And Back to LAX and DEN

We landed at JFK just before 6am and I headed to the JFK Flagship Lounge.    Had time to do a little work, have a shower and a bite to eat since AA's morning transcons are a little light on real food.

At around T-30 I headed out to Gate 7 for the return flght to LAX.

JFK-LAX
AA 33
A321T
8:00a-11:15a
January 6, 2016
First Class
Breakfast (even though AA calls it Brunch...LOL)

Excellent JFK-based crew this morning. PDBs in real glass.

Today's menu...

The Yogurt Parfait is really the only consistently good part of the Breakfast offerings.

I had pre-ordered the Turkey Bacon Quiche, which was acknowledged.

Other than the soggy crust, this was really quite good.  On the other hand, "Grilled" vegetables with neither grilled nor edible. 

All in all, a very good flight with a rare but fun eastbound rock-n-roll landing in high winds and rain.

With a quick 45 minute connection, I headed to Gate 44 and the bus to the remote Bus Terminal.   Since the inbound equipment for LAX-DEN had not yet arrived, I headed to the Bus Terminal Admirals Club.   Pics from a previous visit.

LAX-DEN
AA 5976
E75
12:20p-3:45p
January 6, 2016
Lunch

No dogs on today's flight but an old familiar "friend"... B-list actor TJ Miller, who we had an encounter with a year or so ago.

Doesn't look an cleaner than last year, although he apparently changed his shirt.

And the rains continue at LAX.

Excellent LAX-based crew with our First Class FA doing everything right, from PDB to showing the catering page with full menu so everyone could see the details about the options. Choice of chicken salad or "Pastrami and Salad". Tried the pastrami for the first time since I've OD'd on AA chicken.

 Sandwich had cheap processed cheese and creamy coleslaw. Kind of like a cold Reuben. This may have tasted good as a hot sandwich, but it does not work when cold. Not even close. Yikes.  

The only good part of this meal was the chocolate cake which was very, very good.

Our approach to DEN on a much nicer day than in LA.