British Airways adds a new day flight from Newark to London Heathrow

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• IanT says:

  19 Feb19 February 06:56

  I always look for daytime flights back from the New York area, it’s a much more civilised experience than pretending a 5hr flight can absorb dinner, some decent sleep and breakfast.

  I hope it’s successful.

  • John says:

    19 Feb19 February 08:49

    Well that’s why there’s preflight dining and arrivals lounge.

  • yorkieflyer says:

    19 Feb19 February 10:02

    You’d still need to be out of bed by 0500 in Manhattan, not great in my view

    • dougzz99 says:

      19 Feb19 February 10:28

      If there’s a reasonably priced hotel at/near Newark it could work. But I’m far too tight to pay for a Manhattan hotel room to get up at 4AM.

    • Lady London says:

      19 Feb19 February 11:06

      Is staying up all night practical in NY then if you’d be heading to the airport so early?

    • Michael C says:

      19 Feb19 February 15:11

      Agree it’s annoyingly early. Even an hour later would make it 0600h which is even ok with kids.
      On the hotel side, Hyatt Jersey City has STUNNING views of Manhattan and is only minutes from Newark by Uber.

• Andrew J says:

  19 Feb19 February 07:06

  Of course a day flight means more time awake experiencing the sub-standard BA inflight service and low quality food – better to sleep through it!

  • Mikeact says:

    19 Feb19 February 08:20

    Here we go again…..you don’t have to use BA if you’re continually upset with them. And you don’t have to keep on and on about them.

    • Andrew J says:

      19 Feb19 February 08:40

      So only positive comments are allowed now?

      • Mikeact says:

        19 Feb19 February 09:44

        Not at all, but not ongoing…we’ve all got the message…loud…and clear.

        • Andrew J says:

          19 Feb19 February 10:21

          Sorry to have caused any upset.

        • IanT says:

          19 Feb19 February 10:39

          If only BA had got the message ‘loud and clear’.

• Andrew. says:

  19 Feb19 February 08:02

  I do like a daytime flight from the US.

  07:55 is just a touch faffy, but will allow for an easy domestic connection at 19:10.

  Any recommendations for an EWR hotel for the last night before coming home?

  • Richie says:

    19 Feb19 February 08:47

    I’ve stayed at the Marriott at the airport. I was on US time and my flight was the daytime UA flight to LHR, which is why I wanted a hotel very close to the airport. Housekeeping had not made the bed properly, I complained and received profuse apologies with some additional complimentary points. I did sleep well and made the flight.

  • ChrisC says:

    19 Feb19 February 09:20

    Personally I’d remain in the hotel where you’re staying for the rest of your trip in Manhattan. and enjoy a last night.

    Would be different if you are staying somewhere else.

    Less faff than checking out then travel then checking in again etc.

    YMMV

  • Mikeact says:

    19 Feb19 February 11:15

    Hi @Andrew J. Not upset at all…we’ve both been on here long enough for a bit of to and fro !

• Mike says:

  19 Feb19 February 08:32

  Always aim for the morning JFK flight back, nice to see an alternative

  Usually get the LIRR from Penn Station, will have to see how easy NJ Transit make it at that time of day.

• ChrisC says:

  19 Feb19 February 09:14

  Done 3 day flights to UK from ORD and JFK – all on AA

  They landed at LHR between 9 and 10 pm. Reached home in Brighton midnight ish.

  Quick cuppa then bed for a good nights sleep and wake up feeling refreshed..

  Am still jet lagged for a couple of days but I certainly feel less like the zombie I do coming off a night flight.

  The ex JFK AA day flight leaves around 10am which makes the morning less rushed than an 8am BA departure.

  • Lady London says:

    19 Feb19 February 11:09

    Thank you for the tip about this AA timing ChrisC.

    I might be coming from BOS next time so will have a rootle around in the schedules.

    • ChrisC says:

      19 Feb19 February 12:32

      You might want to avert your eyes but a couple of dummy bookings shows the ex BOS BA flight to be at 7.00 AM!

      • PGW says:

        19 Feb19 February 12:43

        I think it might be just before 7.00 am but with a very civilised arrival time before of 6.25 pm. AA discontinued their service a good while ago so it’s that or nothing daytime from BOS.

  • lumma says:

    19 Feb19 February 23:53

    Best thing about that 10am flight is arriving at a deserted Heathrow at around 11pm. No queues and straight on train to home. They don’t open the beer fridges in the Flagship Lounge until about 8amish at JFK though!

• Richard B says:

  19 Feb19 February 10:02

  +1 for the benefits of the day flight back across the Atlantic, especially in the cheap seats.

  For me the day you land from an overnight flight back from the States is basically a write off anyway, but flying the following day and getting home by 11pm puts me in as good if not better a place by 8am on ‘day 3’

  So rather than looking at is a day lost from holiday I see it as a final evening gained!

• RussellH says:

  19 Feb19 February 10:16

  While it will not be relevant to 99.999% of the readership here, one big advantage of booking through Expedia etc is that you get ATOL protection, which you do not on a direct flight-only purchase from the airline.
  There are many people who do not use credit cards, ever, so pay for travel with a debit card and so have not S.75 protection when the airline goes bust.
  And there may even be a few people who have not yet realised that airlines are no longer allowed to charge credit card surcharges, which used to put many of us off booking with a credit card.

• pgw says:

  19 Feb19 February 10:52

  This is a handy addition to the schedules especially as it arrives at LHR early enough to catch a connection the same day. The problem with the AA ORD & JFK day flights is that an overnight at LHR is usually necessary which rather defeats the object for me.

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