Originally Posted by
ijgordon
AA has a 10am JFK-LHR which in theory should allow early morning connections from some eastern cities (eg, 6-7am departure, <2h flight) but their network into JFK is weak so not even sure what flights would work.
Looking on 1/16 as an example, the only morning AA flights I see arriving into JFK before or at 9 AM are ORF, PIT, and RDU. There are a few destinations on B6 (BOS and RDU), but that would require an even earlier arrival, given the need to change terminals.
Instead, the flights that could actually could work are mostly the redeyes from the West Coast. LAX, PHX, and SFO all have redeyes that could plausibly connect to the morning JFK-LHR flight. From those destinations, though, it would make sense just to fly the redeye to LHR without stopping, given that there's time to both enjoy the service and sleep.