sloan wrote:What's the problem? several shots immediately before boarding, and redeyes can be very restfull and efficient.
Shots of what? I tried alcohol on trip to Anchorage today. No go. Both legs--Dulles to Denver and Denver to Anchorage, were absolutely full precluding any hope of comfortable seating. And my traveling last year was too much by car and I lost my premium seating priority. On the longer leg, I was sitting in the next-to-last row behind a fellow who had apparently not bathed in a week. Try to sleep when you are being battered on one side by the cart (and the flight attendants' and lavatory-seeking passengers' wide hips), made to get up every few minutes by row-mates who have no bladder control, and being twisted by sitting next to people even fatter than me.
And even if you have upgrade credits (which I do), just try to use them when Dulles, Chicago, or Denver are involved. Even when I was a United Premier Executive, I could not use my upgrades very often because of being outranked by international business travelers in the 1K club.
I get more sleep while driving.
Rick "jet-lagged in Anchorage" Denney