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Why You Should Never Eat Food on Planes, and Other Jet-Set Tips

How do cabin crews on long-haul flights avoid jet lag? By not consuming while in the air.
Some plane food is fresh and tasty, like this business-class meal on All Nippon Airways. But chances are your best bet is to not eat at all. 

Some plane food is fresh and tasty, like this business-class meal on All Nippon Airways. But chances are your best bet is to not eat at all. 

Photographer: Kimimsa Mayama
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At Bloomberg Pursuits, we love to travel. And we always want to make sure we’re doing it right. So we’re talking to globe-trotters in all of our luxury fields—food, wine, fashion, cars, real estate—to learn about their high-end hacks, tips, and off-the-wall experiences. These are the Distinguished Travel Hackers.

Melissa Biggs Bradley is the founder of luxury travel firm Indagare. The membership-based travel club is the secret weapon of 1 Percenters, known for planning and arranging near-impossible trips from chartering planes and yachts to overnights at billionaires’ private islands.