Chewing gum and having sips of drink or water.
My son has this problem, and so we give him a lot to chew and eat, which
helps reduce some problems.
Swallowing helps, but also the mechanical action also helps equalize the pressure by
moving the tissue around the Eustachian tubes, etc.

Just a though - it's worked for us.

"Calum" wrote in message ...
My wife suffers from sore ears during flight and we are facing two
commercial flights in one afternoon which she is not looking forward to.
Does anyone have any good tips to avoid the pain?

Thanks in advance.

Calum