Originally Posted by
subject2load
I'm sure they've never heard that little ruse before. Full marks for originality !
You should have told them you couldn't watch that great new movie you've been itching to see ("Adventures in Cloud Cuckoo Land") ...........
Actually believe it or not, my TV did not in fact work. The flight attendants tried resetting the system, but the screen still remained blank.
Luckily I had downloaded a few TV shows for the flight, would have gone crazy for those 14 hours without that because I couldn't sleep either.