Why don't you consider TK J from Boston, they sometimes have a real J product ist-tlv
Thanks. I did, but forgot to mention it.
In terms of sleep, the timing of the outbound is pretty good:
BOS-IST, 11PM-4PM, then 6:20PM-7:30PM into TLV.
But the timing on the return is not great, at least for me.
Leaving on Wednesday:
TLV-IST 10:30AM-2:00PM, then IST-BOS is 3:30PM-6:45PM, so not an overnight flight.
Leaving on Thursday would be even more problematic (again, at least for me):
TLV-IST 9PM-12:30AM (Friday Morning)
15Hour layover
IST-BOS 3:30PM-6:45PM (after Shabbat so won't work).
I guess if they had the same schedule on Thursday (i.e., a morning flight TLV-IST) I would consider it, but even so, it's not an overnight flight, which I think is a priority.