My friend and I were heading back home from a work trip on a Halloween a few years back. We decided to pay extra for early boarding on a flight that was like 90-95% full. Instead of taking a seat in the front we went all the way to the back of the plane and grabbed seats in the 2nd to last row on opposite sides of the isle. A flight attendant was in the back with us wearing a devil costume. I decided then, that I would be a sick person for Halloween. As the plane filled I got a barf bag out and leaned against the window and made the most im about to puke face I could. my plan worked, 5 hours of flying with nobody in my row. the back 2 rows except mine had 2 people per section. And the row in front of me had 3. Best costume decision ever! Yeah I know total dick move but I have no regrets. The flight attendant thought I was hilarious and we shot the shit most of the flight.
It’s better than my costume choice: suicide bomber. Maybe I’ll try your idea next time. :)
nice butt stain on that seat
I’m afraid of flying so I’d be feeling abject terror anyway. :(
Once I was on a mostly empty 777 flight across the US. I had the entire row (window to window) as well as the rows in front and behind me, all to myself. It was glorious.
I had a flight like this on Spirit airlines once.
The 5 or so people on that flight, myself included, ended up all clustered near the middle of the plane pounding shots of Tito’s with one of the flight attendants to distract from the fact that it sounded like our plane was about to rattle apart in the sky.
I understand now why the Spirit Airlines flights are unpopulated.
I actually don’t mind flying Spirit. I do restrict to no layovers and don’t check a back. I usually upgrade to the “big seat” for like $20 or $30. For return flights, they have 1 gate in Minneapolis and it’s at the front of the terminal. I’m in my car a few minutes after the door opens.
Eh, I took one home from a business trip (direct flight and arrived a couple hours earlier), and it was packed. I enjoyed the flight well enough, and I’d totally do it again for the price. I just mailed my bulky crap through USPS before getting onto the flight, so I only needed my backpack.
I once went on vacation with six other family members. There were eight people on the return flight. Just us and the guy who definitely wasn’t an Air Marshall
