This Refinery 29 article by Cory Stieg talks about what it’s really like to join the mile high club. Find an excerpt below, then the full piece here:

“Traveling on an airplane is almost comically unsexy. The air pressure in the cabin dries out your skin to an uncomfortable degree. There's no leg room, even when you pay for more of it. For some reason, it smells like stale chemicals. The slightest turbulence can make some fear for their lives. And to top it all off, you're merely an armrest away from other strangers and small children. These aren't ideal conditions for having sex, although plenty of people in the "mile high club" claim they've done it.”