Originally Posted by
sfolawyer
I avoid red eyes like the plague but scheduling forces me to do one soon. I need to attend late afternoon functions in Boston the day of arrival. My options are:
-- Non-stop in UA domestic first to Boston, check in to hotel on arrival guaranteed, sleep for 3 hours or so and get out of the hotel around lunch time.
-- Flat bed flight to JFK, stop in the new Delta JFK lounge for a shower and breakfast before heading on to Boston on Delta in first, arriving a little after noon. (I'll be using my Platinum Amex to get into the lounge, and it appears I would have access to all the facilities there.)
I'm leaning toward the flat bed with connection because otherwise I won't get much real sleep en route at all, but even if all goes well I won't be able to sleep more than 4 1/2 hours or so on the plane.
Any advice?
Paid first should get you Delta lounge access. Although you should check whether your Boston flight is mainline or connection since a connection will have you leaving out of the connection gates in Terminal 2 which is further from the brand spanking new lounge. If it's on the client's dime why don't you fly in on the late afternoon flight out of SFO which means a latish night in Boston but a full day's rest before your functions.