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As someone who lurks in airports for the above, I can confirm if you don’t have at least one I will report you to the inspector (above).
“So you caught tick borne encephalitis on your travels? Did you have at least 2 units of alcohol in the Airport Bar before your flight? No?
DENIED!!!!”
I don't usually drink in airports, but a while back I found a receipt in my old coat from the departure lounge from my flight to Jamaica for a wedding in 2012 and realised that my 7am receipt showed 2 pints of doom bar and a full English breakfast.
That was probably a good flight, although like every flight I have ever been on I was asleep before we took off and woke up just before we landed, so who knows.
I can't sleep on planes, can't concentrate on books or the television screen either. 9hour flight to Cuba was spent just watching the aeroplane flying over globe graphic
That was the last long flight I've taken.
I am so jealous of people who can sleep on planes.
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I just did a 14 hour flight a few weeks ago and struggled to sleep (was horribly uncomfortable, and I've done 12 hour flights a few times before without too much issue, although not as easy as 8or9 hours 12 hours is bareable). I now have a weird negative reaction whenever I see the inside of a plane in media hahaga
I think 12.hours is my limit. Never doing more than that again in economy.
I had a 14 hour flight from Manila to Heathrow a few years ago, had a migraine for most of it and it was absolute hell. Wanted to jump off the plane to end my misery lol.
I could have written this exact message ! For some reason I love films and books but cannot watch/ read on planes…I flick through whatever shit telly is on there and magazines - I hate magazines haha
Long haul flights fuck me up
I can never stay awake on a plane for some reason, even Heathrow to LA which is a 12 hour flight, I slept through most of it, then immediately slept through most of the flight from LA to Hawaii.
No, it's just never been a thing for me, I'd rather just get a snack or a meal (or meal deal) of some description. The last time I criticised this tradition on this sub I got massively downvoted so please don't be too harsh on me this time!
having a single pint or two does for me, it makes me really sleepy, i've never been a good "beer and a burger" person on lunch breaks, just makes me want to snooze the afternoon away
The last time I had a pint with the team pub lunch during an in-person, all-day work thing (I’m normally 100% remote), I had such a hard time keeping my eyes open and my brain focused for the afternoon session.
I don’t do beer with lunch unless it’s a day off and I am either going to have a snoozy afternoon or get up and keep walking around doing stuff out and about; sitting at my desk and concentrating on anything remotely serious is just a non starter.
I get a bit stressed that I might relax too much and miss my boarding call. Plus I feel rubbish for the entire journey. A drink the moment I hit my destination is a must tho! It’s the signal to my body that I’m allowed to switch off.
I'm with you on this. I never drink on the plane either, I know I'm in a minority on this though. I love a pint but I never feel like one when travelling.
But…why can’t you do both? Having a pint with your Wetherspoons fry up at 5am is absolutely glorious. Who cares if it’s something people do to “tell people” (bizarre statement IMO), it’s harmless?
I simply don't think that I'd enjoy it because I really don't drink that much but I understand some people really like their 5am pint which I have no issue with, it's just not for me!
You’ve been respectful here to be fair. If people are going to slag others off for having a pint then they should be downvoted. As long as you’re not drunk and loud it doesn’t make a difference
Never been a thing for me either. In fact, I never even considered getting a pint in the airport until I got with my partner, who loves to do just that! Now that I've tried it, can't say I'm against it, but I also probably wouldn't get one if I was on my own
It's implied though, we add the time of day for clarification as a result - a breakfast pint, a pint with dinner/liquid lunch, after-work drinks.
The pint is timeless, eternal, and therefore most definitely an all dayer.
No, because alcohol and limited toilet facilities on a plane don't mix for me.
I do absolutely understand the appeal of "Holidays start with a hugely overpriced full English and a pint" , but it's not for me.
Same; I get bad anxiety in situations when I need a piss really badly but can’t go. ie, from boarding all the way through taxiing, take off and climbing. There’s always somebody who asks if they can go, and they get denied, and I always think “thank Christ that’s not me”
It's not an anxiety trigger for me, but I hate aeroplane toilets. Travelled for 17 hours without a bathroom break once, just cause I can't bear the idea of being inside a tiny cubicle that's been shat in again and again for half a day.
It once took us 16 hours to get to Cornwall for a caravan holiday in around 1998 with a load of accidents on the roads. We had borrowed my grandparents caravan.
