What flying economy on a 9 hour international flight is ACTUALLY like...

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The creator documents her experience flying economy class on a long-haul Delta flight from Atlanta to Rome. She reviews the seat comfort, food, and amenities, ultimately recommending the airline despite some minor complaints about legroom.

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1Introduction to the flight experience
2Review of seat selection and comfort
3Demonstration of in-flight food and entertainment
4Critique of bathroom and legroom
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Breaking down my @delta economy flight experience to Rome, Italy from Atlanta, Georgia (ATL was our connecting flight, our trip started from Orlando!)!! Honestly, the overall experience was better than I was expecting… It was really just the legroom and the fact that I could not fall asleep for a long period of time on the flight that bothered me. But I would absolutely take this itinerary again. And like I said in the video, I’m really curious about the comfort+ experience from a legroom perspective. I think the first class flight was literally $2000 more than what we paid sooooo we may have to really wait on that lol, but I really wanna know if the next class has more legroom and feels like a more comfortable flight experience, because it might be worth the money 🫣 ##blackgirltravel##romeitaly##economyclass##internationalflights##traveltiktok Delta international flight Atlanta to Rome flight Economy on an international flight Delta economy Europe First time going to Rome First time going to Europe

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What flying economy on a 9 hour international flight is ACTUALLY like... Atlanta, GA ✈️ Rome, Italy I flew economy on a nine hour flight to Europe. So let's talk about it. Justin and I went to Italy for the first leg of our trip, specifically Rome, and we were so excited. I'm SO happy & thankful that we didn't have to sit in the rows with 4 seats 😭😭😭 We bought our flights back in either March or April. And so thankfully we were booking, there were plenty of good seat options, and so we actually got a two seater on the left side of the plane, which is perfect. Which means that I got the window seat and Justin got the aisle. Obviously, one of the best things about an international flight is the fact that you get free food and free drinks no matter what class you're in. Again, we were economy. There's comfort plus, and then there's first class. We were good whether you want pop, wine, coffee, tea, whatever. I ended up getting the ravioli, Justin got a chicken dish with rice, and we're pretty satisfied. We did not touch the chickpea salad LOL We ate about like an hour into the flight, so that's really just enough time for you to get settled, drink whatever you ordered, then you can actually sit down and enjoy your meal really quickly. now... the roll is COLD mao. so manage your expectations there lol On the bathroom. Of course, I was quickly reminded why I don't use the bathroom on flights 😭😭😭 I typically try to avoid using the bathroom on flights, but again, nine hours, you gotta get up and you gotta use the bathroom at least once. So I did, and it was smaller than I remembered, so didn't love that experience. Also, speaking of space, I think that Was our biggest problem with this flight. Our ✨highly rated✨ neck pillows were NOT comfortable & the limited leg room for 9 hours was tough for us both. I think we both maybe got two and a half hours of sleep total, and it was not consecutive. It was on and off. In total, the flight was pretty good. Like, the food was good, the entertainment, the free Wi-Fi was good. They had outlets at each seat. What more could you ask for when it comes to that? I just wish we had a little bit more leg room, and I wish we would have been able to get a little bit more comfortable on our flight. But maybe if we upgrade to Comfort Plus, next time, we will have that experience. So I would definitely fly economy again, especially on Delta. But I'm really itching to see what, like, a business class or first class experience would be like. So hopefully that happens one day.

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I flew economy on a nine hour flight to Europe. So let's talk about it. Justin and I went to Italy for the first leg of our trip, specifically Rome, and we were so excited. I'm SO happy & thankful that we didn't have to sit in the rows with 4 seats. We bought our flights back in either March or April. And so thankfully we were booking, there were plenty of good seat options, and so we actually got a two seater on the left side of the plane, which is perfect. Which means that I got the window seat and Justin got the aisle. Obviously, one of the best things about an international flight is the fact that you get free food and free drinks no matter what class you're in. Again, we were economy. There's comfort plus, and then there's first class. We were good whether you want pop, wine, coffee, tea, whatever. I ended up getting the ravioli, Justin got a chicken dish with rice, and we're pretty satisfied. We did not touch the chickpea salad LOL. We ate about like an hour into the flight, so that's really just enough time for you to get settled, drink whatever you ordered, then you can actually sit down and enjoy your meal really quickly. Now... the roll is COLD mao. So manage your expectations there lol. On the bathroom. Of course, I was quickly reminded why I don't use the bathroom on flights. I typically try to avoid using the bathroom on flights, but again, nine hours, you gotta get up and you gotta use the bathroom at least once. So I did, and it was smaller than I remembered, so didn't love that experience. Also, speaking of space, I think that was our biggest problem with this flight. Our highly rated neck pillows were NOT comfortable & the limited leg room for 9 hours was tough for us both. I think we both maybe got two and a half hours of sleep total, and it was not consecutive. It was on and off. In total, the flight was pretty good. Like, the food was good, the entertainment, the free Wi-Fi was good. They had outlets at each seat. What more could you ask for when it comes to that? I just wish we had a little bit more leg room, and I wish we would have been able to get a little bit more comfortable on our flight. But maybe if we upgrade to Comfort Plus, next time, we will have that experience. So I would definitely fly economy again, especially on Delta. But I'm really itching to see what, like, a business class or first class experience would be like. So hopefully that happens one day.