I just spent 14 hours flying from Washington DC to Tokyo next to a guy that snored like a chain saw most of the way.

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I assume the flight was full. I think that falls under the 'worst case scenario' - I think I would have locked myself in one of the lavs. :-)

I wonder if noise cancelling headphones would work on that type of sound. Anyone?

Sounds like fun.

I used to share a house with a guy like that. His snoring would reverberate throughtout the whole house. My room was next to his and at night it would keep me awake for hours. So after a while I came up with a cunning plan. I would 'accidently' bang on the wall a couple of times, this would either disturb him and he'd roll over, or it would wake him up and he'd wonder what was going on. This would give me plenty of time to get to sleep myself before he started snoring again.

Maybe you could have tried shaking or banging your seat a bit, might have disturbed him, at least you could blame it on turbulence if he gave you a funny look.

I would wake him up and tell him to keep it quiet

I had that once from SFO/TPE, he was sweaty, and smelled, too. I had the airvent blowing on me the whole way, and headphones on. It was Chapter 1 in my book How To Ruin Your Transpacific Flight in UA 747 Row 15.

Two words (for me, anyway): Jack Daniels... works like a charm....

That and waking HIM up every hour or so (turning the light on, getting up, etc...). Just enough not to let him fall into deep sleep...

Alcohol makes you feel dehydrated. You can ask your doctor to prescribe you either ambien or xanax.

I thought noise canceling headphones were only good for canceling out the "usual" din - e.g., people talking, music, etc. For some reason I thought that one-off noises (screaming babies, snoring fat guys next to you, etc.) would not be as easily filtered. But I don't have these headphones, so I may have misunderstood whoever told me.

I snore, though it depends on what position I sleep in and my weight. (My weight fluctuates depending on where I'm based and I certainly snore more if I'm above the norm.)

I think most people that snore know they do. Although you usually don't notice it, sometimes as you drift to sleep it can wake you up. Also others - family members - will tell you. A girlfriend once told me she liked it because it meant I was still alive. It didn't seem to disturb her.

When flying, if I think I'm going to fall asleep I usually warn adjacent pax of the horror that they might be faced with and tell them to wake me up if I disturb them. It would be difficult for me to sleep if I thought I might disturb someone.

So far I've never noticed being woken up by anyone... but perhaps they woke me without my realising it was them.

i recently worked a flight where a woman snored so loud the entire forward cabin was cracking up and loudly. when i walked by her the first time and recognized it i must have had a strange look on my face as the pax started laughing even louder at my expression. i honestly have never heard anything so loud in 13 years. i didn't quite know what to do, and i didn't want to embarass her, so i poked her in the arm quickly and walked away. the more discreet i was trying to be, the more people laughed. she wouldn't budge. we tried making REALLY loud announcements....nada....

FINALLY she woke and rang her call butten and said "can i have some water? i was sleeping during service".....NO, REALLY?????

Uh, no, thank you... I'll stick with my drug of choice...

But thanks, anyway!

I've got the Bose QC3's and they drown out snoring for sure. (If you ae listening to music) Vodka is another solution.

LOL!

A new meaning to in-flight "entertainment"

I was once on the jury in a federal anti-trust case when the judge fell asleep and had not turned his microphone off. Eventually the bailiff went over and shook the judge awake.

I always wear ear plugs on flights along with nc headphones and the only time I take them out is when talking to someone or when the descent begins.