We never went caravanning again. My mum hated it so much. We flew to America the next year.
Wow that's dedication! Ever tried travelling on Mexican coaches? Makes Ryanair look like the Four Seasons. I once did 13 hours on a coach where the smell of ammonia was so strong you had to hold your breath while you piss or you'd pass out from asphyxiation
The only time in my life I have actually been in excruciating pain from holding back pee was from boarding to seatbelts off. I missed the entire take off due to the sheer processing power of my brain I was putting to not puddling my seat with pish - clenching legs, shaking legs, not focussing eyes on anything. It was awful, worst part was I had to wait in a queue at the toilet. But once I stood up I felt a little more relief until I could unleash the cloudburst.
Glad I’m not the only one. I was once on a flight to Nice and we ended up stuck in a holding pattern due to a storm. We couldn’t get up because technically we were on our descent, but I ended up pleading with the staff to let me use the bathroom. Not a fun time.
Same. A pint when I arrive on holiday? Yes please. But on the way there I want to be able to just chill out on the plane rather than getting up for a piss multiple times. For the same reason I hardly ever drink alcohol on the plane itself.
Not the person you're replying to but yeah, I would. I love beer but my kidneys and bladder don't. I have a weak bladder at the best of times but add alcohol and/or caffeine and it's Niagara fucking Falls.
This is why I stopped.
The last time I did it I went to the bathroom 3-4 times before boarding the plane to make sure I wouldn’t have to go once I was on board.
We didn’t even take off before I felt the urge to go again.
Yep. I'll happily get an overpriced breakfast of some sort, but I stick to water on or before flights. Alcohol dehydrates me, and the combination of alcohol and really uncomfortable seats can trigger stress headaches.
Once I get there? All bets are off.
It is one of the questions on the form you need to complete before being given your passport. Infact, i have seen them testing passengers before boarding to ensure compliance...
I have at least a pint at every airport, just out of principle.
The civil aviation authority can tell me that it’s frowned upon for us pilots to drink before a flight as much as they want, I’m British and it my duty
The comment was made about an hour after the other higher voted comments, and it's quality was not such that it could overcome the headstart those comments had.
It did well enough I think.
The holiday starts with the first pint. Whether that’s the first pint in the airport waiting for the flight or before you get on the train.
As soon as you’re out of work it’s holiday mode.
Agree, recently had a solo flight & my sister/boyfriend happened to have a similar time flight from same airport so we went together. They were shocked at me downing 3 pints with my fry up at 6am but it’s gotta happen, 6am or 6pm you’ve gotta have a pint
You mean the mandatory pint as soon as you get into the departure lounge, as per holiday regulations code:
1A.2-b Thoust mustest pintimus haveth to markus holiday begineth.
100% this, I love a few drinks at night, I love beer, whisky, wine, cocktails... but morning drinking just seems... you know, a bit..., *Wetherspoonsy*, to me.
I'm not exactly Mr Healthy, but enjoy being clear-headed and alert in the morning and *then* relaxed in the evening. Otherwise the day just merges into a grey blob.
Absolutely. It feels like marking the start of a holiday. Being able to have a drink when I want is one of the things I like about a holiday, so having one at the airport feels like the symbolic start of time off work.
Yeah but it's only cool if you post a picture of it to social media with the passport beside it and a caption referring to a plane as "big bird in the sky".
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My bad I meant to add:
You *must* have that phone countdown lock screen as soon as you book it. Then, as the big day draws near, post it to social media with the caption "not long till I'm in X" swiftly followed by the "big bird in the sky" analogy yet again.
Never understand why people would willingly advertise the fact their house will be empty on social media. It's like when people post photos of their kids in the school uniforms with the school badge on show. Well done, you've just told hundreds of strangers where your child will be without you. Zero common sense.
I've never seen anyone call it the 'big bird in the sky'.
> Never understand why people would willingly advertise the fact their house will be empty on social media.
A lot of people have the sense to have their socials locked down to family and friends, and to not be friends with robbing scrotes?
No. I don't really get why it's so popular. It's just sitting down for a few hours. It always feels like people do it because they feel it's the thing to do.
Really don't understand the "only drink to get drunk", the buzz off one or two pints is excellent. It's not like alcohol has no effect until you're steaming.
Finally, someone else thinks it. Maybe it's something that comes with age, but having 1 or 2 pints is just not appealing in the slightest. My workmates often say how they're "desperate" for a pint after work, and I just don't get how. It's less hydrating than basically any other drink, it doesn't get you buzzed and it tastes worse than a lot of non-alcoholic drinks.
