Jetlag

Landing in the morning with hotel check in not until late afternoon always feels like a mini endurance test. My usual plan is drop bags at the hotel, freshen up in the lobby bathroom, and do some light sightseeing. I keep a small “reset kit” in my personal item so I don’t have...

Got a 12:15am departure from LAX, landing around 5am in Tokyo. I’m terrible at sleeping anywhere that isn’t my own bed. Economy aisle seat near the back. I really want to make the most of day one, so I’m trying to game plan this. For people who’ve done this specific timing: Does...

Flying to Australia March 1 and it’ll be my first 15 hour flight. Longest I’ve done before was about 4 hours to Mexico. Plan is to wake up at 8am my time and try to stay up until 10 or 11pm Australia time while on the plane. I’ve downloaded shows and music, bringing compression...

I know the usual advice is land in the morning, power through the day, crash at night, beat jet lag. But honestly? I kind of hate it. After a long haul I’m a zombie. Dragging myself through a “full first day” just feels miserable, and sometimes I feel off for days after. I...

I’m convinced it’s a genetic trait at this point. I can doze for maybe 20 minutes at a time, wake up stiff, dehydrated, and somehow more tired than before. Meanwhile the person next to me knocks out after takeoff and wakes up at landing like it was a nap at home. Same as you,...

I get this concern. 9pm departure out of Doha and all you want to do is knock out for a few hours, but airline meal carts have other plans. From what I’ve seen with Qatar, they usually serve dinner pretty soon after takeoff on long haul flights like that. If you’re asleep, they...

Flying from the US to Munich for our first Europe trip with family. Red-eye leaves around 5:30 pm EST and we land at 8:30 am CET. Realistically, I don’t expect much sleep on the plane, and our hotel likely won’t have rooms ready until 3 or 4 pm. Debating whether it’s worth...

Looking for a quick gut check on our plan. We land in Santiago on Jan 19. Cruise operator wants us in Punta Arenas by 2pm on Jan 23 for a Jan 24 departure. Main goal is to recover from jet lag without doing anything that risks missing the cruise. We’ve already done Santiago and...

’ve noticed crews dimming or asking for shades down even on daytime flights. Last week it was a mid-day Europe to US run: departed after lunch, landed late afternoon, but the cabin stayed dark most of the way. I get closing them for glare, takeoff/landing, or to keep the plane...