How to Talk to Your Seat Partner on a Plane in Flight

A blog about how you can communicate with your seat partner throughout the trip.

All of us have had the experience of flying on an airplane and having to sit next to someone we don’t know. For some, this is not a big deal, but for others it can be difficult. What if you want to get up and they need the armrest? How do you talk to them? Should you talk to them?

If you are going to be sitting next to someone you don’t know on a plane, there are some things you can do to make the flight more comfortable for both of you. Here are three tips:

1. Introduce yourself when boarding the plane

This is a great way to break the ice before taking your seat and buckling in for takeoff. Instead of awkwardly trying to figure out what your seat partner wants or needs, just introduce yourself and ask how they would like their armrests arranged (if any). This will set both of you at ease and get off on the right foot.

2. If they put their headphones on, leave them alone

This is especially important if it’s clear that they want some space from other people

Flight Crew is going to be a blog about how you can communicate with your seat partner throughout the trip. The first thing that you will have to do is to introduce yourself to the person sitting next to you. You will want to make sure that you are not overwhelming the person with a long introduction about yourself, but instead just keep it short and sweet.

Once this is done, you will want to make sure that you are making small talk with the person. You don’t want to be having a conversation where you are only asking questions and never speaking about yourself as well. Instead, you want to make sure that you are sharing as well. This way, both of you will feel like there was some type of connection made during the flight.

The last thing that you will want to do when talking with your seat partner is to make sure that they know what they are allowed and not allowed to bring onto the plane with them. This way, if they do forget something, they can simply ask the flight attendant for it rather than having it taken away from them by security.

When you travel on a plane, you are often seated in a row with strangers. These strangers are most likely your seat partners for the flight. To make your trip more enjoyable, it is important to communicate with them for the entire duration of your trip. This blog will go over some suggestions for how you can talk to your seat partner throughout the trip.

Before the flight begins, introduce yourself to your seatmate while buckling up. You can ask them where they are traveling to or ask them questions about their experience with flying in general. This will help get everyone acquainted before take-off and will make the rest of the journey more comfortable.

Once the plane has taken off, there’s not much else to do besides look at magazines or read books. If you’re interested in reading materials, ask your seat partner if they have any suggestions for what you should read. Ask them if they have any books that they have enjoyed in the past and recommend that you read during this flight. While you’re waiting for your food to arrive, ask them if they have any food recommendations from the airplane menu. They might know something on there that tastes much better than it looks!

Once all of your food has arrived, start eating and continue talking about what you should do after

If you are traveling by plane, it is likely that you will sit next to people you do not know. If there are many people on the plane, it could be hard to find someone interesting to talk to. Here are some tips to help you start a conversation and keep it going:

How to Start a Conversation with Your Seat Partner

When you first sit down, introduce yourself. Make sure you say where you are going and why so that your seat partner knows what to talk about. If your seat partner does not want to talk, do not take it personally. It could be that he or she is tired from traveling or has other things on his or her mind. If this happens, put in earphones and listen to music. It will appear that you don’t want to talk, but in fact, this is polite behavior.

When You Want to Talk

If your seat partner is willing to talk, ask him or her questions about his or her trip. Ask why he or she is traveling and how long he or she has been on the plane. Ask if he or she has ever been where you are going before. This can lead into a conversation about how much each of you likes the place where you are going.

What Not To Talk About

As you take off, your seat partner may say to you: “Oh, my God! The ground is so far away!” or “Are we really gonna fly with this thing?”

Respond by saying: “Relax. I’m going to put the seat back and watch a movie.” When he falls asleep, you can put your feet on him.

Conversation starters for later in the flight include: “We’re not falling fast enough for me,” and “I can’t believe there’s nothing between us and the sun but that little plastic window.”

In the event of turbulence, give your seat partner a reassuring smile and say, “It’s just like that feeling you get when you drive over a bump at 60 miles an hour.” If he screams, roll your eyes and tell him to grow up.

If the plane crashes, push your seat partner out of the way as you escape. After all, it’s every man for himself now.

Conversations with seat partners are one of the many unexpected pleasures that can make a flight worthwhile. But seat conversations can be difficult to start and maintain, especially in the context of a long flight. Here are some tips for getting your conversation started on the right foot:

* Be courteous when you begin to talk.

* Let the first topic be about your seatmate, not yourself.

* If you have similar interests, share them with your seatmate.

* If your shared interest is sports, check out what teams are playing on the airline’s channel — watching together is a great way to get to know someone!

* Ask about where your seatmate is coming from and going to.

* Bring up something about travel or the airport or airlines in general.

We spend a lot of time helping people learn how to talk to strangers. We don’t actually teach them what to say, but we do teach them not to get too personal with people they don’t know and to be sensitive about what is appropriate based on the circumstances.

When you’re traveling, you don’t have a choice about whether or not you want to talk to a stranger. You are sitting in an enclosed space for several hours next to someone who could potentially be extremely chatty. Even though you may not want to talk, you can’t exactly ignore this person, especially if there is some sort of turbulence that makes it hard for one of you to read your book or watch TV.

We’ve heard many stories about rude people who won’t even acknowledge their seat mate, and we’ve seen others who spend the whole flight talking loudly on their cell phones. If you’re flying coach, chances are that there will not be much room between your seat and the one in front of it, so it might be hard to avoid talking with the person seated next to you during the flight.

We recommend that if you are traveling alone and want some peace and quiet on a plane, bring an iPod or book that will help keep your mind off of how close your seat