Off to... nowhere

Off to... nowhere

I've done a lot of round the world trips over the years, but none in under 48 hours as I’m doing this week. The catalyst was finding an 80,000 American miles JAL First Class award HND-JFK on their amazing new A351. So how do I get there? Luckily, Cathay Pacific had a single First Class seat from London to Haneda via Hong Kong on the day I needed. Then American released a 72,000 miles First Class award seat from Denver to London via DFW to complete the trip. American's International First Class is not very good and indeed they are eliminating it in the next 12 months. In many ways, they’ve already given up on international First Class.   But at 72,000 AA miles, a reasonable price to pay for getting to London especially being able to have lunch at DFW Flagship First Dining.

First up is Denver to DFW, on very quiet 6am at DIA.

Over to the C concourse and the very nice new Admirals Club.

Beautiful sunrise.

Upgraded food options from the last time I was here.

Very nice quiet area.

This was quite tasty.

At T-40, I head over to my gate.

AA's signature seat back entertainment system 

Snack basket breakfast.

We arrived DFW on time in the B terminal and one train stop later I was in D.