Wanted the direct flight. We were on a 'transitional cabin' (or similar tag) flight for the first time. No mention of the fact that they would only serve water twice on a 6 hour flight. No food or other drinks. It was a red eye so we can survive that ok. The main problem was how uncomfortable the seats were. Almost no cushion in the leather bottom. Seat bottom seemed unusually short and low to the floor as well.Pretty tortuous.