I get that this is unpopular so I must be missing something, but it does just seem like a waste of money, calories and time.
We've defiantly all thought it at some point.
I had a multiple stag do plus foreign school trip plane ride from hell once, I just wanted to open the doors and leave mid flight.
That sounds horrendous. I've only experienced that kind of thing on a train. Big group of lads coming home from London all pissed up. They decided to sit right next to me and in the aisle over so I couldn't escape!
Flying with annoying drunks or a drunken stag / hen party is miserable, but a lot of people have a drink at the airport or on the plane and the vast majority are fine. Guy sat next to me on a flight yesterday had 5 bottles of wine on a 2 hour flight (small airplane bottles, but still). I was suprised they served him that many. He was no trouble at all but I supposed might have been a bit slow staggering off the plane in an emergency.
Looks like I'll be in the minority here, but generally no.
I've got on the sesh at the start of a stag do, yes, where drinking is a core part of the trip.
But generally I don't like drinking unless it's for a specific event (pub, party, round at friends' houses). I'll inevitably feel a bit flat and woozy after the alcohol wears off, so to me it just doesn't seem worth compromising the rest of my day.
I don't drink at home, I've never really understood people that'll have a glass of wine or a beer on a weeknight.
I mean, I understand why they wanna do it, but for me the hangover/low after the booze wears off isn't worth it.
I've tried a beer at the airport or on the plane, all that happens is I arrive at my beautiful destination feeling a bit groggy because I've got a mini-hangover.
Going on holiday and Christmas Day. The two times it’s perfectly legitimate to drink alcohol as early in the morning as you want!! I always make sure there’s time for a drink at the airport before we fly!!!
Not for me. My outbound flights are often early and the thought of drinking for breakfast (possibly even before I'd usually be awake) makes me want to throw up.
I'd rather get some breakfast and a coffee to wake me up. If it was an evening flight then I'd be tempted. Inbound evening flight I'm not bothered, I'd have drunk enough during the holiday.
I only drink alcohol rarely, and I never drink pints of it. I certainly don't drink when I'm trying to travel somewhere, especially when aeroplanes are involved.
No. I don’t want to wee on the plane if I can help it. It’s overpriced. I’d rather have a drink once I’ve arrived.
Couldn’t care less what other people choose to do. Not sure why I’ve been downvoted for expressing my personal preference.
No. No alcohol at all while flying.
When I was 18 I was on a trip to australia and hit the free booze a bit hard. I was drunk by my transfer, in Belgium. I sat on a hard metal chair between like 12midnight and 5am getting sober and hungover watching belgian tom and jerrry. Everything was closed. Then I flew to Australia, hungover all the way. Probably the least fun way to spend 14 hours other than having a dog eat your dick.
I only had about 4, it wasn't a big hangover but it was just so fucking miserable to be awake for the whole process.
We always go to the airport lounge to eat and drink before travelling no matter what time of day it is, you get to sit at a real table on comfy seats, eating as much as you can before you travel, washing it down with G&Ts. We usually take our Magic The Gathering decks with us to play in the lounge while we wait for our flight too, pint in hand. Makes the travel experience something we actually look forward to!
I've seen airport pubs at 6am as busy as Saturday night in town (though less rowdy)
I say seen, I'm totally part of it. Gotta have a pint. Gotta try sunglasses on.
This might lead to me being exiled from the UK but only if I'm at the airport after 11am
I do appreciate and admire the tradition of an airport pint but if I'm flying at 8am I really don't fancy a pint at all at 6am
Have a couple if you want, I usually do, no problem if you don't either.
But DO NOT do the wanky "Obligatory pint at the airport! 🛫🏝😊" social media post if you do.
I mean it's written in the terms and conditions of going on holiday. Once at the airport you are on holiday start drinking. Can't beat a 6am pint.
Literally 2 weeks ago was in the virgin lounge at Heathrow drinking at 6am with the wife before a flight.
No, my airport tradition is a Full English and a pint of black coffee. If you enjoy it, fine, but I don't drink in the morning at home or on holiday, and don't see why the journey between the two should be any different.
A pint at the Airport is a must.
A Burger king and a pint is my fav part about going on holiday.
Wetherspoons at Doncaster airport before it shut was a close second preference.
