Rams Travel To Australia - I Asked ChatGPT Thought I would share a chat I had with ChatGPT about how the Rams would be traveling to Australia.. Although McVay hasn’t shared exact details (smart), the consensus is they will travel and arrive the day they play, then return immediately. SF by contract will travel a week early. While managing jet lag is the most severe part of the journey, here is what I got back about the Rams suggested 1 day plan: Since you are only in Australia for one single day, your strategy changes completely: do not try to adjust to Australian time. Instead, you should stay on Pacific Time (PT) as much as possible to avoid a double-jet-lag cycle that will exhaust you for weeks. Australia (AEST) is 17 hours ahead of Pacific Time, meaning their 9:00 AM workday is your 4:00 PM afternoon. By treating Sydney time as an afternoon-to-late-night shift, you can survive the 24 hours without breaking your body clock. I then used a hypothetical 12 Midnight PT departure time, so they arrive at 6 am Australis (AEST) time (they play at 10:30 AEST): Since your flight leaves at 12:00 AM Midnight PT and you are only staying for one single day, you must sleep immediately when you board. Because Australia (AEST) is 17 hours ahead, a midnight PT departure lands around 6:00 AM local Australian time two days later. By forcing yourself to sleep during the first half of the flight, you protect your home biological night and wake up energized just as you land in the Australian morning. Sound like a plan to me.https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251458#msg-1251458Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:07:05 -0400 Phorum 5.2.18 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251680#msg-1251680 Thanks, brother..https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251680#msg-1251680 sstrams RamsFootballFans.comWed, 02 Sep 2026 13:33:33 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251672#msg-1251672 Re: I really think the team that..https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251672#msg-1251672
As to your question, the Rams host the Giants on Monday night week 2.]]> AlbaNY_Ram RamsFootballFans.comWed, 02 Sep 2026 12:45:20 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251658#msg-1251658 Aha! Much better.. Thanks for the update... nmhttps://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251658#msg-1251658 sstrams RamsFootballFans.comWed, 02 Sep 2026 11:10:38 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251657#msg-1251657 I really think the team that..https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251657#msg-1251657 sstrams RamsFootballFans.comWed, 02 Sep 2026 11:07:58 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251656#msg-1251656 I'll tell ya... coming back..https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251656#msg-1251656
So, to summarize, left the overwater bungalow in Bora Bora Thursday night at 6pm after being in the sun and water all day.. Pulled into my driveway in Wichita Falls Friday night at midnight.. No rest, no sleep, went through a buttload of time zones.. Roughly 28 hours of non-stop travel..

Next time I will spend the night in LA.. Maybe talk one of youse into buying me dinner, or something..]]> sstrams RamsFootballFans.comWed, 02 Sep 2026 11:05:20 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251624#msg-1251624 Close to my experience....https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251624#msg-1251624
going wasn't that bad.... but of course the excitement of seeing my family and a new country was a natural high. - JamesJM]]> JamesJM RamsFootballFans.comWed, 02 Sep 2026 01:37:02 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251621#msg-1251621 Lie Flatshttps://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251621#msg-1251621Unless Qantas is taking a special A380 Seat Config plan for the Rams to use.

So potential for all players to at least have a Lie Flat seat which are in First Class and Business Class.
With that, it could be possible to sleep on the plane. But with their big bodies, maybe even the Business Class Lie Flats could be too small and uncomfortable.

They will still have to balance the plane, so maybe staff and family take the back of the plane.]]> h2omelonhead RamsFootballFans.comWed, 02 Sep 2026 00:34:20 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251608#msg-1251608 Another proposed itineraryhttps://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251608#msg-1251608
See the spreadsheets below - it will make it easier to follow along.

Melbourne is 17 hours ahead of LA, so 2pm on Wed, Sept 9 in LA is 7am on Thu., Sept 10 in Melbourne as indicated in the first timeslot for each city.

The game is on Friday, Sept 11 at 10:35am AEST. I have highlighted the timeslot for kickoff in both cities. And the flight is 16 hours

Since I'm proposing that the team stay on LA time for the entire trip I'm going to present an itinerary using only LA times. You can use the spreadsheet to reference the corresponding times in Melbourne, but it really doesn't matter what time it is in Melbourne.

If the Rams did this (stayed on LA time for the entire trip) they could avoid any time adjustment traveling to Melbourne and back

  • Leave LA at 3pm on Wed, Sept 9
  • Have dinner on the plane at whatever time they would have had dinner in LA. Maybe 6pm PDT?
  • Lights out on the plane at whatever time they would have done lights out in LA. 11pm PDT?
  • Land in Melbourne at 7am PDT
  • Proceed with whatever meeting, walkthroughs, etc. that they would have if they were playing a 5:35pm PDT game in LA
  • Kickoff at 5:35pm PDT
  • Game over around 8:45 PDT
  • Dinner in the locker room?
  • On the plane by 11pm PDT
  • Lights out at midnight PDT or 1am PDT
  • Lights back on at 8am PDT or 9am PDT on Friday, Sept 11
  • Plane lands in LA at 3pm PDT on Fri, Sept 11


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- Depart LAX Tuesday around 9PM local time for Melbourne
- 16 hour flight, have dinner after you board then sleep 8 hours or so
- Land in Melbourne at noon local time on Thursday (‘lose” Wednesday because you cross the internat’l date line)
- Get to the hotel, have walkthroughs, meeting and dinner with lights out by 10PM local time
- With 8 hours sleep, you’re up at 6AM game day (Friday) for a 10;30AM kickoff
- Beat the snot out of the Whiners and board the flight home at 4PM local time Friday
- 14+ hour victory flight home with another 8 hours sleep and land in LA on Friday around 1PM

If my math is right, their body clocks should align with local time (presuming they sleep on the way there) until they cross back over the date line on the way home. They land in LA at 1PM but their body clocks will be at 6AM. That is the extent of jet lag they should have to deal with.

