Originally Posted by
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Even if your final destination is beyond LHR, if I had the time, I would much rather take the daytime flight and overnight at a hotel in LHR than taking the redeye and then connecting to your final destination the morning of your arrival. East Coast US to Europe is just not long enough to sleep, even if you are in J. By the time you factor in departure, and service (which interferes with sleeping even if you don't partake) and arrival, there's not enough time left to sleep to arrive anything resembling restful.
Will the OP's employer reimburse for an overnight hotel stay (in either the U.S. or Europe) just so that the OP can avoid an intercontinental red-eye flight?