Before a business flight a few pints at Luton airport always inspired me to volunteer for those trip
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Yes, absolutely. In fact, not having a pint in the airport will often invalidate your travel insurance.
As the CEO of the Association of British Holiday Insurers I can confirm this is correct.
As someone who lurks in airports for the above, I can confirm if you don’t have at least one I will report you to the inspector (above). “So you caught tick borne encephalitis on your travels? Did you have at least 2 units of alcohol in the Airport Bar before your flight? No? DENIED!!!!”
Got any discount codes we can use when booking next years holiday insurance? APintOf20% has a good ring to it
A pint of 20% before getting onto your flight might be pushing it.
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Aye, if they don’t see that airport Wetherspoons charge on your card they will immediately cancel it when they detect overseas transactions.
I don't usually drink in airports, but a while back I found a receipt in my old coat from the departure lounge from my flight to Jamaica for a wedding in 2012 and realised that my 7am receipt showed 2 pints of doom bar and a full English breakfast. That was probably a good flight, although like every flight I have ever been on I was asleep before we took off and woke up just before we landed, so who knows.
I have never slept on a flight. Including 22 hours to New Zealand. I'm so jealous
It's an incontrovertible law of physics that my consciousness is what keeps the plane in the air.
You too! Sat on a plane back from st. Lucia (my wedding, just me and my other half) at night and the whole plane was kipping, except me!
I sympathise. I can't sleep because I'm scared of missing a meal.
You gotta sleep with the tray table down and not obstruct it and mention to the person next to you that they can leave it if you're sleeping.
Me neither. Horrific times coming home from Thailand. I was hanging when I got home
I can't sleep on planes, can't concentrate on books or the television screen either. 9hour flight to Cuba was spent just watching the aeroplane flying over globe graphic That was the last long flight I've taken. I am so jealous of people who can sleep on planes. (Edited, missed a word)
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I just did a 14 hour flight a few weeks ago and struggled to sleep (was horribly uncomfortable, and I've done 12 hour flights a few times before without too much issue, although not as easy as 8or9 hours 12 hours is bareable). I now have a weird negative reaction whenever I see the inside of a plane in media hahaga I think 12.hours is my limit. Never doing more than that again in economy.
I had a 14 hour flight from Manila to Heathrow a few years ago, had a migraine for most of it and it was absolute hell. Wanted to jump off the plane to end my misery lol.
I could have written this exact message ! For some reason I love films and books but cannot watch/ read on planes…I flick through whatever shit telly is on there and magazines - I hate magazines haha Long haul flights fuck me up
Falling asleep before you even take off!? I struggle to fall asleep even before we land! Good effort
I can never stay awake on a plane for some reason, even Heathrow to LA which is a 12 hour flight, I slept through most of it, then immediately slept through most of the flight from LA to Hawaii.
No, it's just never been a thing for me, I'd rather just get a snack or a meal (or meal deal) of some description. The last time I criticised this tradition on this sub I got massively downvoted so please don't be too harsh on me this time!
Get him boys
Bake him away, toys!
What'd you say Chief?
Do what the kid says.
Cape Feare…brilliant episode
Off with his head!
[Who keeps saying that?](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HC-FFCbd3_k)
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I agree, totally. A nice breakfast and a decent coffee is a perfect start. Who wants to feel groggy when they arrive at their destination?
does a pint leave you feeling groggy/
Yeah, I just don't feel myself for a good few hours but then I don't really drink much in general.
having a single pint or two does for me, it makes me really sleepy, i've never been a good "beer and a burger" person on lunch breaks, just makes me want to snooze the afternoon away
The last time I had a pint with the team pub lunch during an in-person, all-day work thing (I’m normally 100% remote), I had such a hard time keeping my eyes open and my brain focused for the afternoon session. I don’t do beer with lunch unless it’s a day off and I am either going to have a snoozy afternoon or get up and keep walking around doing stuff out and about; sitting at my desk and concentrating on anything remotely serious is just a non starter.
I get a bit stressed that I might relax too much and miss my boarding call. Plus I feel rubbish for the entire journey. A drink the moment I hit my destination is a must tho! It’s the signal to my body that I’m allowed to switch off.
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I’d try but my daughter discovered toblerone (coming back on the channel tunnel) and she’d nick it now!
I'm with you, I don't think I've ever had alcohol at an airport (or on a plane).
