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DP but I don't understand what the issue is. You are coming home and getting hours back because of time change. You don't need a red eye. Just take the afternoon direct flight, get in around dinner time, eat dinner and go to bed early since you will be tired. Paris is not enough of a time difference to require any other approach. I like the red eye on the way over because it allows me to get a full day there when I arrive and not lose an entire day to travel. I like the 6:45 Air France out of Dulles -- they do a quick dinner service and keep the cabin lights low, I never have trouble falling asleep early and can get 4-5 hours, and then you get into CDG just after 8, can drop of luggage and spend a day doing low key activities like museum/cafe/parks, then catch a quick nap before dinner. Very little jet lag this way. Coming home is even easier.

I don't understand why people are having trouble with this. It's among the easier international flights to take in terms of time change and jet lag. We're not talking about going to Australia or India or something.[/quote]

The issue wasn't with the afternoon return flight- I agree, it's a simple thing, and I have done it a few times with zero issues.  The issue is with the post that suggested this schedule:

"Overnight Friday
Saturday all day
Sunday day
Overnight Sunday
Back to work on Monday"

Which would max allow you time in the city from say 8 AM Saturday (if you take the early red eye from Dulles, which is tough to sleep on because it leaves around 6 PM) through 2 PM Sunday (to get to the 5 PM later flight back), so a total of 30 hours in the city.  Seems...not worth it.[/quote]

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