Flying SFO to IAD Redeye
Aug 28, 2018, 6:06 pm
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Flying SFO to IAD Redeye
Flying this week for Labor Day Boeing 787 First Class Redeye from West Coast to East Coast. Says snacks for 11PM flight. Anyone give more light into this? Will there be real food on the plane or should I grab something in the airport?
Aug 28, 2018, 6:29 pm
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Aug 28, 2018, 8:42 pm
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Concur with the post above - eat beforehand. You’ll want to sleep this entire flight. Perhaps fall asleep before take off. I use ambien of such flights. Though I don’t take it until we are off the ground.
Aug 28, 2018, 9:44 pm
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Or eat before the airport. I have fond memories of The Proud Bird on La Cienega right by the airport 
Second (third?) the suggestion to maximize sleep @:-)
Second (third?) the suggestion to maximize sleep @:-)
Aug 28, 2018, 10:01 pm
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This post in one of our "Let's Eat" threads re a red-eye (after dinner) IAD->LAX may be reflective of what's offered to domestic F on your flight.
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/30073048-post992.html
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/30073048-post992.html
Aug 29, 2018, 12:03 am
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Or eat before the airport. I have fond memories of The Proud Bird on La Cienega right by the airport
Second (third?) the suggestion to maximize sleep @:-)
Second (third?) the suggestion to maximize sleep @:-)
This post in one of our "Let's Eat" threads re a red-eye (after dinner) IAD->LAX may be reflective of what's offered to domestic F on your flight.
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/30073048-post992.html
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/30073048-post992.html
Am I hallucinating or did another thread get merged into this one? OP is originating from SFO, so you'd have to take a pit stop in LAX for that one.
Aug 29, 2018, 1:08 am
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+1 to eat dinner at a normal hour, and then go to the airport and sleep the whole flight. Even that isn't enough sleep, but it gets you close. The 787 is at least trying to help on the sleep front.
Aug 29, 2018, 5:15 am
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Last 2 times I have taken a coast to coast redeye the snack has been the choice between a calzone, or salmon salad. Not very much to eat & I can concur that the service seemed slow, although most pax declined the meal and slept.
Aug 29, 2018, 7:52 am
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Didn't mean to suggest that the OP was flying the identical route or direction. Merely cited another thread's post with a similar stage length flight and time of day to what the OP had booked.
Aug 29, 2018, 8:47 am
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Or eat before the airport. I have fond memories of The Proud Bird on La Cienega right by the airport
Aug 29, 2018, 9:57 am
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Aug 29, 2018, 11:23 am
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You'll typically have 2 options for snacks - either a hot sandwich/calzone or salad with protein, along with a Ghirardelli chocolate square. I went with a chicken chopped salad before my nap.