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    "title": "The best times on a business trip…",
    "url": "https://performancezen.com/2007/11/03/the-best-times-on-a-business-trip/",
    "datePublished": "2007-11-03",
    "dateModified": "2022-04-30",
    "language": "en-US",
    "description": "Part of the problem with making a lot of East to West trips across the US is that the flights back are a nightmare for timing. You either lose most…",
    "author": "spierzchala",
    "publisher": "Performance Zen"
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```

# The best times on a business trip…

Part of the problem with making a lot of East to West trips across the US is that the flights back are a nightmare for timing. You either lose most of a day or have to take a red-eye.

Well, taking the red-eye has only one advantage: you get to camp in the airline lounge and get some work done that you have been too tired/jetlagged to deal with.

I am in the United Red Carpet Lounge. It is 18:33 PDT, and my flight boards at 22:00 PDT. I have been here since 15:00 PDT. I have caught up with a client project, completed my (dreaded) weekly timesheet, booked accommodation for my Columbus, OH trip, and tidied up an analysis script that I use to process client measurement data.

Seems odd that this is the most productive time of the week.

This trip is a 48-hour turnaround from Boston to LA to finish up the project for a large client. The first half was handled by some colleagues, and was detailed [here](https://web.archive.org/web/20080110183934/http://www.roger-lisa.com/blog/2007/10/19/surviving-travels-with-bill/).

Then, when I get home, I have to go to NYC (Long Island City actually) for the day on Monday. And, as I mentioned above, Columbus which is set for the middle of the month.

Compared to some jet-setters out there, this is nothing. But I travelled so much between August 15 and November 15 that I went from 2,000 miles on United to well into Premier (24,000+ miles). This trip makes the fourth cross-country trip in 2.5 months. Not bad for a homebody.

I have three more hours. Think I will sit back and watch [Trois Couleurs: Blanc](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Colors:_White).