GO RAMS!!]]> Youngblood_HOF RamsFootballFans.comTue, 01 Sep 2026 20:14:46 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251568#msg-1251568 Sorry-meant 200 ft ! nmhttps://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251568#msg-1251568 waterfield RamsFootballFans.comTue, 01 Sep 2026 17:27:11 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251564#msg-1251564 Well played!https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251564#msg-1251564
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Shecky
Niners are getting there so early, they may have accents by game time.

And funny too! Nicely done Shecky! :beercan]]> Ramsdude RamsFootballFans.comTue, 01 Sep 2026 17:00:22 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251561#msg-1251561 Re: Only 20 ft viz..?https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251561#msg-1251561 Shecky RamsFootballFans.comTue, 01 Sep 2026 16:56:39 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251543#msg-1251543 Only 20 ft viz..?https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251543#msg-1251543 sstrams RamsFootballFans.comTue, 01 Sep 2026 15:04:09 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251542#msg-1251542 Flown to Brisbane 4 times from LAXhttps://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251542#msg-1251542
Long flights, tough, but manageable. Always planned so we would stay in hotel the night before leaving and would board our boat the next evening. So sufficient time to rest before starting the boat trip which normally took, depending on weather, about three days and nights travelling. Always worth it !]]> waterfield RamsFootballFans.comTue, 01 Sep 2026 14:59:21 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251533#msg-1251533 Re: They Don't Play the Same Day They Landhttps://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251533#msg-1251533
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Shecky
Trip Itinerary & DetailsGame Date & Time: Thursday, September 10, 2026, at 8:35 p.m. ET (which is Friday morning, September 11, local time in Melbourne) at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.Arrival: Arriving in Australia on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 (one day prior to the U.S. kickoff / local game eve).Departure: Flying back to the U.S. immediately after the game ends.

You have to get there one day early because what if your flight is delayed...

But I kind of get don't get adjusted to the new time zone.

If my math is right the game is actually played about 10:30 a.m. on Friday for them?

This should be fine.

Yeah I don't know why the niners are getting there a week early that seems ridiculous. And then yeah you're now adjusted to that time and have to adjust back.

I like the pop-in and pop-out strategy, but get there the day before to be safe.]]> kw13 RamsFootballFans.comTue, 01 Sep 2026 14:04:06 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251509#msg-1251509 When I flew to Tahiti..https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251509#msg-1251509 sstrams RamsFootballFans.comTue, 01 Sep 2026 10:17:24 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251476#msg-1251476 They Don't Play the Same Day They Landhttps://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251476#msg-1251476 Shecky RamsFootballFans.comTue, 01 Sep 2026 00:51:42 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251470#msg-1251470 Re: Rams Travel To Australia - I Asked ChatGPThttps://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251470#msg-1251470 Rambone RamsFootballFans.comMon, 31 Aug 2026 23:04:36 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251467#msg-1251467 Re: Rams Travel To Australia - I Asked ChatGPThttps://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251467#msg-1251467
Land at 6:00 and then play 4 and a half hours later? No freaking way the Rams will do that.]]> XXXIVwin RamsFootballFans.comMon, 31 Aug 2026 22:46:48 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251458#msg-1251458 Rams Travel To Australia - I Asked ChatGPThttps://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?19,1251458,1251458#msg-1251458
Although McVay hasn’t shared exact details (smart), the consensus is they will travel and arrive the day they play, then return immediately. SF by contract will travel a week early. While managing jet lag is the most severe part of the journey, here is what I got back about the Rams suggested 1 day plan:

Since you are only in Australia for one single day, your strategy changes completely: do not try to adjust to Australian time.

Instead, you should stay on Pacific Time (PT) as much as possible to avoid a double-jet-lag cycle that will exhaust you for weeks. Australia (AEST) is 17 hours ahead of Pacific Time, meaning their 9:00 AM workday is your 4:00 PM afternoon. By treating Sydney time as an afternoon-to-late-night shift, you can survive the 24 hours without breaking your body clock.

I then used a hypothetical 12 Midnight PT departure time, so they arrive at 6 am Australis (AEST) time (they play at 10:30 AEST):

Since your flight leaves at 12:00 AM Midnight PT and you are only staying for one single day, you must sleep immediately when you board. Because Australia (AEST) is 17 hours ahead, a midnight PT departure lands around 6:00 AM local Australian time two days later. By forcing yourself to sleep during the first half of the flight, you protect your home biological night and wake up energized just as you land in the Australian morning.

Sound like a plan to me.]]> Rambone RamsFootballFans.comMon, 31 Aug 2026 21:07:00 -0400