Although I wish day 8 was travel home only I know it will never happen here. How one gets home is based on what’s on the schedule for your tail number and the particular staff member in dispatch who is working your flight. There’s a few good ones and a few that could put in more effort. Example one day I caught a red eye on day 7/8 at 12 am and I was home at 10am day 8. I’ve been home as late as 1 am but I’m usually home between 2pm and 9 pm. My last rotation was supposed to get home at 10pm with a connection in ORD. No thank you. I emailed dispatch saying I found another way home cancel my ticket and I booked a non stop flight(was not outrageously priced either, almost the same). I got to sit in the airport longer then I would have with my ORD flight but not having a connection is gold especially when you make it home earlier then the original flight.