Originally Posted by
AA_EXP09
Not true-it is 0430 in NRT at that time, and I can sleep on the plane and maybe a few hours in the airport before going on the MRT to the city centre.
5 hours on the plane + a small nap is easily doable, vs getting to a HDB at 2AM.
(admittedly I typically arrive there either in early evening, or very early in the morning from HKG/HND on CX/JL/NH respectively.)
Of course, we each have different body clocks. I would think that after flying LGA/DTW/NRT/SIN, - (NRT/SIN 7hrs 50 mins) - one would prefer to get into their hotel around 2AM and sleep til 9 or 10, then hit the city vs arriving at the hotel around 5AM.
That said - - The OP mentions his routing as:
"LGA - DTW - NRT - SIN then
SIN - NRT - JFK"
So, I wonder if it was a true mileage run with no hotel involved, and heading right back to the USA?