Flights from Heathrow to Paris?

My ideal would be to get to Paris later in the evening and then be able to go to sleep at a normal time relative to the time zone.

Have you considered simply taking a non-stop flight to Paris with another airline? If you must go through Heathrow, the obvious choice would be taking BA Heathrow to Paris. They have four flights a day to Orly, and seven to CDG. Booked in advance one-way fares should be less than $100 USD. Or make your life easier and purchase one ticket all the way from Boston to Paris at the BA website.

It would be simplest to book this as one flight on BA, as Michael suggested. That way you don't have to worry about connect time, checked luggage ( if you do that), etc.

Thanks. I'll check further, but when I first looked into it I saw no direct flights on BA from Boston to CDG leaving in the morning. There were morning flights to London. I want to fly in the morning to avoid jet lag. Ugh! I just checked and the only "British Airways" flight betwen Boston and CDG is on BA's partner, American. I have vowed to row across the ocean rather than fly American ever again.

I think war people are saying is to book your ticket to Paris on BA, with a change of planes at Heathrow. Won't that work? OK, I see the proble, The morning BA flight from Boston to LHR gets in too late for you to take a BA flight onward to Paris. Why is it so important to be on the morning flight? Even if you can find a flight to Paris after you land in Heathrow, you will be getting to Paris really late at night.

I understand, but it doesn't look like that is possible out of Boston. Even if BA's partner airline were not American, the morning flight out of Boston doesn't get you into Paris until the following morning because of the long layover at JFK (total travel time 14'55"). Kayak is showing a 5:30 pm flight out of Boston on Air Canada, which also gets into Paris the next morning. However, the total travel time is much less, only 9 hours. The connection time in Montreal is tight, though, only 1'07". Surprisingly, Kayak doesn't show any morning flights leaving out of New York. Newark has a couple, but there are long layover times in Philadelphia, so you still don't get to Paris until the following morning. Unfortunately, it looks like you are going to have to find another way to minimize your jet lag. Either sleep on the plane, force yourself to stay awake when you arrive in Paris, or build in an extra day to help your body adjust to the Paris time zone.

Oh well. Thank you, everybody. Looks like it's going to be a typical night flight. I always force myself to stay up the first day, have a pretty early dinner and then go to sleep. But it takes me days to adjust, no matter what I do, how much sunlight I get into upon landing, or anything else. And fo course, I can't sleep on planes.

I suggest you buy "No Jet Lag". It is available at the Magellan Travel store in Santa Monica, Ca. or online at Magellan.com. They are great. They are tiny little pills that are a supplement. You take one on departure and one every two hours, during your flight. If you fall asleep, you can take the pill at a four hour interval. Then you take another pill on landing. We have been on three trips to Europe and to Australia, which is a much longer flight. We had absolutely no jet lag.

I've tried No Jet Lag to no effect. Ah, the joys of travel.

Not surprising. It is not a "supplement", it is a homeopathic remedy containing ipecac and other plant extracts. (Ipecac is what is used to make poison victims throw up and get rid of the poison they ingensted.) No worries, the herbal ingredients are diluted to the point where they exist in infinitely small amounts (this is the driving principle of homeopathic medicine.) The dilutions in No Jet Lag are 30X, which in homeopathic terms means the ipecac is diluted 1:100, and then that is diluted 1:100 thirty more times. The pills are essentially the sorbitol, magnesium stearate, etc. that are used as binders and fillers. If it works, just attribute it to the placebo effect.

Ken, I often take the morning flight out of DC to London. It gets in about 10pm which is too late to get a connecting flight onwards. I think all the transatlantic morning flights (same-day) are into London. The fact that the UK is one hour earlier than the continent is part of what makes this feasible. You could see if you can work out that BA flight with an overnight layover in London and stay at a Heathrow hotel for the night.

I have done this several times and am doing it again in May. "reasonable" would depend. I am paying $220 this time. Last year I got it for less. Just do a search on Expedia. AF and BA run the route. Now since it's a "non protected" connection if you buy a second ticket..... leave LOTS of time. My Delta flight (actually from Boston) lands at around 6 am. My AF flgiht to Paris is 4 hours later. Yes, there were earlier flights, but 4 hours is my standard "pad" for this type of transfer. And accept the risk... if Delta has a bad day and I land 6 hours late in London, then I will have to pay either AF or the Eurostar a walk up rate for a ticket. (Which won't be cheap) I am solo so it's not a huge risk. Family of 4 it's a bigger risk. I did it because I couldn't get a cheap frequent flyer ticket into CDG but could into LHR. :)

If you buy No Jet Lag, please test it before you fly. I tried it several years ago based on recommendations on message boards.... My body does NOT like that stuff! Never again!

Actually, I believe quite a lot in homeopathy. It's been proven to work in many patients who had no idea what the discipline was. Queen Elizabeth has had a homeopathic doctor for many years.

Ken Please do not consider a connecting flight with anything less than 2 1/2 hours. Anything can happen in Boston to delay your departure, including weather in other parts of the country. It is important to leave a large cushion of time to ensure you start your trip well. Agree with previous posters to just book your flights straight through. If you are changing flights at Heathrow on two separate bookings and not flying straight through, leave lots of time as you will have to go through customs and immigration. Good Luck! Bobbie

Thank you, everyone, for your very helpful comments and suggestions. I've decided to skip the Heathrow option and book straight from Boston to Paris.