Flying tomorrow with a headcold and sinus blockage...any recommendations?

In My Humble Opinion
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So, Jackknifed Juggernaut, you’ve taken your flight by now (or you found some way to delay the trip or go by train or something.) What did you decide to do about the sinus and eustacian tube problem, and how did it go?
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Thanks for asking. I took my flight on Thursday as scheduled. I was so sick the night before that I woke up late and didn’t have time to get to the pharmacy. I bought some DayQuil at the airport because that was all they had available. I simply risked it. I got very lucky. I guess that the congestion wasn’t as bad as I thought. I did arm myself with your advice about pulling the earlobes down and yawning, which I did on several occasions. I also think that the DayQuil helped a bit. But no real pain, so I was very lucky. I got a lot better in Florida and flew back with no problems. But thanks to everyone for trying to help. I’ll know better next time.

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You were very lucky.

Once I came back from British Columbia and the flight made a stop in Winnipeg. I had a cold and was clogged up when I got on the plane, but I had no idea of the hell I was in for. Up… down… up… down. It was like daggers in my ears.

I asked the flight attendant for some kind of pain reliever, but, this being an Extreme Budget Airline (Canada 3000–“the pack-em-in airline”–the seats were so close together that my knees touched the seat in front of me), she had nothing. I just had to bear it and hope something didn’t pop and leave me deaf or worse.