Originally Posted by
TedToToe
I've taken BA680 many times and what you need to consider is that, on arrival, your body clock thinks it's 10:30pm! So, providing you don't have an early start the following day, it's really not at all that bad! There's also the added bonus of only light traffic on arrival; not something you will ever see in Istanbul during daylight hours!
Still maintain I find it pretty brutal! Factor in the time to get through the huge IST, collect luggage, sporadic night buses, 1.5hr journey time to Kadikoy… I find it’s easily 3-4am local (1-2am UK, BST) by the time I get to bed and realistically I can’t get more than 3-4 hrs sleep if I’m going to adjust to local time.
That said… still do it 5-6 times per year, so it must be the least worst option for me overall!