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Pheohe’s which is right by the Coronado Ferry Landing has one of the nicest views back to the city. I am not sure how good the food is there these days, but it should make for a nice outing.

JAL keeping the cabin excessively warm is really quite interesting and something I have never considered. They actually state on their web site the cabin is going to be kept warm. I guess it's great if you are coming from a tropical climate. https://www.jal.co.jp/en/health/before/environment.html Temperature The onboard temperature is maintained at 24ºC using air conditioners. @Zach1213 - I have a flight between NRT and KUL this fall. I picked JAL as the better service option over Malaysian Airlines never considering the cabin temperature. Would you recommend switching airlines? I am not sure it's possible, but I am curious as to your opinion regarding the two carriers.

@Globaliser - I understand your point regarding quality of some PJs. I guess when I find some handed by an airline that don't work for me I will pack my own for the future as I will for my upcoming BA flight. Good, I am happy that you found this thread interesting. I had never been offered PJs on any flight pre-COVID and I just returned to flying long haul until last year. My thought was that the practice was more wide-spread now as part of the reduction in first class and the competition between carriers to sell their business class products. In terms of changing clothes, my wife is the master of changing in her seat - less than a minute. It makes me wonder if she had a career on stage before we met. On aircraft with suite doors changing in the seat can be pretty easy and fairly private when the lights are down low. We have also used the lavatory. Some are definitely a bit cramped and although others are larger I have thought about germs. I like Qatar in this regard as they tend to have disinfecting wipes in their lavatories which make it easy to wipe down surfaces before changing.

My first cruise was on the Disney Magic a bit more than 20 years ago. I remember being really impressed. Was it the ship or was it because it was my first cruise? Probably a bit of both leaning more towards the fact that everything was new to me. I can't remember the food all that well - other than my kids are Mickey Bars for desert every day - but I do remember the shows and think they remain the best I have seen on a cruise ship.

Thanks to all for their responses and information. I wish more carriers would do this for flights were sleep is a reasonable expectation. My next flight is SAN to LHR leaving at 5:15 in the afternoon with a flying time on Google posted of about 10.5 hours. My plan, as always, will be to sleep as much as I can on board. With the information gleaned in this thread, I will be certain to take some from another airline. I guess I was lucky in that my most recent American flight was from Sydney PJs were offered. My two transatlantic flights last year were on Iberia and BA respectively so I didn't know that the American distribution was so limited. My thought has been that carriers are all trying to improve their business class offerings and the distribution of PJs might be becoming more widespread. Also, I read some of the comments regarding sleepwear in the posted article link. I found it interesting that some of the people making comments really didn't PJs mattered too much. Maybe not, but I like receiving them onboard. My main reasons are they are comfortable to wear onboard and wearing PJs helps keeps the clothes fresh while you are traveling. @FlyerTalker - my bad on the article list in thinking Delta was on it. @Zach1213 - I hate warm cabins as well. @the mice - if BA followed the Emirates rule, my flight would warrant PJs. I think 7 or 8 hours of flight sounds like a good dividing line to me. @frantic36 - I also believe that Qatar Airways on some of their flights only hands out PJs by request.

In my case which was the basis of the thread, we actually enjoy seeing the other on a regular basis and have spent many weekends together over the years. On our one trip that was more extensive, we ended up feeling like tour guides and needing to be responsible for everything. We still have time to figure things out before the cruise.

@the mice, Thanks - it looks like nothing has changed as the date of the article is very recent. It’s interesting that none of the major transatlantic carriers based in Europe offer them and the Big 3 US carriers do.

Unlike at least some other OW carriers, BA as of my last flight in 2023 didn’t provide sleepwear in business class. Is this still true? I am flying BA very soon and will bring some from another carrier if they still don’t. Thanks in advance for any information.

As a contractor, my strategy varied whether my expenses were bundled in the rate or reimbursed. That said, I never wanted to lay my customers away of expenses beyond their cultural norms.

So is this a function of demand or aircraft availability? As the planes don't simply disappear, are they being redeployed or going in for maintenance? Maybe a combination of both. I did see that AA is starting service from DFW to Brisbane this coming fall.

I appreciate all the stories above and especially those that refer to refer to health and the fact that no guarantees exist in this life. I worked beyond what I needed to do from a financial perspective driven by a combination of enjoying my work and colleagues, the perceived additional security of having more money, a bit of fear regarding such a dramatic lifestyle change and perhaps the COVID lockdowns as well. Like a couple of others above, a stage 4 diagnosis over 2 years ago. This diagnosis was the big wakeup call that I needed to finally leave my formal working life behind. All is going well today and I am remain optimistic for the future. For now the plan is to enjoy family and friends as well as travel while we can. I do understand the other side of the equation in terms of needing to make up budget adjustments if things don't go as well as you thought financially. I thought about this all the time when I had my own business. My "plan b" was always to go back and get a "real job" if my own efforts didn't pan out as planned. Again, no guarantees exist in this life.

I certainly have no problem with others discussing other topics that gets triggered by my posts. In this thread, it's certainly an easy leap from discussing travel with another couple to discussing travel with an individual or larger groups.

You mean via Dubai and not Doha, right? Doha is the connection point for Qatar Airways flights and not Emirates.

My first "cruise ship" experience growing up as a kid in the Seattle area was on the Princess Marguerite II plying the waters daily between Seattle and Victoria. It was definitely a fixture on the Seattle waterfront for many, many years. https://mynorthwest.com/386854/memories-sailed-away-marguerite/

I think so as well. You'll have a non-stop flight to your "home" airport. What could be better than that? Also, having a connection only ups your probability of an having an issue on your journey which would delay your arrival. Finally, your overall overall travel time home is likely to be at least 4 hours shorter and the flight to DFW from SYD isn't all that much longer (as a percentage of flying time) than the flight to either LAX or SFO.