New longest non-stop

[midtown 3348]

Quantas.  Perth to London.  17 hours.  Wow.

 

 

[Iowa Horn 55]

Whoa, yeah, that's a long one.  Have always been intrigued by ultra long flights.  That route makes sense.

[Buzzrock 14941]

Coach for 17 hours is one of Dante's circles of hell, I believe. Frankly biz class would suck too.

[The Dude 1246]

I did lax to Singapore non stop. 18 hours or some such. Never again. For any amount of money

[Bone3421 716]

Dang...

Longest i have done is la to guangzhou,china and want to say is like 15 hours

Wasnt to bad...watched a few movies and slept

[Anastasis 23485]

no fucking way i ride that is less than biz, and even that would be a beating. 

[Mo Horn 8855]

I've done round trip LA to Australia twice and New Zealand once.  14 1\2 hours, in coach.  Long ass flights, but not the worst thing I've ever done.

[Biff Tannen 45737]

Houston to Dubai is 16.  Shit was brutal.

[Jimbaround 975]

I did Detroit to Tokyo in coach after a long out of town wedding weekend.  That was brutal.

I remember getting on the plane, eating, watching a movie, sleeping for a bit, then looking at my watch and realizing we still had 8 hours.  The best part was that when I checked in it offered my business class upgrade with miles (of which I had a ton) and I was so hungover I just skipped it as I was trying to get checked in as quickly as possible.

[Bort 9]

 This would be brutal but the alternative is a 13 hour flight to Dubai and then a 7 hour fight to London. I'd rather just get it over with in one flight.

[Longhorn94 2458]

i flew on Etihad from NYC to Dubai a couple of times. 12.5 hrs over and 14.5 hrs back. we flew First class on the first trip and business on the second. i had a wonderful experience and really did not want to get off the plane on the first trip. it was an incredible experience and could have easily spent another 5-6 hours on the plane. 

[Bort 9]

Longest flight I've been on was Sydney to Dallas on Qantas. 16 hours. Didn't sleep a minute. 

[Born a Longhorn 13]

Did 19.4 hours once, non-stop from Qatar to South Dakota. But it wasn't commercial and we refueled three times, so I'm not sure if that counts.

[Jimbaround 975]

24 minutes ago, Longhorn94 said:

i flew on Etihad from NYC to Dubai a couple of times. 12.5 hrs over and 14.5 hrs back. we flew First class on the first trip and business on the second. i had a wonderful experience and really did not want to get off the plane on the first trip. it was an incredible experience and could have easily spent another 5-6 hours on the plane. 

Yup, coming home from my honeymoon we had a tailwind and the trip was shortened by an hour.  First class on Asiana drinking champagne the whole way home.

[Bernard 879]

Long Haul CSB: Guy I’ve known since I was kid worked for Shell for 20+ years. For quite some time he spent two weeks of every month in Brunei. IAH to Tokyo to Guam to Brunei. One day his boss appeared at his office door and told him his BusinessFirst tickets were costing too much and he’d have to fly coach. Dude just glanced up from computer and said, “Fuck that. I’ll quit this company before I fly there in coach.”  Boss replied, “OK. Nevermind”. He never mentioned again. 

Bernard

[huge 3795]

My wife wanted to stay on the plane the first time we flew overseas with lay flats and the entertainment package. She would have flown to the moon. 

[TornACL 7722]

I flew HKG to DFW in January, and had premium economy which actually wasn't as terrible as I expected. I was dreading that flight especially since I had been in business on the way there. But with a window seat in Prem Economy I was able to get comfortable and throw down some red wine to get sleepy.

It helps if you stay out in Hong Kong until 4am and barely get any sleep before your flight home. The best feeling ever is when you sack the hell out on a long flight, and then wake up to find you only have like 3 hours left on your 15 hour flight. That was amazing. I felt like a time traveler.

[Txzen 498]

SFO to Dubai on Emirates Business is about as comfortable as you can get. Can’t imagine coach - I’d be a wreck upon arrival. 

[midtown 3348]

I've done Houston/Tokyo/Houston 3 times.  I think its 14.  All in coach.  Just gotta break it up into segments. 

[RPM 26354]

I flew Hobby to Love once.

[Orange&White 5539]

15 hours ago, Born a Longhorn said:

Did 19.4 hours once, non-stop from Qatar to South Dakota. But it wasn't commercial and we refueled three times, so I'm not sure if that counts.

