aiken's feet, an overexcited geek podcasting next to you, or simply having a middle seat.
However, in our experience, there are at least a few ways to make an all-nighter at 35,000 feet somewhat bearable.
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by ced138
We knew there was something stinky about Clay Aiken, but now we know it: Apparently Aiken is one of those beloved passengers who thinks the first-class cabin is their living room. Aiken took off his shoes and socks during a recent flight between L.A. and his hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina, according to the always trustworthy Star magazine. And then he made his assistant keep them in his lap! That man or woman is clearly underpaid.
After the movie chain Regal Entertainment announced last week it was going to outfit some of its theatres with tell-the-manager controls, we started fantasizing about having tattle buttons placed in airplanes. Maybe Clay Aiken wouldn't be felled by my trademark Stare of Doom, but it'd be nice to automatically administer a small electric shock to seat-kickers or smelly superstars. Please keep those shoes on.
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by egw
According to the New York Post, Britney Spears went berserk because her United Airlines flight from L.A. to Miami Friday night lacked leather seats, then demanded to be let off the plane, minutes before takeoff.
The United captain acquiesced, letting Brintey off the plane, then apologized to the rest of the passengers for the delay.
Britney must have found a leather seated plane to take her to Florida, because this past weekend she performed two shows in the state, one in Orlando and the other in South Beach. During the House of Blues in Orlando show, at some point during her 14-minute concert, which she charges $125 for, the backing tape skipped creating a Milli Vanilli moment--big shocker.
That is called "air karma" Britney. Whenever you make a scene on a red eye, it will come back to bite you. A lesson for all travelers.
As for Britney's leather fetish, both Delta Airlines and JetBlue have leather seats in coach and fly from Southern California to Southern Florida.
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by markj
Whether or not you believe John Mark Karr's alleged confession to the Jon Benet Ramsey murder, you have to admit sitting behind him on a fifteen hour Thai Airways flight from Bangkok to LAX would be creepy.
Even creepier? Fellow passengers reported that Karr was seated in business class where he sipped champagne and ate roast duck.
According to reports, Karr was not handcuffed, was free to drink--he had a couple glasses of champagne and a beer--eat and watch in-flight entertainment.
Hmm, actually sounds like a decent way to get the man to talk to authorities doesn't it? If he is boozing and watching the Last Samuri he might get a bit chatty with the authorities sitting next to him.
All and all still a red eye from hell for everyone involved, that is for sure.
[Photo: SFGate]
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Looks like American Airlines once again upped the ante on rival United.
Yesterday, Dan Rather sat next to hip hop's The Game, in the first class cabin, on a flight from New York to L.A.
According to the Post, the two "chatted away like old friends".
What did they chat about? Rather's issue with The Media? 50 Cent's beef with The Game? The Game's 2001 coma? Rather's 2004 coma?
Seems like they have a lot more in common than one might think.
Now that sounds like a flight someone should have podcasted.
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From bloggerpreneur Jason Calacanis's weblog:
So, I'm chillin in VIP on United and we're sitting at the gate ready to roll and the posse rolls up. All of sudden a tall figure in a white jumpsuit takes off his hood and it's p.diddy.
Diddy is now running all up and down the plane laughing with his crew who is spread out across first and business class.
I thought Diddy only flew private?!?!?!? What is this world coming to?
Diddy and his posse hooting and hollering while Jason podcasts it all from his aisle seat--if you were on the this redeye flight from LAX to JFK last night, we hope you carried on plenty of Ambien.
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