Best Flight Option to Singapore
#16
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: IAH
Programs: UA Platinum, AA, HH Silver, MR Platinum
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#17
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: New York
Programs: AA Plat/2MM, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 166
Reviving this thread since I have the same question. Flying out of NYC to SIN in J in ~10 days. I've done JFK-HKG a few times, so I'm comfortable with that route, then onward to SIN. The alternative is a JFK-ICN-SIN routing via a Delta codeshare. The question there is whether I want to try for ExPlat this year on AA or Diamond on DL.
However, I'm wondering if anyone can suggest the ideal routing/time of day to depart JFK. Leaving late night and getting to SIN mid-day seems like the best way to maximize sleep, but I'm not sure if that will only throw my schedule even more off. Any thoughts would be helpful. Thanks.
However, I'm wondering if anyone can suggest the ideal routing/time of day to depart JFK. Leaving late night and getting to SIN mid-day seems like the best way to maximize sleep, but I'm not sure if that will only throw my schedule even more off. Any thoughts would be helpful. Thanks.
#19
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: New York
Programs: AA Plat/2MM, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 166
Good point. That reasoning won out for me. I'm taking a 9am flight on CX JFK-HKG-SIN. I've been traveling to Asia more frequently and I find that I collapse in the evening even after sleeping a on the plane in J. Plus, the Super Bowl is the following morning (Singapore time), so an early rise will just mean I have time to watch the game.