A video revealing a passenger's "game changer" hack for cutting out background noises on a plane has gone viral on TikTok.
The clip was posted by @stayseatravels and has garnered 1.2 million views since it was first shared on June 22.
A note across the screen says: "My favorite airplane hack so you can actually hear the movie you're watching."
The footage shows a woman on a plane putting earphones on, with the loud murmuring of other passengers heard in the background. She then places a set of wireless headphones over her ears, as the background noise appears to get drowned out by soft piano music.
"This is a game changer for me on flights!!," the poster wrote in a caption shared with the video.
Most passengers are likely to be understanding of the poster's need to drown out background noise because "70 percent of travelers like hearing their own music," according to a June 2023 survey of 1,000 plane passengers in the U.S. and Canada, conducted on behalf of the travel booking website Kayak.
The survey found that travelers believe "you are not allowed to watch anything without headphones."
Jet-setters are bound to face loud background noise from a growing number of plane passengers, as travel is set to hit "record highs" in 2024, with global tourism spending projected to reach U.S. $2 trillion, according to a December 2023 survey by Euromonitor International, the market research firm.
Air travel has shown no signs of slowing down in the post-COVID-19 pandemic era, with total passenger demand in April up by 11 percent, compared with April 2023, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) reported in May.
In November 2023, globally total air traffic was already reported to be at 99.1 percent of November 2019 (pre-pandemic) levels, according to an IATA report in January.
'Game Changer'
TikTok users praised the plane hack in the viral post, with several revealing they had deployed the same tactic on their travels.
Mike Taylor1311 said the hack was "Smart!!" and Michal Jay agreed, saying "That's a pretty good idea."
TravelwithDanka simply wrote "good one" and Aisha noted "I do this and it's a game changer !!"
"Omg I do this too. I thought I was a genius," said gojoswillymassager.
User @knockknock_itskells said: "Omg yes I do this!! lol also when I wanna sleep!!"
Ma'am noted: "This is the life hack I've been looking for !!"
Newsweek has contacted the original poster for comment via TikTok. This video has not been independently verified.
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