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Deep, route-specific jet lag guides for the world's busiest long-haul flights — written to get you further than a generic rule of thumb ever could.

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Jet Lag London to Dubai: The 4-Hour Shift You Can Beat in a Day

Dubai is a seven-hour flight but only three or four hours of time change. Handle it right and you can skip jet lag almost entirely — here's how.

London → Dubai · 4h eastbound · ~7 hours flight
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Jet Lag New York to Tokyo: The 13-Hour Shift, Solved

Tokyo is 13-14 hours ahead of New York — almost the maximum possible dislocation. When your day and night are nearly perfectly reversed, you need a real strategy.

New York → Tokyo · 14h eastbound · ~14 hours flight
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Jet Lag Los Angeles to Sydney: Surviving the Pacific Marathon

You lose an entire calendar day, land almost 12 hours out of phase, and step off one of the longest flights in the world. The Pacific crossing needs a real plan.

Los Angeles → Sydney · 19h westbound · ~15 hours flight
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Jet Lag London to Tokyo: Beating the 8-9 Hour Eastbound Shift

Tokyo is nine time zones and one very hard direction away. Eastbound plus a long-haul flight is a brutal combination — but a deliberate light strategy tames it.

London → Tokyo · 9h eastbound · ~14 hours flight
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Jet Lag London to Los Angeles: Surviving the 8-Hour Westbound Shift

West is meant to be the easy direction — but eight hours is eight hours. Here's how to stop the 4am wake-ups and the after-lunch collapse on an LA trip.

London → Los Angeles · 8h westbound · ~11 hours flight
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Jet Lag New York to London: The Transatlantic Recovery Guide

The overnight hop to London looks easy on paper — five hours and a single film. Then you land at 7am with your body convinced it's 2am. Here's how to actually arrive functional.

New York → London · 5h eastbound · ~7 hours flight