Business class long-haul; day or night flight?
Oct 23, 2018, 7:54 am
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Business class long-haul; day or night flight?
I have an upcoming trip where I could take either a day flight or night flight, as my schedule would easily cater for either. Having never flown IB business before, is the experience worth spending ~10 hours on a day flight (lunch/dinner, drinks, movies), or would you rather just sleep through it?
Oct 23, 2018, 10:17 am
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I tend to take the day flights, but that's because I'm too tall to really sleep well in IB's J seats. It's also a bit annoying to try to get into your hotel room at 10am or whenever...
But you certainly won't miss much by eating dinner in the Madrid lounge and sleeping most of the way to your destination.
But you certainly won't miss much by eating dinner in the Madrid lounge and sleeping most of the way to your destination.
Oct 24, 2018, 1:35 am
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As for Iberia, there aren't many routes that offer both options. MAD-EZE for sure. MAD-MEX? SCL?
Oct 24, 2018, 2:09 am
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Sorry, this is actually MAD - EZE, either:
- 09:00 - 17:55
- 12:05 - 21:00
- 23:50 - 08:35
Oct 24, 2018, 2:43 am
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Long haul flights, take the redeye one. Even during day flights, they turn up the heat, dim the lights and give you your bottle of shut-up water in BC. At least with a nightflight, you will probably be tired enough to sleep.
Oct 24, 2018, 6:39 am
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The midday one allows me to have adecent meal , some decent mine , enjoy a siesta , then catch up with some work or watch a film