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All it may take is your co-passenger accidentally spilling a drink or invading your space on an aircraft to ruin your journey. With aeroplanes and airports busier than ever globally and strangers at arm’s length almost everywhere, travel etiquette is quintessential. 

From a product offering perspective, air carriers are making the impossible come true: Apartment-style first-class cabins, beds and sofas for extra comfort, suites for families travelling together, and onboard lounges, showers, and spas offer passengers to luxuriate a five-star experience in the sky.

As a marketing strategy, a few airlines brand their first—and business-class products using different terminology, such as Club World, Q suite, Diamond class, etc. 

With so much to offer, the premium cabins attract the crème de la crème as their travellers; your travel companion could be a famous personality, business tycoon, corporate traveller, or a high-profile family.

So, what are the five-star Etiquette tips to follow when travelling first and business class to avoid a travel faux pas?  

• Be kind and interact with the cabin crew when they walk you to your seat or welcome you onboard with a drink.
• Avoid being on your mobile phone when boarding the plane. 
• Premium cabins usually offer a high-end dining experience; hence, follow dining etiquette.
• Go through the menu and understand how the meal service works for that airline.
• You can enjoy top-notch alcohol, but do not go overboard; stop when necessary.
• Enjoy the onboard shower facilities. However, you must be considerate of others. 
• Premium cabins are very enclosed; you may speak with your co-travellers and use this as a networking opportunity in the cabin or if the aircraft has its bar area. 
• However, keep it soft so you do not force others to eves-drop into your conversation. 
• Where privacy screens exist between two seats, softly pull them up or across rather than just shunting them abruptly. 
• Be considerate of the cabin crew when using the call button. 
• Everyone loves the branded amenity kits and PJs, but please do not ask for more. 
• Please read about the additional travel benefits of flying premium cabins and avail them to your advantage.
• If you have an issue with other co-travellers, address it with the cabin crew and not directly with the passenger. 

Post-COVID, we have heard of many incidents where travellers act up with cabin crew or co-travellers; this behaviour can prove very dangerous or result in a significant aircraft incident, thus denying the malfeasant’s future travels. Hence, manners and conduct must take precedence for a safe, secure, pleasant travel experience.

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