What happened
One Mile at a Time reports that complimentary business-class pajamas still appear at Qatar Airways and other long-haul carriers, with United Polaris limiting them to flights over 14 hours and usually only on request.
Qatar Airways usually provides them on long-haul flights and on overnight medium-haul flights, often from The White Company. The post says American Airlines issues Nest pajamas in S/M or L/XL on flights serving listed cities including Tokyo and Sydney. Emirates proactively issues loungewear on flights over 9 hours, sometimes on a shorter leg of a longer journey, and Etihad does so over 9 hours with Giorgio Armani. Virgin Atlantic Upper Class includes them on overnight flights, mainly transatlantic and to Asia.
United Polaris pajamas are generally not offered unless asked, and Saudia availability is inconsistent with no clear flight-length cutoff. One Mile at a Time frames the roundup as the author's best knowledge and notes it may miss airlines or routes. Fly a qualifying Qatar or Emirates long-haul for pajamas handed out without asking, and request them on United Polaris flights over 14 hours.
- Numbers
- 14 hours: United Polaris flight length to get pajamas on request
- Where
- Auckland (AKL), Brisbane (BNE), Delhi (DEL), Seoul Incheon (ICN), Shanghai (PVG), Sydney (SYD), Tokyo Haneda (HND), Tokyo Narita (NRT)
- Who qualifies
- Business class passengers on airline-specific long-haul, overnight, or duration-threshold flights
- Takeaway
- Choose a listed airline and qualifying route if you want pajamas, and on United and some other carriers remember to ask the crew.