follow lifehacker How to Make the Most of Airplane Wi-Fi and Never Pay Full Price Again Getting online while on a long flight can mean the difference between a fun flight and endless boredom. That said, it can be a little pricey and doesn't always work as well as you'd hope. Here's how you can cut costs and improve your experience with hardly any effort at all. Pay Less for the Same Wi-Fi One of my absolute favorite hacks of all time is getting a discount on airplane Wi-Fi by pretending your laptop is a smartphone. Most web browsers let you set your browser agent, allowing you to let Firefox masquerade as Safari, Internet Explorer, or a mobile phone browser. This is offered for developer testing purposes, but if you simply set your browsing agent to identify as an Android or iPhone you'll automatically get a lower price on your Wi-Fi for that particular flight. Once you've bought your pass, just switch the browsing agent back to normal and you'll be online, free and clear, for less money. (If you don't know how to change your browser's user agent, just watch this video .) We've also previously noted that you can pick up discounted or free Wi-Fi by checking coupon sites like RetailMeNot.com or by looking for rental car and other travel packages that offer free airplane Wi-Fi as an incentive. If you come up dry on either of those options, you can make use of a somewhat more legitimate