Originally Posted by
subject2load
Couldn't agree more - not least as regards sleep !!
Anything earlier than around 10am (by choice as opposed to unavoidable) for a 14.00 departure would go way beyond my boredom threshold. But that’s very much a personal perspective, with the awareness that free food & drink can be a powerful magnet for a good number of travellers.
Yes I agree as well being to many hours before take off, but the stop over was my punishment for a great price in first. Which I'm will to take. But one day alone (without my work hounding me) lounging around being pampered

is more appealing than the cost of the shorter transit time.