Business Class should be the minimum for an overnight work flight?

[spoonfedzebra]

I have an upcoming work trip to New York. We are there for 2 days for an internal company course, which finishes in the afternoon. After that, we have been booked on to flights back to the UK. This means it will be a red eye flight and then have been told we would be expected in the office that next day.

We are flying in premium economy. AIBU to think an overnight work flight where we are expected to be in work the next day, should be at least business class?

Is flight time not counted as working hours? They can't expect you to work 24 hours.

Not sure you can comment on how well another will sleep. My partner can sleep standing up, I can't sleep in anything but my own bed.

Many years ago I flew to the US on a work trip and came back the next day, in Economy both ways!

Left Heathrow around 11am arrived Chicago around 2pm. Left Chicago 5pm next day, arrived Heathrow about 7am. About 25 hours in the US.

I was a new grad at the company, I can’t remember if the more senior staff got to fly business class.

Years later I did a lot of business class travel for work but thankfully never a 24 hour trip!

My firm says anything over a 4 hour flight is business class. It’s not unreasonable.