Originally Posted by
JohnnieZ
My main gripe with BA - aside from the extra stop - is that the flights leave TLV at 8 am. That means you don't get any sleep on the flight, nor a decent sleep the night before.
Well I suppose that depends where you live. I'm less than 30 minutes from TLV so I can leave home at around 5.45 or 6.00 (for a 7.35am departure).
On my last trip a couple of weeks ago I got 4 hours sleep on the LHR-ORD leg which surprised even me.
I find the flight back to be more problematic as with LY I can leave NYC at midnight, get a good 6-7 hours sleep and go to sleep a few hours later again once home. With BA, you have to wake up and change flights and that's more tiring. Still, the price difference wins me over.