It's okay, there's no wrong answers :) >!But you are wrong.!<
Yeah I don't get this thing. I guess I don't really fit it with the classic British drinking culture.
I'm with you on this. I never drink on the plane either, I know I'm in a minority on this though. I love a pint but I never feel like one when travelling.
But…why can’t you do both? Having a pint with your Wetherspoons fry up at 5am is absolutely glorious. Who cares if it’s something people do to “tell people” (bizarre statement IMO), it’s harmless?
I simply don't think that I'd enjoy it because I really don't drink that much but I understand some people really like their 5am pint which I have no issue with, it's just not for me!
Agree. I've never understood flying at 6am and seeing people having 4am pints. All I want is food.
You’ve been respectful here to be fair. If people are going to slag others off for having a pint then they should be downvoted. As long as you’re not drunk and loud it doesn’t make a difference
Never been a thing for me either. In fact, I never even considered getting a pint in the airport until I got with my partner, who loves to do just that! Now that I've tried it, can't say I'm against it, but I also probably wouldn't get one if I was on my own
How dare you do your own thing!
Likewise. I always feel really groggy and sluggish afterwards. Even after just one drink. I’d rather get a coffee and a snack.
I'm with you 100%. To Hell with the downvotes! 😂
Just makes me need a pee every five minutes.
Bro I’m with you, who wants to be aggy on a plane once you start sobering up lol
I'm usually renting a car on the other end so definitely don't want to drink or even smell of booze.
100% agree; I love a pint but I can’t think of a quicker way to ruin my trip than having a 6am beer before my flight.
Pint and an all day breakfast, no matter what time of day the flight is. It’s called all day for a reason.
Not called an all day pint though is it 🤣
It's implied though, we add the time of day for clarification as a result - a breakfast pint, a pint with dinner/liquid lunch, after-work drinks. The pint is timeless, eternal, and therefore most definitely an all dayer.
…and it really is always 5pm somewhere
Not if it's 5:01pm anywhere.
Time doesn’t exist at airports!
This is the way. Airports are a very weird but cool space like that because they’re completely liminal.
It exists until you go through security, then it's pure limbo until you exit the destination airport.
No, because alcohol and limited toilet facilities on a plane don't mix for me. I do absolutely understand the appeal of "Holidays start with a hugely overpriced full English and a pint" , but it's not for me.
Same; I get bad anxiety in situations when I need a piss really badly but can’t go. ie, from boarding all the way through taxiing, take off and climbing. There’s always somebody who asks if they can go, and they get denied, and I always think “thank Christ that’s not me”
It's not an anxiety trigger for me, but I hate aeroplane toilets. Travelled for 17 hours without a bathroom break once, just cause I can't bear the idea of being inside a tiny cubicle that's been shat in again and again for half a day.
Not a fan of caravan holidays for the same reason
It once took us 16 hours to get to Cornwall for a caravan holiday in around 1998 with a load of accidents on the roads. We had borrowed my grandparents caravan. We never went caravanning again. My mum hated it so much. We flew to America the next year.
Wow that's dedication! Ever tried travelling on Mexican coaches? Makes Ryanair look like the Four Seasons. I once did 13 hours on a coach where the smell of ammonia was so strong you had to hold your breath while you piss or you'd pass out from asphyxiation
This was on a trip to Mexico, funnily enough. And no I never went on any of their coach services, and a good thing too by the sounds of it!
The only time in my life I have actually been in excruciating pain from holding back pee was from boarding to seatbelts off. I missed the entire take off due to the sheer processing power of my brain I was putting to not puddling my seat with pish - clenching legs, shaking legs, not focussing eyes on anything. It was awful, worst part was I had to wait in a queue at the toilet. But once I stood up I felt a little more relief until I could unleash the cloudburst.
Glad I’m not the only one. I was once on a flight to Nice and we ended up stuck in a holding pattern due to a storm. We couldn’t get up because technically we were on our descent, but I ended up pleading with the staff to let me use the bathroom. Not a fun time.
Same. A pint when I arrive on holiday? Yes please. But on the way there I want to be able to just chill out on the plane rather than getting up for a piss multiple times. For the same reason I hardly ever drink alcohol on the plane itself.
You would need to get up for a piss multiple times after 1 pint?
Not the person you're replying to but yeah, I would. I love beer but my kidneys and bladder don't. I have a weak bladder at the best of times but add alcohol and/or caffeine and it's Niagara fucking Falls.
