The pillow hack, where airport passengers swap their memory foam or other plush fillings with extra clothing and accessories, just made packing a little less guilt-free.
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Pillows generally don't count toward your carry-on or personal item limit, so filling a pillow case with clothing or other items is a smart “hack” to beat extra baggage charges.
This prevents both flailing of the arms in the crash sequence and protects the head from flying debris. The head should be as far below the top of the seats as possible to prevent injury from any collapsing overhead compartments.
Most standard travel pillows have a semicircular shape that wraps around the neck to support the neck, head, and chin. These U-shaped pillows often have memory foam or microbead filling, but there are also inflatable neck pillows.
According to Lonely Planet, there are two options. They're either washed at an industrial facility via a laundry service that is contracted by the airline, or they are laundered at the airline's home-base airport.
Not yours to keep, not even in business class (unlike pyjamas, which are gifted). Airline blankets are gathered at the end of the flight, washed at industrial laundry centres and then redistributed. Some carriers, especially those based in the US, will let you buy blankets from the in-flight magazine should you desire.