12-29-15 Question of the Day! About This Page:

[Luvsun]

Have you ever taken a red eye flight?
Were you able to sleep on the flight or did you go to bed once you got to your destination?

[Teresa]

Oh, yes. I've taken a few. Whenever we fly to Europe, I try to time it so that we are leaving in the middle of the afternoon, and arriving there in the morning. I stay up late, wake up early, and then sleep on the plane. I try to adjust to the time of my destination as soon as I arrive.
My first red-eye, though was from Indy to Houston when I was all of 14 and traveling all by myself for the first time! Back then, there was smoking allowed on the plane. I was seated on the aisle. The couple occupying the seats next to me chain smoked the entire flight, drank like fishes, and had bladders the size of a grain of sand! I'd just start to fall asleep and they'd have me let them out. It was a loooong flight.

[chezp]

Every time we fly home from the States, it's a red eye. We've also taken other red eye flights, like the one we did out to Japan. I always try and sleep on the plane, unless we're arriving late in the day, in which case I know we can sleep when we get back and hopefully get back into our usual pattern quicker.

[GingerJ]

I've flown red-eyes a few times, mostly when DH and I were on opposite coasts (before our wedding). I thought it would save me a day, but that day was totally ruined by the after-effects. Never again if I can help it! (unless I'm going overseas)

[jimmymac]

Many, many times. I always try to sleep, but rarely successfully

[luvnwdwgal]

No. I only started flying in 2002. Swore I'd never get on a plane. So far all my flights have been daylight with no rain or snow. I like it that way.

[dutchdisneyfamily]

Yes, last month to WDW we took one and I wanted to sleep. I needed to sleep! But I just couldn't.

[JackieB]

I took the red eye from Vegas home one year. I slept the entire way. I don't even remember taking off.

[Cam22]

: Red eye flights for us, yet!

[KMB733]

I've taken a couple. I try to sleep on the plane as much as possible.

[lexiemom]

I have not taken a red eye flight before.

[Angela531]

Many years ago when we lived in Columbus OH. We were in Vegas and our flight had a connection in LAX that departed at midnight and had us arrive in OH at 5 am ish. I was not able to truly sleep but tried to rest the best I could. I would not do it again if I could help it because I was exhausted for the next couple of days trying to adjust back to east coast time.

[KathyL]

I have flown on a "Red Eye" only once. I was flying to CA for a conference and to go to Disneyland. I felt like I was the only one awake on the plane. Even the flight attendants were in their chairs. I remember that I got a horrible headache and for some reason I had nothing with me to take for it. In the middle of the night, I had to call for the flight attendant to see if they had anything. They were very kind to me. However, if I can help it, I will not fly a "Red Eye" again.

[DebiDebiDebi]

I prefer a red eye when we are going from one coast to another. I never sleep on a plane or in a car...I cannot sleep unless I can lay down.

[jenifermg0]

Yep! Pretty much everytime I fly out of Alaska...just works out that way most of the time.

I doze on the plane, but don't really get a lot of sleep. I usually try to stay up until a normal "bed time" at my destination and then start the next day fresh. Depending on how far we go, I normally just write of the travel day...I don't get a lot done that day.