It was a gruesome 4am start for me today - I always swear that I won't do flights before 9am overseas, but it never seems to work out that way. The check-out was as disinterested as the check-in. I handed over the plastic thing, said my room number and the check-out lady said 'Thanks, you are good to go.'. No questions about minibar, no offer to inspect the bill! I asked about the bill and with a bit of look she managed to print it out for me.
Walk over the the T8 Flagship lounge for a spot of brekkie. I'm sure people have posted pics of this lounge before, but here goes. It and the breakfast was pretty good (would have been better in the Flagship First dining
). Only about 6 people in the lounge up until 5:50 when I left to board.
I'm on my way to Huntsville, Alabama today, via DFW.
First flight is on a B757, in J, which is arranged herringbone 2-2, with full flat beds. Nice enough for a morning flight, but small cubby-holes for your feet and a bit narrow. Straight in front of you is the absurd space where the screen used to be, before AA took 'em out.
I declined b'fast and zoned out for most of the flight, which was incredibly smooth.
Landed a bit ahead of time at DFW and then we had one of those ridiculously long taxis, from one side of the airport to the other, dodging landing and departing aircraft and other maneuvering on the taxi-ways. I had an hour transit, which was 30 mins before boarding, and as my next flight was from a different terminal, I abandoned my plan to visit the Flagship lounge in D and caught the skytrain thing to TE. The Admiral's club there was like Admiral's clubs everywhere ...
I must say the AA app is great. Opened it for the first time in ages in the Admiral's Club, and it immediately populated my entire trip, gave me boarding passes for the 2 AA flights today & lots of other info. Shows up the Qantas app for the
joke simple marketing tool that it is.