In a B1?

[bularry 0]

15 hours ago, Bort said:

 This would be brutal but the alternative is a 13 hour flight to Dubai and then a 7 hour fight to London. I'd rather just get it over with in one flight.

I flew Perth to London via Singapore (Singapore Air) 4 years ago.   About a 2 hour layover, wasn't bad at all, except we left Perth like 2am local time so that airport wait was pretty brutal.

[Native Horn 3515]

1 hour ago, RPM said:

I flew Hobby to Love once.

Lulz.  I flew San Antonio to Austin once due to a routing fuck-up (flight originated in Albuquerque, but had a few San Antonio stragglers on the plane due to a cancelled flight, so had to stop there first).  Took 17 minutes.  Flew so low I recognized the Circle C HEB (it was open).  Sky waitress refused to let me jump out there.  Cost me a good 45 minutes.

I would die if I had to take a 12+ hour flight, f dat.

[texasdago 7579]

I did LAX to Sydney in coach in a United 747 without seatback entertainment.  Yes, this was within the past 4 years.  That's how bad United sucks.

I'm a tightwad so I'll do anything in coach.  Did IAH to Tokyo and it wasn't bad.  Flying a Japanese airline makes the difference.

Edited March 29, 2018 by texasdago

[El Tri 412]

longest i've ever done is IAH to Buenos Aires, 11 hours

[elfenix 34332]

19 hours ago, midtown said:

Quantas.  Perth to London.  17 hours.  Wow.

 

doesn't beat your mom and i's record.

Edited March 29, 2018 by elfenix

[zman13 180]

So much depends on the airline and the seat. In my head, there's a formula:

Coach on Middle Eastern airlines > Coach on Asian airlines > Coach on Virgin American > Coach on JetBlue > Coach on Southwest >  Coach on American > Coach on regional airlines > Coach on European budget airlines

[longhrnfan 61]

I feel like I'd need to do laps or something on a flight that long. 

[texasdago 7579]

1 hour ago, El Tri said:

longest i've ever done is IAH to Buenos Aires, 11 hours

Nighttime both ways is a winner

[longhrnfan 61]

54 minutes ago, zman13 said:

So much depends on the airline and the seat. In my head, there's a formula:

Coach on Middle Eastern airlines > Coach on Asian airlines > Coach on Virgin American > Coach on JetBlue > Coach on Southwest >  Coach on American > Coach on regional airlines > Coach on European budget airlines

Where does Lufthansa fall? on their 747 coach sucked. I year the 380 is better...

 

 

[Ebeye 116]

I did DC to Seoul once non-stop...18 hours...  I broke that flight up in the future.  I think I finished a couple of books during that one.

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

I've done ATL to JNB (15:30) more times than I can remember.

It's worth it for the Biltong waiting for you, though.

[TxEx84 420]

 

17 hours ago, Bort said:

Longest flight I've been on was Sydney to Dallas on Qantas. 16 hours. Didn't sleep a minute. 

Done this flight and DFW to Tokyo Narita about 20 times.  Ambien is your friend. 

[52-80 19246]

I took an Ambien on a longhaul once.  Fell asleep just before take off.  Woke up during landing.  It felt like a 5 minute flight.

Took more of it on the way back while watching a laptop movie and the screen and keyboard started melting.  Like hallucinating melting.

That was my last time flying corch

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

3 minutes ago, 52-80 said:

I took an Ambien on a longhaul once.  Fell asleep just before take off.  Woke up during landing.  It felt like a 5 minute flight.

Took more of it on the way back while watching a laptop movie and the screen and keyboard started melting.  Like hallucinating melting.

That was my last time flying corch

I can't imagine taking Ambien on a flight. I'd be afraid I'd wake up curled up with the passenger next to me as he looked on in horror.

[ShouldaMarriedAStripper 28]

I don't think this flight is longer than Auckland to Doha. That's 18h 20m.

SQ's NYC to Singapore flight is longer than both, but that's suspended pending delivery of their A350s.

[Born a Longhorn 13]

4 hours ago, Orange^White said:

In a B1?

Yessir.  19.4 hours sitting in an ejection seat.

[AUinHsv 579]

21 hours ago, Buzzrock said:

Coach for 17 hours is one of Dante's circles of hell, I believe. Frankly biz class would suck too.

