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[Travel] 5am flight
- Thread starter Herr Tubthumper
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Short haul - Always go to bed. Did the whole staying up and was absolutely shattered the next day and had to sleep as soon as I arrived which cocked my whole weeks sleeping pattern. Even on holiday - that is annoying!
Flying at 5am and have to be at airport by 3, then i’d get up mega early day before, pack, chill and then hit the hay as close to 7pm as possible, get up at 1.45am then get ready as if it were the morning and leave at 2.am to get to airport for 3am.
Long Haul, stay up after a lie in that day. Try and sleep on plane.
Flying at 5am and have to be at airport by 3, then i’d get up mega early day before, pack, chill and then hit the hay as close to 7pm as possible, get up at 1.45am then get ready as if it were the morning and leave at 2.am to get to airport for 3am.
Long Haul, stay up after a lie in that day. Try and sleep on plane.
- Thread starter
- #23
Thanks for the advice and thoughts everyone. I stayed up, snoozed on the plane and am now enjoying a beer before I have another snooze on the beach. So far, so good.
If you can go to bed at 7pm you are a sleeping machine!
I'd suggest a long bike ride or run, to really tire you out. sleeping at 7 in this weather not a chance.
maltaseagull
Well-known member
Agreed!
I have no idea what motivated me to open this thread! Here I am posting on it.
You pay a bit more for a flight at a sociable hour.
First world problem of the highest order.
Weststander
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None of us being early morning people, we simply avoid them and pay extra to fly at better times.
Also, we haven't taken charter flights/package holiday for many years, always booking everything independently.
Getting next to no sleep, leaves everyone knackered for a couple of days = a horrible start to a holiday or return from holiday.
Can't begin to explain how jealous I am of this.
Where are you holidaying?
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
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A few people being a bit precious on this thread. It's one night's arguably disturbed sleep in order to save a usually hugely significant number of holiday pounds. Unless money's no object or you have some form of sleep-related special needs, why on earth would you NOT opt for the red-eye special?
Two Professors
Two Mad Professors
Where's that?
Two Professors
Two Mad Professors
Back of Es Paradis.
Ibiza? I've never been.
Hope your wife gets better and yuo can enjoy a holiday soon.
Puppet Master
non sequitur
- Aug 14, 2012
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Ditto. I even took valium coming back on a night flight from America last year (economy class) - still couldn't get off.
Weststander
Well-known member
Not precious, just that we have enough money to select decent daytime flight times. Plus the avoiding the consequence of grumpy, knackered kids at the start of a holiday.
Everyone to their own, don't you agree?
- Thread starter
- #39
There’s only one flight a day, every other day, at 5am. Or are you suggesting I fly by private jet?
Night Nurse and three glasses of red wine, job done!
Melatonin is the answer.................