No jet lag, no complaints, but why!?

I came back to Japan two days ago, two weeks earlier than initially planned. I have flown to and from Japan more than 50 times over the years. The jet lag is always worse coming from Ireland to Japan. Its a proven thing apparently; jet lag is worse going east. But this time, by some miracle, I did not get jet lag. Not so far anyway. I hope I am not jinxing it!

In all the times I've flown into Japan I can count on one hand the amount of times I did not get jet lag. The previous times I did not have jet lag, I had flown either business or comfort economy. This time I flew regular economy. I had one spare seat beside me, which was too small a space to lie down. And I only slept for 50 minutes of a 12.5 hour flight! A flight that I was expecting to be 11 hours.

The reason the flight was longer, is because Finnair took a curious route. Rather than fly over the North Pole like they usually do (and I have several certificates from Finnair to say I have flown over the North Pole to prove it), this time, they flew over the middle east. That was the only major change to any previous flight I have ever taken east to Japan. And I wonder if that is the reason I don't have jet lag this time!