Some Tips on Improving Your Philippine Flights Experience

Wouldn’t it be nice if, after a 12-hour trip across the Pacific on one of your Philippine flights, you’d still be your old alert and sunny you – not some grouchy grouch who excuses herself to everyone she meets at the airport or at the meeting for her grouchy-ness? It’s jet lag, you’d say.

While everyone would always understand how it feels being confined to the cabin of an airbus for more than 12 hours across the ocean, one couldn’t help but wish that jet lag would just go away. If you are schedule to fly on Philippine flights, here are some very simple ways of dealing with, if not preventing, jet lag:

1. Hydrate – drink lots of water. You may not actually feel it but the humidity on transatlantic flights could be as humid as the sand dunes of the Sahara. If you are dehydrated, your jet lag could be worse. While the cabin crew of Philippine flights would readily provide water to passengers who would ask for them, one could only wish they would serve them in large pitchers with lots of ice – not in those small paper cups that seem to have come from the cupboards of Froddo Baggins’ hobbit house in the Shire.

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We recommend that you bring a large bottle of mineral water (subject to airport restrictions) to keep you hydrated.

2. Avoid alcohol – or completely stay away from a glass or a bottle hours before your flight, or during the flight. You know, alcohol has a dehydrating effect on your system. When you are dehydrated, your jet lag would be worse. While at it, it would also be a good idea if you avoid caffeine or other stimulants. Having a nap in one of these long Philippine flights would be a welcome respite without coffee.

3. Eat less – you don’t want to feel bloated several thousand miles above sea level. The cabin pressure would add to whatever discomfort you are going to have on a full stomach. You may want to nibble on some crackers (again… sparingly) and more water. But never eat out of boredom, you might get carried away and before you know it, you would have already eaten a full meal – and it’s not even dinnertime yet! If you are tempted to say, “what else is there to do on a twelve-hour flight?” – resist!

4. Circulate – we don’t mean go around from row to row and socialize – but it can be a good idea – what we mean is for you to move around every now and then so your muscles and joints won’t give you that unnecessary additional discomfort. Let your blood circulate.

5. Acclimatize – upon arrival, the urge to stay inside your hotel room and sleep seems to be the most natural way to rid yourself of the jet lag from your Philippine flights. Nothing can be farther from the truth. It would help you better if you stay outdoors, acclimatize yourself to the weather, and consciously reset your biological clock. It is easier to do this if you actually “see” the time of the day outdoors than staying indoors.

Your Philippine flights could be one of your most anticipated trips, it would help if you arrive at your destination in a good “fighting form.”