Flights can be an airplane-filled experience.
Especially if you’re sitting next to one of the nightmare passengers mentioned in a Reddit thread generated by user ‘avcghjiii’ that asked users to ‘describe the worst neighbor seat’ they’ve ever had on a flight.
These experiences are great advertisements for private jets.
‘Affectionate_Base827’ starts rolling remembering a seat neighbor who ‘farted constantly’ throughout the trip.
They say, ‘And I mean constantly. Each time, the last one had not cleared when he released it again. The gases were building up.
For ‘Apmcpm’ it was a public display of affection that turned his long flight into a nightmare.
They say: “On a flight from Rome to Chicago, a couple in their 40s in the front seat could see the entire flight, including him licking her forehead numerous times.”
Three passengers had their trip ruined by some overly friendly neighbors. ‘Nim_opet’ says: ‘A well-meaning but drunk and crazy Brit on a flight from Stockholm to New York. Seven hours of non-stop conversation. Non-stop.’
Reddit users have been sharing experiences with other passengers after forum user ‘avcghjiii’ asked people to ‘describe the worst neighboring seat you’ve ever had on a flight.’
‘Legal_Egg3224’ had a similar problem.
They reveal: ‘(This woman) ordered wine in pairs and spent the entire five-hour flight telling me her life story from the empty middle seat. I turned on the light and started reading when she went to the bathroom. She resumed her story and then reached out and turned off the light so I could pay attention to her.’
‘Donita123’ explains that she was cornered by an enthusiastic magician.
She reveals: “An older man sits next to me, I have my headphones on and my iPad on. He strikes up a conversation. Very quickly he pulls out a deck of cards and goes through his entire repertoire of card tricks.’
For Reddit user ‘Snoooort’, an aggressive reclining seat was a source of annoyance.
They say: ‘I’m very tall and the guy in front leaned his seat on my knees, which prevented him from fully reclining. I told him, politely, that he was hurting my knees and he got a little aggressive. Long story short, he called the flight attendant and I got my first and only upgrade in my life.
Some passengers feel too comfortable on a long flight.
‘Uhhhehehe’ says his neighbor from hell ‘he proceeded to cut his fingernails and toenails in his seat.’
‘Brinewitch’ adds: ‘Twenty minutes into a 12-hour flight. I was pregnant and very sensitive to smells. The guy starts vaping under his hoodie. Really surprised, I said, “Sorry, are you vaping?” The guy ignored me and turned around. Five minutes later, he does it again.

A boy with a laptop ruined a passenger’s flight (file image)
Meanwhile, ‘Soil_nerd’ reveals: ‘A woman next to me somehow produced the equivalent of at least two kitchen-sized trash cans. Every five or ten minutes he would call the manager and hand him a huge handful of garbage. I have absolutely no idea where it comes from.
He ordered a hot coffee and after five minutes he poured it on himself. This caused complete panic because it was hot. He takes off his pants right there and finally puts on the spare pair.’
Flights often offer headphones to passengers, but two teenagers on ‘Anaisa1101”s 2am flight saw no need to use them.
User says: ‘The teenagers sitting behind us were streaming TikTok over Emirates-provided Wi-Fi without headphones, while the plane lights were off.
‘The parents didn’t care. In the end, someone complained and these children were told that their phones would be taken away.”
A nightmare in the shape of a child also destroyed the flight of ‘Uvabird’.
They say: ‘I was in a seat between a father and a five-year-old child. The parents kept passing a laptop to the child and then bringing it to them to change programs and games, every few minutes, in front of my face.’
For ‘Groshreez’, the nightmare was in the shape of a dog.
They reveal: ‘I always buy an aisle seat. When I got to my seat, there was a giant German Shepherd sitting in both the middle and aisle seats. I have no idea why the owner thought it was okay for them to sit in the window seat, forcing his giant dog to sit next to another passenger.