Originally Posted by
whkchan
Excuse my ignorance, but why would that flight be very popular? Flying back from USA to the UK, I will never ever choose a daytime flight. You basically lose the whole day flying whereas if you go red-eye, you arrive fresh, ready for a new day.
You arrive fresh, ready for a new day? After a 5 hour time difference and a few hours of broken sleep?
I know many people (myself included) who would much rather lose their Sunday in the US, get a good nights sleep in a hotel on Sunday night in London, and actualy be half intelligible at our 9am meetings.
Purchasing Sunday dayflights can be extremely expensive, I routinely try to get on AA's ORD-LHR flight and even several months out it can be full Y only.