L ast December, Fiji Airways launched a direct flight from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) to Nadi, Fiji (NAN). With a flight time of just over 13 hours, the route, which is the longest in the airline’s history, operates three times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. To bookend my summer of dizzying travels on an incomparable note (and in a peak YOLO moment), I booked a flight. Let’s go to Fiji, baby. Why the hell not?

Four years ago, I sat in coach on a return flight from Italy while a French toddler performed a self-composed opera, utilized my seat as her jungle gym, and spilled Diet Coke all over my laptop. When I de-boarded, random strangers apologized to me. The next day, I ended up at the chiropractor for the first time. “All’s that to say,” something switc

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