I won’t drive if I can fly. But if I was going to I’d want the car my family would take cross country. A seventy model Ford LTD. Not only was there ample space for everybody and everything, it was about the safest thing on four wheels. Today you could use it to cut through most anything with less than eighteen wheels.

If you’re flying internationally of course business class and above are best, but if you can’t, sit towards the back of the plane, you’ll usually have fewer filled seats, besides there is a nice rocking motion you get with the wide bodies which facilitates sleep. Also drinking helps, not so much you want to punch a fellow passenger, but enough to make it easier to nod off for long periods. Cathay Pacific, Korean Air, All Nippon Air, and Malaysian Air have the best service. Air France and British Airways have better service than American or United, but that’s not saying much.