Flights can be a plane-ful experience.
Especially if you’re sitting next to one of the nightmare passengers mentioned in a Reddit thread spawned from user ‘avcghjiii’ that asked users to ‘describe the worst seat neighbour’ they’d ever had on a flight.
These experiences are great adverts for private jets.
‘Affectionate_Base827’ gets the ball rolling by recalling a seat neighbour who ‘farted constantly’ throughout the journey.
They say: ‘And I mean constantly. Each time, the last one hadn’t cleared by the time he let rip again. The fumes were building up.’
For ‘Apmcpm’, it was a public display of affection that made their long-haul flight a nightmare.
They say: ‘On a flight from Rome to Chicago, a couple in their 40s in the seat in front of me made out the entire flight, including him licking her forehead on numerous occasions.’
Three passengers had their journey ruined by overly friendly neighbours. ‘Nim_opet’ says: ‘A well-meaning-but-drunk-out-of-his-mind Brit on a flight from Stockholm to New York. Seven hours of non-stop talking. Non-stop.’
Reddit users have been sharing experiences with other passengers after forum user ‘avcghjiii’ asked people to ‘describe the worst seat neighbour you’ve had on a flight’
‘Legal_Egg3224’ had a similar issue.
They reveal: ‘[This woman] ordered wine two at a time and spent the entire five-hour flight telling me her life story over the empty middle seat. I turned on my light and started reading when she went to the bathroom. She resumed her story and then reached up and turned off my light so I could pay attention to her.’
‘Donita123’ explains that she was cornered by an enthusiastic magician.
She reveals: ‘Elderly man sits next to me, I have my earbuds in and my iPad going. He strikes up a conversation. Very quickly pulls out a deck of cards and goes through his entire repertoire of card tricks.’
For Reddit user ‘Snoooort’, an aggressive seat recliner was the source of annoyance.
They say: ‘I’m very tall and the guy in front reclined his seat into my knees, which prevented him reclining all the way. I told him, politely, he was hurting my knees and he got somewhat aggressive. Long story short, he called the flight attendant over and I got my first and only upgrade ever in my life.’
Some passengers get a little too comfortable on a long flight.
‘Uhhhehehe’ says their neighbour from hell ‘proceeded to cut his fingernails and toenails in his seat.’
‘Brinewitch’ adds: ‘Twenty minutes into a 12-hour flight. I was pregnant, extra sensitive to smells. Dude starts vaping under his hoodie. Genuinely shocked, I said, “Sorry, are you vaping?” Dude ignored me and turns away. Five minutes later, he does it again.’
A child with a laptop ruined one passenger’s flight (file image)
Meanwhile, ‘Soil_nerd’ reveals: ‘A woman next to me somehow produced the equivalent of at least two kitchen-size trash cans worth of trash. Every five to 10 minutes she would flag down the attendant and hand her a massive handful of trash. I have absolutely no idea where it was coming from.
‘She ordered a hot coffee and within five minutes spilled it all over herself. This led to a full-on freak-out as it was hot. She pulls her pants (trousers) off right there and eventually gets her backup pair on.’
Flights usually offer headphones to passengers, but two teens on ‘Anaisa1101’s’ 2am flight didn’t see the need to use them.
The user says: ‘The teenagers seated behind us were streaming TikTok on the Wi-Fi provided by Emirates without headsets, while the plane lights were turned off.
‘Parents didn’t care. Eventually, someone complained and these kids were told that their phones will be taken away.’
A child-shaped nightmare also wrecked ‘Uvabird’s’ flight.
They say: ‘I was in a seat between a parent and a five-year-old. Parent kept passing a laptop over to the child, then bringing it back to change the shows and games, every few minutes, in front of my face.’
For ‘Groshreez’, the nightmare was dog-shaped.
They reveal: ‘I always buy an aisle seat. When I got to my seat, there was a giant German shepherd sitting on both the middle and aisle seats. I have no clue why the owner thought it was okay for them to sit at the window seat, forcing their giant dog to sit next to another passenger.’