SIN-LAX flight : sleep strategy ?
Mar 18, 2016 | 9:19 am
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SIN-LAX flight : sleep strategy ?
Not sure if this has been asked before..
I'm going to fly to USA for the first time, and am wondering how should the sleeping strategy be during the flight, to minimize jetlag upon arrival.
SQ12 : SIN-NRT, 09:25-17:30 -> probably short nap during this flight ?
SQ12 : NRT-LAX, 19:15-13:25 -> when should be the right time to do the long sleep?
SQ1 : SFO-HKG, 01:00-06:35 -> seems to be whole 14-hours flight in darkness? should the long sleep be put towards the end of flight?
SQ1: HKG-SIN, 08:00-11:50 -> doesn't matter anymore, just a short flight anyway
Thanks in advance for the advice from you all..
I'm going to fly to USA for the first time, and am wondering how should the sleeping strategy be during the flight, to minimize jetlag upon arrival.
SQ12 : SIN-NRT, 09:25-17:30 -> probably short nap during this flight ?
SQ12 : NRT-LAX, 19:15-13:25 -> when should be the right time to do the long sleep?
SQ1 : SFO-HKG, 01:00-06:35 -> seems to be whole 14-hours flight in darkness? should the long sleep be put towards the end of flight?
SQ1: HKG-SIN, 08:00-11:50 -> doesn't matter anymore, just a short flight anyway
Thanks in advance for the advice from you all..
Mar 18, 2016 | 10:30 am
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For SQ12 I stay awake for the entire SIN-NRT sector and try and sleep after the dinner service is completed on NRT-LAX. This way I wake up 2hrs before arrival (roughly 10:30~11AM LAX time).
SQ1 SFO-HKG is a long flight, I try and stay awake for the first few hours and sleep until the pre-arrival meal for HKG. If I sleep to early on this sector and stay wide awake for HKG-SIN I end up tired in the early afternoon in Singapore.
Enjoy your trip!
SQ1 SFO-HKG is a long flight, I try and stay awake for the first few hours and sleep until the pre-arrival meal for HKG. If I sleep to early on this sector and stay wide awake for HKG-SIN I end up tired in the early afternoon in Singapore.
Enjoy your trip!
Mar 18, 2016 | 11:49 am
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Don't confuse getting enough sleep with getting over jet lag. Jet lag comes from the need to reset your body's clock after what will be, in your case, a 9-hour time change. Getting enough sleep helps your body recover from all sorts of stresses, so it's a good idea, but it doesn't deal with the jet lag issue directly.
Mar 18, 2016 | 11:58 am
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I find that on trans-pacifics headed east bound, it's best to follow the first response in this thread. Try to reset your body clock to the destination as you fly. Try to sleep ASAP out of NRT and force yourself to be awake early morning time LAX on the HKG to LAX flight otherwise you may find sleep difficult the first night in the US.
This is what we do with us and the kids, but sometimes we are still up until 2am trying to sleep.
This is what we do with us and the kids, but sometimes we are still up until 2am trying to sleep.
Mar 18, 2016 | 2:38 pm
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Or just press US$8.79 into a friendly FA's hands in return for a cup of water. You'll get the same quantity of No Jet Lag's purported ingredients -- that is, none -- and you won't be supporting quack medicine.
At the dilutions No Jet Lag lists, you'd have "...to consume 10^41 pills (a billion times the mass of the Earth)... to consume a single molecule of the original substance" (source).
At the dilutions No Jet Lag lists, you'd have "...to consume 10^41 pills (a billion times the mass of the Earth)... to consume a single molecule of the original substance" (source).
Mar 18, 2016 | 6:44 pm
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For SQ12 I stay awake for the entire SIN-NRT sector and try and sleep after the dinner service is completed on NRT-LAX. This way I wake up 2hrs before arrival (roughly 10:30~11AM LAX time).
SQ1 SFO-HKG is a long flight, I try and stay awake for the first few hours and sleep until the pre-arrival meal for HKG. If I sleep to early on this sector and stay wide awake for HKG-SIN I end up tired in the early afternoon in Singapore.
Enjoy your trip!
SQ1 SFO-HKG is a long flight, I try and stay awake for the first few hours and sleep until the pre-arrival meal for HKG. If I sleep to early on this sector and stay wide awake for HKG-SIN I end up tired in the early afternoon in Singapore.
Enjoy your trip!
Or just press US$8.79 into a friendly FA's hands in return for a cup of water. You'll get the same quantity of No Jet Lag's purported ingredients -- that is, none -- and you won't be supporting quack medicine.
At the dilutions No Jet Lag lists, you'd have "...to consume 10^41 pills (a billion times the mass of the Earth)... to consume a single molecule of the original substance" (source).
At the dilutions No Jet Lag lists, you'd have "...to consume 10^41 pills (a billion times the mass of the Earth)... to consume a single molecule of the original substance" (source).
Mar 18, 2016 | 7:03 pm
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Not sure if this has been asked before..
I'm going to fly to USA for the first time, and am wondering how should the sleeping strategy be during the flight, to minimize jetlag upon arrival.
SQ12 : SIN-NRT, 09:25-17:30 -> probably short nap during this flight ?
SQ12 : NRT-LAX, 19:15-13:25 -> when should be the right time to do the long sleep?
SQ1 : SFO-HKG, 01:00-06:35 -> seems to be whole 14-hours flight in darkness? should the long sleep be put towards the end of flight?
SQ1: HKG-SIN, 08:00-11:50 -> doesn't matter anymore, just a short flight anyway
Thanks in advance for the advice from you all..
I'm going to fly to USA for the first time, and am wondering how should the sleeping strategy be during the flight, to minimize jetlag upon arrival.
SQ12 : SIN-NRT, 09:25-17:30 -> probably short nap during this flight ?
SQ12 : NRT-LAX, 19:15-13:25 -> when should be the right time to do the long sleep?
SQ1 : SFO-HKG, 01:00-06:35 -> seems to be whole 14-hours flight in darkness? should the long sleep be put towards the end of flight?
SQ1: HKG-SIN, 08:00-11:50 -> doesn't matter anymore, just a short flight anyway
Thanks in advance for the advice from you all..
Mar 18, 2016 | 7:06 pm
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SQ12 : SIN-NRT, 09:25-17:30 -> probably short nap during this flight ?
SQ12 : NRT-LAX, 19:15-13:25 -> when should be the right time to do the long sleep?
SQ1 : SFO-HKG, 01:00-06:35 -> seems to be whole 14-hours flight in darkness? should the long sleep be put towards the end of flight?
SQ1: HKG-SIN, 08:00-11:50 -> doesn't matter anymore, just a short flight anyway
SQ12 : NRT-LAX, 19:15-13:25 -> when should be the right time to do the long sleep?
SQ1 : SFO-HKG, 01:00-06:35 -> seems to be whole 14-hours flight in darkness? should the long sleep be put towards the end of flight?
SQ1: HKG-SIN, 08:00-11:50 -> doesn't matter anymore, just a short flight anyway
Mar 18, 2016 | 7:32 pm
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Mar 18, 2016 | 9:15 pm
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Thanks for all your suggestions...^
Seems that most are suggesting to sleep in the earlier part of NRT-LAX flight (and later part of SFO-HKG flight), which will be consistent with the idea of adjusting to the destination time zone immediately.
Seems that most are suggesting to sleep in the earlier part of NRT-LAX flight (and later part of SFO-HKG flight), which will be consistent with the idea of adjusting to the destination time zone immediately.