With budget airlines, you do get what you pay for. The many mini-pleasures that you have come to expect from your friendly neighborhood airline – snacks, newspaper, blanket, magazines, drinks – they have been eliminated. No more movies (no more screen!) and even the sanitized ear plugs (served with thongs!) for your listening pleasure – all gone.

Wait, there’s more. You cannot bring your own food (okay, you can bring it but you cannot eat it – I made this mistake once and the stewardess gave me “the look”), if you are hungry you have to buy from what they hawk (which range from noodle soups to $3 unsavory sandwiches) and piece de resistance, you sit cramped on a 1×1 semi-reclining seat for hours (are we there yet?).

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