This $600 Mattress Pad Will Revolutionize Your Next Overnight Flight

Premium mattress company Airweave, started by Motokuni Takaoka in Japan in 2004, has introduced a $590 mattress pad for airline seats that meets the TSA standard for carry-on luggage. Designed in conjunction with the Ritz Paris and dubbed the Traveler, it’s 19.7 inches wide, 66.9 inches long, and a bit more than an inch thick. Because the core is 90 percent air, it weighs a mere 5.5 pounds, and rolled up, it fits in a carry-on-size duffel. The Traveler rests snugly in your airplane seat: One side provides firm support; the other is soft. Like all Airweave products, it uses a special resin fiber that marries the even support of latex and foam with the fast rebound associated with a coil-based mattress.

Airlines know that fliers will pay up for a good night’s sleep, and almost every carrier has invested heavily in premium lie-flat seats. A few also give mattress toppers to first- and business-class passengers—Etihad Airways has offered Coco-Mat mattress pads since 2014, and United Airlines Inc.’s Polaris service features options from Saks Fifth Avenue. Seat-size toppers, however, have been harder to find. Other high-end sleep-aid options include the $40 Cabeau Evolution memory-foam neck pillow, which comes with a pocket for your phone, or the funny-looking $100 Ostrich Pillow, which covers your face for privacy and total darkness.