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‘Flying is unpleasant’: Readers share air travel horror stories

From cramped seats and airport chaos to noisy passengers and shrinking legroom, our community shared the flying horror stories that have turned air travel into something to endure rather than enjoy. Share your opinion and read the full debate here.

There is only one solution to all this misery.

Be ready to pay (much) more and not less when flying, and you have got all the comfort you could possibly wish for, plus access to a lounge at the airport while waiting for boarding.

For the rest of us, don’t fly. Take the high-speed trains (like Eurostar, TGV and ICE) where available – or stop travelling.

Anyway, it is properly overcrowded wherever you can imagine going.

Tanizaki

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