Originally Posted by jkumpire

Hello friends,

I need some advice.

I have always wanted to fly to Europe, I've only been overseas once. My wife is a great woman, however...

This Spring we flew CLE-SFO in Y+ for a friend's wedding in Yosemite NP, great place to get married at IMO. The non-stop was something like 5 hours CLE-SFO and 4.5 SFO-CLE with the return as a red-eye. I had no problems with either leg, but she hated it, especially the return flight.

At this point you can see the obvious problem, to go EWR-LHR is seven hours in itself, and the return is what eight or nine? Since I live in CMH land that's what 10 hours in the air whether we fly to ORD, anywhere on the east coast, or even connect through YYZ. Unless you can somehow land at Gander, NF and take it to Dublin, then to LHR, you are talking significant time in the air.

Does anyone have suggestions to make a TATL flight easier for someone who doesn't really like to fly any kind of distance? Obviously flying C or F is a possibility, and there are tons of items available to buy to try and make the trip easier, but what do some of you do to make the trip seem shorter and the hours go by faster? I understand quite well that many people who fly TATL hate it no matter what class you are in, and since there is no more Concorde and 3 hr. flights options are limited.

Is there a way to fly to Europe and break it into less that five hour segments? Is it worth it to try and book TATL through Iceland (for example) with a full day layover on one ticket where we can leave the airport and relax without paying an arm and a leg?

Thanks for the suggestions.