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The Red-Eye Survival Guide: How I Actually Sleep on Overnight Flights Now

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It’s 11:47 p.m. somewhere over Indiana, and the man in 23C has been asleep since the cabin doors closed. Meanwhile, you’ve counted the ceiling panels twice, eaten your pretzels with philosophical resignation, and watched the seat map on the screen in front of you like it owes you money. If that sounds familiar, this one’s … Read more

Seven Travel Neck Pillows, 12,000 Miles, One Clear Winner: My In-Flight Sleep Showdown

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I’ve slept on some truly miserable surfaces. Airport floors in Singapore. A bench outside a pharmacy in Lisbon. The back seat of a Fiat Panda parked somewhere in the Apennines. But nothing — and I mean nothing — compares to the particular agony of falling asleep upright at 35,000 feet and waking up to discover … Read more