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Feb 10, 2012 | 2:31 pm

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Originally Posted by mkjr

...and no booze, under any circumstances...i will probably ask for about 3 bottles of H2O or perrier so that when i wake up a little, i can have a drink and then go back to sleep...

on the 14:15 departure,... i pretty much wake up as late as I can the day of departure and then stay up the entire flight and try to power through until 10/11pm local time. my theory is that you have to be litterly using toothpicks to keep your eyese open at 8/9pm local time where ever you fly to try to get on local time right away.

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Originally Posted by CX828

I never drink alcohol at all on the night flights such as CX829. Like you, I drink tons of water. When sleeping you can get seriously de-hydrated.

Great tips, and have always tried to stick with limiting alcohol intake as it only adds to dehydration. We arrive in HKG in the evening with our next departure to JNB near midnight local time, so we'll be struggling to stay awake such that we should hit the pillows on the 2nd leg.

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