invisible

Congratulations if your company pays for it.

lloydah

From my own limited experience that day time flight leaves me with no jet lag at all although I'm lucky enough to fly at the pointy end. There are dozens of hotels around Heathrow for an overnight or the underground/overground trains run till all hours normally. to get into the city. If I have to fly on anything that arrives about 7am then I usually do the zombie impression for 12 hours at least. Age and infirmity

JMN57

That would be me. Either $ or an upgrade instrument.

JMN57

Ditto

invisible

Good for you. I have a simple rule - if upgrade per hour fight time costs more than I make per hour - I don't do it.

roberino

I've not seen anyone suggest Iceland Air yet. Their premium economy comes in at around GBP900 for a decent product, and economy for GBP500. It means you can have a day stopover in Iceland and visit either Reykjavik or the Blue Lagoon in Keflavik, which, in my opinion, is one place everyone should see if they can. It also breaks up the TATL flight, so even though the economy seat is fairly standard you're not in it for long. I found the FA's and the food to be good.

Cloudship

Their PE product is just an economy seat with the middle seat empty (Euro Business), right? Do they have daytime flights from the US?

emma69

I've done the day, the early evening and the late night flight options. The day flight just leaves me tired but fully awake come normal bed time, meaning i don't get to sleep until the early hours. The early evening is too early for me to feel sleepy, and gets in very early meaning by the time i have bags, have a car / have got the tube, I hit the prime London rush hour time. The late night flight is my preference, it is late enough that I am ready for 'quiet' (I have never been able to sleep on planes, even with flat beds) so can watch a movie - I like that the rest of the plane is also asleep, quieter around me! And it gets in at a reasonable morning time, so I don't have to play sardines on the tube!

roberino

The Economy Comfort product has 33" of legroom instead of 32" and has the middle seat blocked out, but you also get priority check in and lounge access, plus free booze on board.

The JFK legs are: 14:10 dep; 23:40 arr and 20:40 dep, 06:15 arr next day. So if you don't want an overnight flight you can take the afternoon departure from JFK.

pinniped

And it's another airline where I've heard that the elite vs. non-elite distinctions are minimal. I want to try it sometime...

Nugget_Oz

That's because the OP's question was about NYC-LON direct flights (and I believe they meant truly direct flights).

JMN57

Good, rational rule. I'd amend that to after tax unless one can deduct the travel. Of course, if it is billable without consequence, that is another story. As I said upthread, I just don't do TATL or TPAC redeyes in Y anymore - I have some arthritis/stenosis around C5 which is not generally a problem but if I get it irritated it is a problem. I never really understood the genesis of the phrase "pain in the neck" before.

adamj023

Yes. Of course there are. But some people stick to a certain alliance and some people are more price sensitive customers and some people look for time schedules.

The US to UK flights are extremely safe and have modern equipment from all the carriers. Overall best is British Airways in economy class if you want best combination of service and seat room. Virgin Atlantic has the nicest lounge at the airport if that is important to you. Slightly less legroom but service is decent. Both airlines have modern first rate equipment.

Delta and American tend to be a tad worse. American has the new 777-300ER on the London route and Delta probably is still using the 767ER on this route which are older planes although Delta has put in new seating.

I wouldn't be hesitant to fly on any of the carriers and additional competition from Norwegian Air Shuttle to London Gatwick from JFK will also be in the mix soon on a Dreamliner which is a 767ER replacement for all practical purposes and should have a low cost structure.

Aer Lingus has also been a low cost alternative if you don't mind going a little out of the way for a cheaper fare.

But if you want the absolute best economy class, then British Airways would be the carrier of choice. American's new 777-300ER is tempting especially on the one world alliance with British Airways if these flights are available but expect better service + seating on British Airways flights.

CMK10

I'd say yes. I flew LH to Europe recently, they're probably in the middle of the back or lower in term of world airlines but service was amazing.

Drink Service (Free alcohol) and snacks
Meal
Drink Service with Meal
After Dinner Drinks with choice of Brandy or Baileys

Free after dinner drinks in coach? Compare that to UA for example.

HatAndJacket

Sheesh I don't even know where to start... well, ds some airlines have more pitch, some charge fees for carry ons, some have IFE, some have free snacks, some only have free water, and some have free nothing... your question is like asking if all F cabins are the same