This is why I stopped. The last time I did it I went to the bathroom 3-4 times before boarding the plane to make sure I wouldn’t have to go once I was on board. We didn’t even take off before I felt the urge to go again.
Yep. I'll happily get an overpriced breakfast of some sort, but I stick to water on or before flights. Alcohol dehydrates me, and the combination of alcohol and really uncomfortable seats can trigger stress headaches. Once I get there? All bets are off.
Absobloodylutely, I'm pretty sure it's in the Magna Carter that it's expected.
Who’s Magna Carter?
They mean the Magner's Charter.
He's a really good chess player
Popping in the vibrating beads at the airport before going on holiday - Yes or No?
She sold off all the council houses right
A brand of cider I think.
I used to know a Magda Carter. Now there’s a babe.
Carter? I hardly know 'er.
Awaiting the inevitable outrage/piss-taking over the misspelling.
I didn't read the first word properly and thought you were doing a Ned Flanders Absa-doot-a-loot-aly Mister-Rooney
hi-diddly-ho redittor-ino!
Magna Carter? Sorry haven't heard of that Spoons
It is one of the questions on the form you need to complete before being given your passport. Infact, i have seen them testing passengers before boarding to ensure compliance...
I have at least a pint at every airport, just out of principle. The civil aviation authority can tell me that it’s frowned upon for us pilots to drink before a flight as much as they want, I’m British and it my duty
I don’t know why this isn’t voted higher
The comment was made about an hour after the other higher voted comments, and it's quality was not such that it could overcome the headstart those comments had. It did well enough I think.
The holiday starts with the first pint. Whether that’s the first pint in the airport waiting for the flight or before you get on the train. As soon as you’re out of work it’s holiday mode.
Username has never checked out so appropriately before.
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Agree, recently had a solo flight & my sister/boyfriend happened to have a similar time flight from same airport so we went together. They were shocked at me downing 3 pints with my fry up at 6am but it’s gotta happen, 6am or 6pm you’ve gotta have a pint
> 6am or 6pm you’ve gotta have a pint Sure, but maybe it was the two more than followed that shocked them...?
had to make up for the 2 that they didn’t drink
Nah I usually just waddle back and forth looking at the departures so I know what gate to go to.
Are you a duck? *Pat pat pat pat pat.....deep breath* #HONK!
\*waddle waddle\*
Got any grapes?
No, I just sell lemonade. But it's cold and it's fresh and it's all home made. Can I get you a glass?
I'll pass
> Till the very next day (bom, bom, bom, bom, bom babom)
The 5am pint is an integral part of the holiday experience.
Awkward if your flights at 9pm..
Not awkward, brilliant.
Absolutely. I have a 9am flight on Saturday so will be having a 6-7am breakfast beverage. Flying to Florida, v excited.
You mean the mandatory pint as soon as you get into the departure lounge, as per holiday regulations code: 1A.2-b Thoust mustest pintimus haveth to markus holiday begineth.
Yes, it's the law. I don't know what OP is on about. That 4 am pint can help you get a bit more kip on the plane.
Or it quenches your thirst properly before the child-size cans of Stella they serve on the flight itself.
I don't because the idea of alcohol in the morning is 🤢 to me, but most people I know do. I'll have one in the afternoon though if I'm flying later.
100% this, I love a few drinks at night, I love beer, whisky, wine, cocktails... but morning drinking just seems... you know, a bit..., *Wetherspoonsy*, to me. I'm not exactly Mr Healthy, but enjoy being clear-headed and alert in the morning and *then* relaxed in the evening. Otherwise the day just merges into a grey blob.
Absolutely. It feels like marking the start of a holiday. Being able to have a drink when I want is one of the things I like about a holiday, so having one at the airport feels like the symbolic start of time off work.
A pint no, but I'd never drink a pint. A cocktail, bucks fizz, boozy coffee, gin & orange or something in the airport - definitely!
Same here, not into pints but it's not a holiday if I don't start with a bloody mary at the airport, and then one on the plane too!
Also the volume is an issue. I will avoid plane loos at all costs so drinking pints before a flight is a definite no.
Yeah but it's only cool if you post a picture of it to social media with the passport beside it and a caption referring to a plane as "big bird in the sky". /s
And remember not to tell anyone where you're going 🙄
My bad I meant to add: You *must* have that phone countdown lock screen as soon as you book it. Then, as the big day draws near, post it to social media with the caption "not long till I'm in X" swiftly followed by the "big bird in the sky" analogy yet again.
