Would you do a 6am flight home from holiday?

[christmasdee]

My partner has booked our holiday
He has chose a flight home from Tenerife at 6am back to Manchester.
Our transfer is picking us up at 2.30am
It's honestly making me miserable thinking about it.
He can't see anything wrong with this.
Please tell me I'm not alone in thinking this is a shocking time to get picked up.

It depends on how much money that is to you. For £160, yes I would. I'd hate it but it's a lot of money to me.

For less than £100 no I wouldn't. Or with children.

No because I would feel discombobulated for days afterwards

If it was just a week holiday I'd not be too impressed bit of 10 days or more then fine imo

We did this earlier in the year with a 3 month old, DD6 and DS14. It was fine. Set multiple alarms if you go to sleep, make sure you're totally packed so just need to pick up bags as you are walking out the door, and enjoy a strong coffee at the airport. All the kids slept on the plane and then thought it was an exciting treat (!) to get dropped at school on the way home (we landed on the back to school Monday morning).

It was early nights all round that night at home, but everyone was fine and had loved the holiday.

Would I do it again? Not if there was another option, but yes if I had to.

Enjoy your trip :)

We usually give the car back the day before, that might help it we kept it.

It's for 5 nights.
It's not our main holiday
Just a extra bonus trip away really but still makes me feel urgh thinking of it

Just enjoy your last night in the hotel, go to your room, shower and change and it will be time to leave. Can you afford the extra money for the dearer flights?

It's not ideal, but £160 per person extra is an entire flight for a city break somewhere else, so I would probably suck it up.

I usually choose to sleep until I wake up naturally and book a flight home in the afternoon around 3 or 4 pm, then eat something when I get home and go back to sleep.

Wouldn’t bother me. I’d go out for a late dinner, few drinks and sleep on the plane.

Absolutely NO WAY would I book flight times like that. One of the biggest considerations when I book a holiday is the flight times. Honestly, I would pay an admin fee and change the flights.

Oh well, it's better than not going at all 🙂

I wouldn’t mind if I was with my partner. I travel solo often so it’s not something I’d do by myself but with my partner or friends - yes definitely. We can fall asleep on each other in the airport or whatever lol

Yes I've done it. Just didn't go to bed. Stayed up late, had a shower went to airport. Everyone sleeps on flight. Home at 9am got a few hours sleep then went to bed as normal that night. All good

Well, is that the only two flight options? I'd hate it but probably suck it up; the £320 price difference is just too big to go for the "better" flight. But also the pick up seems far too early for six o'clock? You can sleep on the plane as well.

Different airlines.

If I've flown really long haul and it means a cheaper flight I've done it in the past - it was a £300 difference between that a night flight home from SE Asia for me years ago, so it felt worth it (and I'd have been there 3 weeks at that point).

But for a reasonably short haul European holiday no, I wouldn't.

I'd set my alarm for 2am and get to bed for 9. Wouldn't bother me.

Where are you staying @christmasdee

I would get a taxi to airport so not such an early pick up

If a 6am flight then check in online. Assume hand luggage if 5 days so don't need to be at airport till 4 even 430

Here's a thought. It's worth keeping an eye on the flight prices. Often they reduce significantly closer to departure date. If the Jet2 flight was say £50 per person, then changing seems like a good option.

We did this recently. We had to fly into Luton. I live in the SW. Couldn't be arsed with trains (Luton airport to Kings cross to paddington and then home) so got a hotel in London

I am never doing that again

Yup I agree that’s £160 well spent

I only do flights that early if it's at the start of the holiday and I can stay the night at the airport.

For that price I couldn't really complain, cheaper than a taxi home from a night out. Treat yourself to something nice from duty free with the money you've saved.

Nope - I only do flights between 10am and 6.30pm whether going or coming back and I choose destinations and flights accordingly and cough up