Regards,Stij wrote:Might I add that even for Y pax going on city trip to the big apple, an evening flight is more convenient as
well, how unlogical this may appear.
Morning flight scenario:
One departs at 11:00, so you have to take a day of holiday the day you depart. You arrive in NY at 13:00 and let's say you're in Manhattan at 15:00, if all goes well, you check-in in your room (if it's ready because in NY, that's not guaranteed and you're on the streets at 16:00. Basically the day's finished, in the evening you feel to tired to go for a drink etc. You go to sleep at 21:00 and you wake up at 4:00 because of the jetlag
Ummm no: as soon as my room is ready I will:
- unload my bags
- go for a walk
- find a place for dinner (even if it means sbarro or something like that...)
- go back to the hotel, fire up the laptop in the lobby (internet / mails)
- watch some tv
- go to sleep, wake up at 7h30 feeling refreshed and ready to go
Don't know why but I've never had jetlag going to or coming from NYC.
We fly back! The bird departs at 19:00, so you have to be in the airport at 17:00, so you depart from Manhattan at 15:00 because of the traffic jams at rush hour. You arrive at 8:00 in the morning, head straight for the office where you "claim" to be working, but in fact, you're suffering from a gigantic jet lag.
I guess I'm lucky I never have to go straight to the office
One departs at 19:30, so arriving at 17:30 is OK, so you can still work the complete working day, no holiday has to be taken. You arrive at 21:30, at 22:30 you're in your taxi and at 23:30 you're in your hotel. You drink a Jack Daniels in the bar and of to bed you go. In the morning, you're brigth and shine.
- Your flight is delayed 2,5 hours due to technical, weather, whatever. Following your example we are now looking at an arrival time in our hotel room of 02 am... Shudder
- Unlikely but it does happen... Your flight has been cancelled. Let's see how we can rebook you mr Stij? Yep, we can accommodate you on our first flight tomorrow morning. Sorry, nothing else available. Not even with a connecting flight? No, sorry sir...
The return. You flight departs at 23:30, so if you're in the airport at 21:30, you're fine, so you can leave from Manhattan at 20:30, after rush-hour! You still have a complete day in NY. You arrive the next day beginning of the afternoon, but you can go home , relax and you bright and shine into the office the next day.
- Don't forget the good people at the hotel will kindly remind you to vacate your room by 11 am or noon. Sure they can store your bags for a while but "we will have to charge you something"... What else are you going to do for the rest of the day now that your bags are packed and you are ready to go. Maybe it's just me but as soon as I have packed my bags I'm ready to go home..
Conclusion: same number of holidays, same time in NY, but less jetlag, more relaxed travelling.
Conclusion: different people, different preferences I guess, maybe we should have a poll
Cheers,
Stij
P.S. Pleaeaease. give me back my evening flight!!!
Bob