Airplane bathrooms are tiny, smelly, and somehow, always kind of sticky. Yet the mid-flight f*ck has become such a trope that people brag about joining the “Mile High Club.” There’s even a whole website dedicated to planning and discussing mid-flight hookups. The official tips: “book a flight to wherever,” “seek out a cute solo traveler (like yourself) that looks like they left their inhibitions back at home,” then “be ready to negotiate your seat assignment for one closer to your unsuspecting passenger.”
So, is the “Mile High Club” really such a thing? Turns out it’s more of a fantasy than a reality. One survey found that only5% of people have had sex on a plane, but 78% would like to. Of those who have joined the club,most (37%) had sex with a partner they were traveling with, while 30% chose a stranger, 18% picked a member of the crew, and 15% hooked up with a friend.
Personally, watching the scene in Beyond the Lights in which Noni and Kaz have sex on a private jet is the only time I’ve found joining the Mile Club appealing — but reading Reddit’s hottest stories, however, has me reconsidering.
“My girlfriend at the time and I were very close and comfortable, so when I took her up north to meet my family, I kind of joked around about the subject to plant the seed of thought, Inception-style. I was working at a Marriott and had snatched a few mini liquor bottles for the flight. A half hour into the flight we each had one shot, which was apparently enough to get our juices a-flowin’.
“She got up for the bathroom, and I followed a healthy five minutes later, real inconspicuous-like. It was really fast and super hot, got her from behind over the sink and was done in like a minute. We decided it was best to not dawdle afterward, and she got out first, and I followed about a minute later. The flight attendant nearby noticed and said, rather defeatedly, ‘Come on, guys, really?’” (via Reddit)
“[We were] eight hours into the 13-hour flight from JFK [New York] to Dubai. After that much time in the air, the flight attendants are taking a break and most of the people are sleeping. The bigger ‘handicapped’ lavatory is up near the flight deck. She walked into the lav and left the door unlocked. I waited a few minutes and then followed her in. After cleaning up, I walked out and she followed a couple minutes after that. The perfect crime.” (via Reddit) “I’m part of the simulated mile high club, if that counts. I interned for an airline company in college as a flight simulator engineer and took the girlfriend for a ride. Set the sim environment to nighttime over New York, autopilot, a little turbulence. It was pretty cool.” (via Reddit) “Red-eye flight. It was before 9/11 happened so flight crews weren’t nearly as vigilant. Lights went out. Everyone around us was asleep. We were spooning under a large blanket and she lifted up her skirt. Achievement unlocked.” (via Reddit) “[During a] flight from China to the U.S., my girlfriend and I just got up and went into the bathroom together. I went down on her until she came, turned her around and went in doggy style. Finished and went back to our seats. If anyone noticed, nobody said anything.” (via Reddit)
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