Did it multiple times to Australia after IBM eliminated business class. Luckliy I'm not 6-4 or something. Only flew the direct Sydney/DFW once - much easier to go thru LA after 12 hours.

[rpspeed 1400]

I did 18 hours in a KC-10 from Barksdale AFB in Shreveport to Guam in a jump seat with about 50 other airmen. This was back in the mid 90s, nothing to occupy time but magazines and books. Even Spirit Airlines cant touch that for misery lol.

[GlenFromTheMailRoom 1613]

Flew first class Austin to Paris earlier this.  I'll never fly anything less than business overseas ever again.  I got around not sleeping by drinking the equivalent of a bottle of champagne and a quarter bottle of scotch splashed with half a xanax.  Worked like a charm.

[Chapo 104]

3 hours ago, zman13 said:

So much depends on the airline and the seat. In my head, there's a formula:

Coach on Middle Eastern airlines > Coach on Asian airlines > Coach on Virgin American > Coach on JetBlue > Coach on Southwest >  Coach on American > Coach on regional airlines > Coach on European budget airlines

SQ and Cathay are solid tho

[Iowa Horn 55]

6 hours ago, Native Horn said:

Lulz.  I flew San Antonio to Austin once due to a routing fuck-up (flight originated in Albuquerque, but had a few San Antonio stragglers on the plane due to a cancelled flight, so had to stop there first).  Took 17 minutes.  Flew so low I recognized the Circle C HEB (it was open).  Sky waitress refused to let me jump out there.  Cost me a good 45 minutes.

I would die if I had to take a 12+ hour flight, f dat.

Back in the early 2000s there was a scheduled Delta flight from Austin to San Antonio that I ended up on because I was on a trip to Salt Lake City.  I could have sworn it was less than 17 minutes.  But in any case it was quite the short hop.

[Iowa Horn 55]

But talking about long flights... I was once on a super-budget airline Air Asia flight from Kuala Lumpur to London.  16 hours, cramped seating, middle seat, & very few amenities.  I'm just glad I pre-selected and paid for a meal when I booked, because those who didn't were SOL.

[Royal With Cheese 3]

37 minutes ago, Iowa Horn said:

Back in the early 2000s there was a scheduled Delta flight from Austin to San Antonio that I ended up on because I was on a trip to Salt Lake City.  I could have sworn it was less than 17 minutes.  But in any case it was quite the short hop.

Delta had that same flight in the late 1980's. Flew it many times on ski trips to SLC.

[52-80 19246]

5 hours ago, Iowa Horn said:

Back in the early 2000s there was a scheduled Delta flight from Austin to San Antonio that I ended up on because I was on a trip to Salt Lake City.  I could have sworn it was less than 17 minutes.  But in any case it was quite the short hop.

I like that for operational , or other reasons , they swap a big ass widebody on a shorthaul.  So you might get a B777 or such serving a <2 hour flight

[Anastasis 23485]

On 3/29/2018 at 2:06 PM, Native Horn said:

Lulz.  I flew San Antonio to Austin once due to a routing fuck-up (flight originated in Albuquerque, but had a few San Antonio stragglers on the plane due to a cancelled flight, so had to stop there first).  Took 17 minutes.  Flew so low I recognized the Circle C HEB (it was open).  Sky waitress refused to let me jump out there.  Cost me a good 45 minutes.

I would die if I had to take a 12+ hour flight, f dat.

Did the sa to aus hop once when my BA flight got routed to SA as result of weather. Sat on the tarmac there and then hopped to Austin. According to th pilot, SA had no way to deplane the Dreamliner. 

Edited March 31, 2018 by Anastasis

[Fudge Nuggets 19224]

Atlanta to Johannesburg after flying from Anchorage to Atlanta.

All in coach.  It sucked.

[conVINCEd 21469]

DFW-LHR.  7 hour layover.  LHR-CPT.  In coach.  Despite the fact that the savings on the tickets paid for 2 weeks in South Africa, we won't ever do that again.  Worse was JNB-MAD-DFW on the way home, because there was nothing to look forward to.

[Buzzrock 14941]

I once did Atlanta to Charlotte. Y’all are pussies.

[Dr Fear 1268]

I did Jakarta to Dubai (8 hours) with a 4 hour layover then 16 hours to DFW. I think I got drunk and sober 4 times.

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