Originally Posted by
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no matter how you slice it, you lose a sleep cycle every 3-day trip. I’ve never lost one on a domestic trip since I got senior enough to avoid redeyes.
This is key. I may have early mornings, or later nights, depending on the trip, but I never lose a nights sleep cycle.
If you start adding 6 day trips into the equation, that’s even worse. Not even accounting for 6 days to western Europe pay pretty close to 6 days of domestic.