About

Longhaulist is a site about surviving long-haul flights in economy class. Not business. Not premium economy. The seat 85% of passengers actually sit in.

Most advice in this space is written for someone else. It optimises for points and miles, reviews airport lounges, or assumes you're reclining flat at 35,000 feet. None of that is useful if you're in seat 34E for the next eleven hours with 18 inches of legroom and a broken tray table.

This site is the resource that didn't exist: honest, evidence-grounded guidance for the economy passenger. What actually moves the needle on jet lag, circulation, sleep, posture, and gear — and what's noise.

Who writes it

A small team of long-haul economy regulars. Between us, hundreds of 8+ hour flights over the last decade — enough to know that most of the advice out there is either wrong, vague, or written by someone optimising for a cabin we're not sitting in.

We're not doctors, physical therapists, or sleep researchers. When those disciplines are relevant — and on this site they frequently are — the evidence comes from them. Our job is synthesis: taking what the research actually says and making it actionable for someone in the back of the plane.

How it works

Every tool on this site is built around a real physiological problem. Every gear recommendation is specific — brand, model, reason — or it isn't made. Every claim that can't be sourced is flagged or cut. If the best product in a category has no affiliate program, it's linked anyway.

The site is funded through affiliate links on gear and travel products, disclosed wherever they appear. Commission rates don't influence what gets recommended. The full policy is at the affiliate disclosure page.