Was it night flight, according to Seattle/PST time ?

M[left]Are you sure that arrival time is correct?

The real fun is when you've been on a plane for 12+ hrs. then you get to a 3rd world country which you've booked a stick and the steering wheel is on the other side thus you are also driving on the other side of the road. Oh such fun!

Late in the evening is fine for that route. Not much traffic. You could do it in 90 minutes if you keep your foot a bit heavy. 120 minutes at the speed limit. But when tired it can be tricky.

Yes, I think so. Here you go -
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I just ponied up the $$....well..the company $$...to buy a commuter flight SAN-LAX and back.

I will be going out to HKG and BKK, and am home based in SAN. While the prospect of driving up from SAN to LAX on the outbound is fine, the thought of driving back down to SAN after the return..a total of 17 hours flying and roughly 21 hours travel time including layovers and a 2 hour car ride in Thailand is simply too much for me to consider. Even though I am in Buisness class with a lie flat on both segments. I have been drowsy behind the wheel from shorter trips than that.

I would seriously rather get to LAX and wait 3 hours for a flight to SAN than immediately drive the 2ish hours after that. It's a safety issue for me and for other people on the road.

My travelling companion though, also based in SAN, saw $$ when he worked out that the company would reimburse him for the mileage. He will be driving it when he returns, and I will bet dollars to donuts the couple of hundred he gets from the mileage will seem not worth it during that drive. He would never admit it of course!

When I used to have a 9 to 5 cubicle job in a downtown office, I would be tired/drowsy driving home to the burbs.

I've considered it after many trips.

I've only done it once and probably under the worst circumstances. Three days before I was supposed to fly home, I had been in Provence and wrecked my bike in a solo cycling tour. My flights had been booked roundtrip MCO-LHR-MCO but I lived in JAX. I had spent some time in London and in Paris before going to Avignon to do the tour. On the last day, I wrecked - ended up with a minor wrist fracture, a minor concussion, and a fairly moderate strain in my neck and upper shoulder along with some lovely scrapes on my arms, knee, and face. The plan had been a rest day in Avignon before taking the train to through Paris to London, stay overnight at the Hilton Heathrow T4 then be on my way. Nice, easy, leisurely. Everything went according to plan... except instead of easy and leisurely, I was broken and alone. Made it from Avignon to the Hilton at Heathrow no problems and realised I had booked the wrong dates - and they were sold out that night. Found a quaint hotel not too far away and stayed there. Arrived just in time to get last orders from the restaurant. Airport check-in went even better - someone was looking out for me. I was definitely not a frequent traveller so no reason why this should have happened but someone must have taken a massive amount of pity on me because I was upgraded at no charge. The flight was okay-ish, but turbulence triggered a migraine to go along with the injuries. By the time I landed, I just wanted all the painkillers I could get my hands on. A friend in Orlando picked me up (I left my car at his place rather than pay for parking at the airport). I passed out on his couch for a good two or three hours before driving to Jax. Got really sick around Daytona. Had to find a pharmacy for nausea meds. Made it home. Promptly passed out again. Woke up the next day, went to the doctor, got the good drugs. Stayed home for like a week.

10/10 do not suggest trains, planes, and automobiles in such a scenario especially solo style. If I had been well, it would have been a piece of cake.

I could have...but I would consider that dangerous. He's got 20 years on my age and will be a zombie. I have traveled long haul intl' with him and seen it.

And by then I am sure I would be sick of him.

I did a SAN-ATL-DAY redeye a few years ago and ended up only getting ~1h of sleep on the second leg (and none on the first nor during the 3h layover). Driving after that was not a fun experience and is basically why I try to avoid redeyes for domestic flights if at all possible. :(

I used to drive after returning from a long haul trip but one experience made me take public transport ever since. There were temporary traffic lights just outside the airport and I stopped when they changed to red. The next thing I knew there was a guy hammering on my window. I opened it and he said I'd been sat there for two changes of the lights without moving. I had fallen soundly asleep. People had been beeping their horns and I hadn't stirred. It turns out that company policy was that I shouldn't have been driving after a long haul flight anyway as they could be liable.