Originally Posted by
VSLover
doing this 6-8 times per year pre covid, i have always preferred arriving to LAX or SFO on the later flight because by the time i get home or the hotel and do my things, i am able to stay awake a while longer until 10 or 11pm and sleep great to 5ish the next morning.
I used to do this with about the same frequency pre-covid, but preferred the early AA flight (AA 135), leaving at 10am, arriving at noon. This timing awards me the opportunity to have lots of time left in the day to get things done and adjust naturally to the local time. If in business class, I usually took a little two-hour after-lunch nap about four hours into the flight.
Never had any issues with jet lag at all.