Off to Cape Town and Antarctica

Off to Antarctica

Today I’m off on a bucket list trip to Antarctica via Cape Town one of my favorite cities in the world. It’s a mostly Emirates First trip starting in Chicago where Emirates now flies the gorgeous 777 Game Changer. First up is an American positioning flight from Denver.  And a great start as there is no one at CLEAR+ PreCheck.

First stop is the Denver Amex Centurion Lounge.

Pretty empty a little before 7am.

At T-50, I headed off to my gate.  Cool Lear 35 hanging from the rafters.

Cozy 8 seat A319 First Class cabin.

Sparing no expense, AA's cutting edge seat back entertainment system.  LOL.

Gorgeous morning to fly.

Hey, it's 5 o'clock somewhere.

AA's tasty frittata breakfast.

Chicago on a frigid morning.

Classic T3 design.

With an 8 hour connection, I headed over to the Hyatt Regency O'Hare.

And a sweet Globalist Suite Upgrade for the day.