What do people mean when they say they are taking the 'red eye'?

Question

What do people mean when they say they are taking the 'red eye'?

Answer 1

drinking too much beer

Answer 2

The super early or super late plane or train. It's so late or early that your eyes are bloodshot.

Answer 3

It means it's an overnight flight

Answer 4

it refers to an overnight flight or a very early morning one - most the people have "red eyes" because they had little sleep the night before

Answer 5

An overnight airline flight or train trip, typically going west to east.  Due to time zone changes, you lose time.

Answer 6

the last flight of the airline of the night.

Answer 7

they r getting punchd in the eye ball!!

Answer 8

The late overnight flight.

Answer 9

A flight that leaves the west coast around 11:00 PM. You fly all night. You get into an east coast city about 7:00 AM, just in time to get to work from the airport. The whole next day you have red eyes from lack of sleep.

I've done many of them. I just love it when I'm scheduled for an afternoon meeting in Long Beach, CA and another meeting the next morning in Tampa, FL. The only thing worse is a Friday night blizzard at O'Hare.

HTH