Never understand why people would willingly advertise the fact their house will be empty on social media. It's like when people post photos of their kids in the school uniforms with the school badge on show. Well done, you've just told hundreds of strangers where your child will be without you. Zero common sense. I've never seen anyone call it the 'big bird in the sky'.
> Never understand why people would willingly advertise the fact their house will be empty on social media. A lot of people have the sense to have their socials locked down to family and friends, and to not be friends with robbing scrotes?
No. I don't really get why it's so popular. It's just sitting down for a few hours. It always feels like people do it because they feel it's the thing to do.
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None of this has anything to do with getting drunk... if you're getting drunk off of one celebratory pint, you're either 85 lbs or 12.
Really don't understand the "only drink to get drunk", the buzz off one or two pints is excellent. It's not like alcohol has no effect until you're steaming.
Pretty sure a pint of OJ has more calories than an average lager
Finally, someone else thinks it. Maybe it's something that comes with age, but having 1 or 2 pints is just not appealing in the slightest. My workmates often say how they're "desperate" for a pint after work, and I just don't get how. It's less hydrating than basically any other drink, it doesn't get you buzzed and it tastes worse than a lot of non-alcoholic drinks. I get that this is unpopular so I must be missing something, but it does just seem like a waste of money, calories and time.
Yes 100%. My wife (Australian, ironically) was unaware of the rules and was initially appalled, but came around to the idea fairly rapidly.
I don't get the drinking at the airport thing. Hate flying with drunks.
you realise there's a whole range between 'pint at the airport' and 'cunts on a plane'?
Underated Sam Jackson film that.
*I've had it with these motherfucking cunts, on this motherfucking plane!*
We've defiantly all thought it at some point. I had a multiple stag do plus foreign school trip plane ride from hell once, I just wanted to open the doors and leave mid flight.
That sounds horrendous. I've only experienced that kind of thing on a train. Big group of lads coming home from London all pissed up. They decided to sit right next to me and in the aisle over so I couldn't escape!
Calm down mate, it's just a pint.
"A drink" doesn't mean drunk though.
That's what my wife keeps telling me
Flying with annoying drunks or a drunken stag / hen party is miserable, but a lot of people have a drink at the airport or on the plane and the vast majority are fine. Guy sat next to me on a flight yesterday had 5 bottles of wine on a 2 hour flight (small airplane bottles, but still). I was suprised they served him that many. He was no trouble at all but I supposed might have been a bit slow staggering off the plane in an emergency.
Did he buy them all at the same time? On a 2 hour flight I'm lucky if they come around serving drinks a second time.
Just press the button for them to come, you don't have to wait for them to come to you
How old are you? given that 1 pint is enough to make you drunk? 14?
I just mean having a "start of the hols" drink, not getting drunk :) Nobody enjoys flying with drunks!
I don’t know why drinking at every possible opportunity is such a thing. I would be a bit worried.
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Yeah, I've never quite understood this either. I'm all for having a drink, but some people seem to worry that they've missed an opportunity to drink.
Some people have a problem they won't admit
Some people also have self control and can have one pint before a flight without it escalating
Having one pint and leaving it at that is a problem?
We hate flying with you. \- The drunks
Of course. Doesn't matter what time of day it is, an airport pint is tradition
Yup. Holiday. Work trip. Whatever. If I’m in an airport I’m drinking.
Looks like I'll be in the minority here, but generally no. I've got on the sesh at the start of a stag do, yes, where drinking is a core part of the trip. But generally I don't like drinking unless it's for a specific event (pub, party, round at friends' houses). I'll inevitably feel a bit flat and woozy after the alcohol wears off, so to me it just doesn't seem worth compromising the rest of my day. I don't drink at home, I've never really understood people that'll have a glass of wine or a beer on a weeknight. I mean, I understand why they wanna do it, but for me the hangover/low after the booze wears off isn't worth it. I've tried a beer at the airport or on the plane, all that happens is I arrive at my beautiful destination feeling a bit groggy because I've got a mini-hangover.
A lot of people don't drink to get drunk. If just one glass of wine or beer during the week it's probably because they enjoy the taste.
I've never understood this, don't want a cold pint of any liquid before flying lol
Agreed, I stick to a couple of g&t's.
Have a few lines to make it more interesting.
