Woman ‘shoots her shot’ with mystery man on plane

From a passersby in the airport to the person sitting across the aisle from you during your flight, there's just something about travelling that makes everyone seem more attractive.

For the majority of us, we simply enjoy the view while it lasts, daydream a little, then move on with our lives.

But one woman decided to try her hand at a sky high romance when she spotted a good looking bloke on her flight last year.

Last year, Natalie (@nataliebonbon) was on board a Southwest Airlines flight when she peeped an attractive man sat in the row in front of her.

So, the San Diego, California native decided to bravely shoot her shot by passing him a note written on the back of a napkin.

The single gal passed him the handwritten note which read: "If you're single / interested text me sometime," as well as her number.

Taking to TikTok, she shared the romantic journey with her 21.5k followers, featuring a clip of her note, the seat in front of her and her reaction to getting a response.

Natalie subtitled the video to show us exactly what she was thinking during the event.

It started right after she noticed him. "Really cute guy sitting in front of me on my flight, decided to shoot my shot," the caption read as she handed the note over to her airline crush.

Natalie then said: "Freaking out because he turned around and introduced himself."

Then, we got the glimpse of a responding text which confirmed that her crush welcomed the unusual approach.

He wrote: "Hey Natalie, nice to meet you. And yes single and interested," with a little smiling emoji.

But Natalie was prepared in case things didn't quite go to plan.

"Also did this towards the end of the flight so it wasn’t awkward for a long time just in case," she wrote.

In a follow-up video the next day, she let everyone know that the pair had plans to go out on a date, with the mystery man texting about some locations he wanted to go to.

He wrote: "I'm free tomorrow and Monday night. Down for a date night?

"There's a couple of fun places I've been wanting to check out."

Commenters were understandably ecstatic and so was the airline, with Southwest Airlines' official TikTok account commenting: "As the love airline, we’re now invested!"

One user wrote: "Where do we subscribe to relationship updates?" while another joked: "Catch flights AND feelings."

Someone even wrote about a similar event that they experienced, explaining: "I have friends that met on a flight. The theme of their wedding was 'Love at first flight.'"