Tips for three consecutive nights of flying
Jul 17, 2024 | 12:43 pm
#1
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Tips for three consecutive nights of flying
In my eagerness to construct a lucrative tier points run (crediting AA to BA) I’ve realized that I’ve booked three nights running of overnight or late night flights:
Day 1
PHX-JFK on AA (overnight, arrives next day early morning)
Day 2
JFK-MEX on AA (evening but arrives late, so will get to sleep in a hotel bed)
Day 3
MEX-LHR on BA (overnight, arrives next day afternoon)
All The first two are in business class but that just means a large seat for the first two (I think) although I do get a flat bed for the last one is in premium economy
Ideas and suggestions for making this as reasonable (least unpleasant) as possible? (Canceling or rescheduling isn’t possible…)
Day 1
PHX-JFK on AA (overnight, arrives next day early morning)
Day 2
JFK-MEX on AA (evening but arrives late, so will get to sleep in a hotel bed)
Day 3
MEX-LHR on BA (overnight, arrives next day afternoon)
Ideas and suggestions for making this as reasonable (least unpleasant) as possible? (Canceling or rescheduling isn’t possible…)
Last edited by salut0; Jul 18, 2024 at 4:34 pm
Jul 17, 2024 | 1:21 pm
#2
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look into day rates at the TWA Hotel at JFK so you can at least get some hotel time on the long layover
Jul 17, 2024 | 1:42 pm
#3
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Thanks — NYC is not a problem since I have easy access to a place to rest between flights. Tips for the flights themselves or the airports? Could I access the JFK SoHo lounge to take a shower as a BA Gold member when arriving from PHX?
Jul 17, 2024 | 1:51 pm
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I think the PHX-JFK redeye could be the most unpleasant. If you start of on the right foot getting decent sleep on that one the others might be ok. Definitely nice to be finishing with a flat bed.
Jul 17, 2024 | 2:07 pm
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Jul 17, 2024 | 3:49 pm
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Last edited by salut0; Jul 17, 2024 at 3:55 pm
Jul 17, 2024 | 6:29 pm
#10
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Wow. Good luck. I have flown MEX-LAX-JFK because it allowed me to stay later in MEX and have dinner. And then there was GRU-JFK-NRT-ICN when I toyed with asking my wife to meet me at JFK to relieve me of my dirty laundry (didn't do it 
.) But nothing as am ambitious as this. Good luck.
.) But nothing as am ambitious as this. Good luck.
Jul 18, 2024 | 11:07 am
#11
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I have to apologize for misposting: in my eagerness to hope that I was actually in CW MEX-LHR, I forgot that this leg is actually a WT+ ticket. Oh well, hoping for a decently priced AUP or POUG or even an op-up!
Jul 18, 2024 | 12:27 pm
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I would worry more about being affected by any weather at LGA or DFW and that throwing a wrench into your trip than about how tortured your flights will be...
Jul 18, 2024 | 12:30 pm
#15
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Hmmm.. I know protection on separate tickets isn’t standard but since these are both 001- plated and all AA-operated flights, surely they’d work with me to get back to JFK by the time I’d need to catch the MEX flight?