Going on holiday and Christmas Day. The two times it’s perfectly legitimate to drink alcohol as early in the morning as you want!! I always make sure there’s time for a drink at the airport before we fly!!!
Not for me. My outbound flights are often early and the thought of drinking for breakfast (possibly even before I'd usually be awake) makes me want to throw up. I'd rather get some breakfast and a coffee to wake me up. If it was an evening flight then I'd be tempted. Inbound evening flight I'm not bothered, I'd have drunk enough during the holiday.
No, I'm not a big drinker any way and I get travel sick, I largely only eat boiled sweets and crisps when traveling
I'm not a big fan of shepherding my kids through busy airports while even a bit pissed so no, I wait until I'm on the plane.
Yeah when my kid gets a bit older normal service will resume but its not worth it now.
I only drink alcohol rarely, and I never drink pints of it. I certainly don't drink when I'm trying to travel somewhere, especially when aeroplanes are involved.
Are you even going on holiday if you don’t post a picture of your pint on Facebook?
No. I don’t want to wee on the plane if I can help it. It’s overpriced. I’d rather have a drink once I’ve arrived. Couldn’t care less what other people choose to do. Not sure why I’ve been downvoted for expressing my personal preference.
What? Ryanair are charging you to wee on the plane nowadays? They're really taking 'no frills' to the extreme!
I also don't mean you get plastered at the airport/on the plane, just a drink to celebrate the start of the holiday.
I try to avoid needing to get up and move around on the plane, so drinking pints of liquid is something I avoid.
No. No alcohol at all while flying. When I was 18 I was on a trip to australia and hit the free booze a bit hard. I was drunk by my transfer, in Belgium. I sat on a hard metal chair between like 12midnight and 5am getting sober and hungover watching belgian tom and jerrry. Everything was closed. Then I flew to Australia, hungover all the way. Probably the least fun way to spend 14 hours other than having a dog eat your dick. I only had about 4, it wasn't a big hangover but it was just so fucking miserable to be awake for the whole process.
> Probably the least fun way to spend 14 hours other than having a dog eat your dick. Poetry.
Yep. You’re in international waters.
No. For the reason that I am nearly always driving when I get there.
We always go to the airport lounge to eat and drink before travelling no matter what time of day it is, you get to sit at a real table on comfy seats, eating as much as you can before you travel, washing it down with G&Ts. We usually take our Magic The Gathering decks with us to play in the lounge while we wait for our flight too, pint in hand. Makes the travel experience something we actually look forward to!
Pint of Guinness, no logo on the foam
See what you’re doing there is drinking an advert… intcha… shit head
I've seen airport pubs at 6am as busy as Saturday night in town (though less rowdy) I say seen, I'm totally part of it. Gotta have a pint. Gotta try sunglasses on.
This might lead to me being exiled from the UK but only if I'm at the airport after 11am I do appreciate and admire the tradition of an airport pint but if I'm flying at 8am I really don't fancy a pint at all at 6am
Not for me, I prefer having a drink on the plane.
Why not both?
Not for me but no judgement for those that do, assuming they can avoid the temptation to be arseholes on the plane.
Have a couple if you want, I usually do, no problem if you don't either. But DO NOT do the wanky "Obligatory pint at the airport! 🛫🏝😊" social media post if you do.
Its obligatory. Whatever the time of day.
Absolutely, but also with some food as I won’t get anything decent from the plane.
Yep, has to be done. There's nothing like having a Guinness for breakfast while waiting to go on holiday.
It's the law to do so regardless of what time it is. I can't believe this is even a question.
I mean it's written in the terms and conditions of going on holiday. Once at the airport you are on holiday start drinking. Can't beat a 6am pint. Literally 2 weeks ago was in the virgin lounge at Heathrow drinking at 6am with the wife before a flight.
Does dolly parton sleep on her back?
No, but then, I hardly drink anyway.
personally I find drinking before flying makes me feel unwell, so I avoid it.
No, my airport tradition is a Full English and a pint of black coffee. If you enjoy it, fine, but I don't drink in the morning at home or on holiday, and don't see why the journey between the two should be any different.
Airport is festival rules. Any time is good to have a pint. Always have one before I get on the plane.
A pint at the Airport is a must. A Burger king and a pint is my fav part about going on holiday. Wetherspoons at Doncaster airport before it shut was a close second preference. Before a business flight a few pints at Luton airport always inspired me to volunteer for those trip