Australians might love travelling but they sure hate paying for -extras on flights, according to a new survey from US-based online travel giant Expedia.
Australia has topped the poll of being the nation least willing to pay for add-ons during short haul flights, with 43 per cent of respondents turning their noses up at extra nibblies or a comfier chair versus the global average of just 26 per cent. 
When it came to forking out cash for extras though, a seat with more leg room (20 per cent) topped the list for Australians, with a full meal next at 16 per cent and a wider seat third most -desired at 12 per cent.
But in what might be a shock for Australians who think we are more willing to travel than other nations, the survey found that we tend to be in fact more rooted than roving.
According to the survey, only 24 per cent of Australians flew more than five times in the past two years.
This was just below the global average of 27 per cent and well -behind New Zealand's 31 per cent The most frequently flying -nations were Norway with 47 per cent of respondents saying they had travelled more than five times in the past two years, Mexico with 42 per cent, India with 38 per cent and Singapore with 36 per cent.
The results were contained in Expedia's Passenger Preferences Index, a worldwide study that -examined the preferences and -behaviours of flyers on a country-by-country basis.
The survey also measured how people like to pass time on flights, with Australians picking eating, sleeping and talking as among their most used tactic.When asked which strategies they would use to get through a long haul flight, close to eight in 10 Australians said they would sleep, followed by eating (61 per cent), using in-flight entertainment (60 per cent) and reading (58 per cent).