i think there are only a few day flights, because business people don't like them because they loose a day...i love them as you arrive refreshed and get a normal nites' sleep...i have done bos-lhr on the day flight the last two times and will continue...not good for connections onward as you arrive at 7 or 8 PM...

Exactly, RHKKMK. Probably darned few people are "comfortable" during a coach flight overseas. But the level of discomfort that my spouse and I experience when boarding a plane in the evening, when we're already tired - well, let's just say, if my captors wanted to know everything I knew - they'd have it after the first hour. So we're just hoping that a daytime flight will lessen the 6.5 hours of misery/restless legs. And if so, it will be worth the premium. (And anyone over 5'9 who's not experienced RL for hours on end in a coach seat...should immediately offer up a moment of thanks).

Rather than start a new thread, I just thought I'd post my "rave" here for daytime travel to Europe. I never thought it was possible to actually enjoy a flight, to be anything but anxiety-ridden and miserable for endless hours. (We actually might have gone a time or two in the recent past if the thought of the flight hadn't been so off-putting.)

So both of us were just thrilled with the experience of flying AA (with decent leg room!) out of Boston at 9 a.m. to London. We did pay a premium for this - what with the Milwaukee-Boston flight and extra hotel, but for us, it was totally worth it. Especially as flying out of Boston also shortened the trip by two hours or more. We arrived Heathrow about 8 p.m. By the time we got into town (via JustAirports, which was just as satisfactory as everyone here reports), it was 9-10 p.m.-ish; we had a drink and a snack in the hotel lounge and managed to fall soundly asleep. I'll never travel on an overnite flight again!

Add me to the daytime flight people. You can check in immediately to your hotel and since you are in a European city you will have no trouble finding a restaurant open late for dinner. Eat, go to bed and get started the next morning - try to resist the urge to sleep in too late which will happen. Have a great time.

Someone mentioned the IMO movies if you can't sleep. We had several kids on a flight from MSP to LGW earlier this year, most of whome stayed awake to watch the movies. One of which, I would not allow my nieces to watch, a pseudo-horror/thriller movie. I do a agree flying in the daytime is best. You body will actually adjust to what your surroundings are.