HEADING on a bucket list getaway to Japan? If you’re already splashing the cash on a huge trip like this, you may as well make your flight part of the adventure.
I’m not talking about splurging on business class tickets – although with plush seats that turn into a flatbed and as much wine as you can stomach, you might be swayed for a special occasion.
This one-off experience didn’t cost me an extra penny, however – and I didn’t even need to move from my plane seat to enjoy it.
“You might want to open your window blind now,” the steward told me, several hours into our return flight from Tokyo.
“We’re passing over the North Pole.”