Southwest will test red-eyes on Hawaii flights. These long overnight voyages are both challenging and rewarding.
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We’ve done the red-eye several times but no more. We would fly non-stop into PHX on a red-eye that would arrive around 5am. Then we faced a two hour drive to Tucson/home, which felt dangerous. Now we fly into LAX, have a relaxing evening at one of the airport hotels, then take a late morning flight to Tucson. Very civilized! I also don’t miss checking out at 10am and having a whole day to get hot, sweaty, and ugly before getting on a plane late at night! I think the red-eyes are for people in their 20s!
I agree. I’m 70 now and red eye is no fun. Seems like a lot of the flights to Canada are now overnight.
We do not like these red eye flights at all. Getting to the mainland mid morning to noon the next day leaves one exhausted and takes another day to recover.
Trying to find a day flight from any outer island, is impossible and flying over to Oahu to get a morning flight, requires one to go the day before and either spend the night in the airport or book a room for the night to get the morning flight.
And spending your last day here in the islands, having to check out of your room at 10 or 11 AM and storing your luggage while you try and believe you are enjoying your last day on the island is not as enjoyable as on might think.
We just want to get on home after our week or 2 weeks here in islands
Most Westjet flights are redeye, going to and from Hawaii. We save one night of accommodation, or gain one day in paradise, at the end of the vacation. But we arrive in the dark (on an airplane that will soon turn around and fly the redye tourists home) and have to spring for a full day hotel to spend a few night-time hours in paradise.
The airlines give and the airlines take away . . .
I try a red eye about once every 4 years, swear I will never do it again, and then……… The next red eye I get more than 2 hours sleep will be the first! It is a good way to maximize your stay, but not worth the two days catching up in my opinion. It could work very well for Southwest, especially since they serve three flight restricted (curfewed) airports in Southern California.
After my 200 red-eye flights the last 40 years, I’ve had it. Hate that “night of the living dead” feeling, it’s not safe to drive on arrival, and that whole first day back on the mainland is Zombie-like. I’d fly any airline Not doing red-eye flights. They “above & beyond” horrible !
Took an overnight flight on WestJet from Maui to Calgary. I can’t sleep on planes so not the greatest experience. I had to check out of my airbnb at 10:00 and flight was at midnight would have preferred afternoon flight but a lot of Canadian flights are getting later.
I’ve always had to take a nonstop redeye back to the SE, long flight and even in biz/first it’s hard to get sleep and then face a 2 hour drive back home after an early am arrival. I’m booked on Hawaiian’s early am flight to LAS this May, stop for a couple night visiting friends, then continuing on SW better acclimated time and rest wise.
Best Regards!