The very first thing I really like to do is to get as little sleep as practicable the night before any cheap flights to Thailand, this way when I get on the aeroplane I am hopefully able to just go to sleep and awaken at my destination (cause if the flight is cheap, then I *know* it is not going to be a comfortable seat!). I only endorse this if you may be able to perform any jobs you have to do before your flight. If you have got to drive for five hrs first you may wish to get a good night sleep, and perhaps take some Tylenol pm or something else to make you sleepy.

Many folks like to get a little drunk on a flight, I’m not one of them, but if it helps you relax and get a little sleep then I say go for it, simply do not permit yourself to drink to the point at which you become an unpleasant drunk on an aircraft.

My next tip is to get to the airfield three hours in advance, this is for two reasons.

By getting there so early I’m always one of if not first to essentially check in for my flight, which customarily gets me a good seat, and I haven’t got to attend in long lines. The other reason for always getting t the Air port at least three hrs before your flight is, if you check in early you cant get bumped from the plane, the folks that get there last minute sometime here the words overbooked, which completely nullifies any savings you made by getting cheap airfares.

What you take with you on the aeroplane can make a gigantic difference between having a pleasing flight and being so incredible bored that you go nutty. I usually make efforts to bring an entirely charged MP3 player, my MP3 player hold twenty gigs of music so I never need to go into my bag to risk a CD or a memory card, and I have loads more music to hear then time to hear it. I also suggest bringing a thick soft sweater with you on the airplane, this may be used if it is cold on the airplane, or you may use it as an additional pillow.

I love to play Nintendo games, so I travel with one of the new hand held video games everywhere I’m going, so if I’m not in the mood for reading I will play some games and keep myself occupied, and that actually is the key. Keep yourself busy on the airplane and you’ll be dazzled at how quick the flight goes, if you stare at the clock and target the planes progress it’ll feel a bit like forever.