I knew I had to leave the hotel by 8.15am at the latest in order to get to the airport in plenty of time to deal with security. I remembered that security took ages last year at O'Hare. So, just after 8.30am, I left and went down to Jackson which has the accessible interchange with the Blue Line - if you can find it. Still, I managed to get on the Blue Line train to the airport at 8.48am and it took 45 minutes to the airport as usual, which left me just 45 minutes to get to the terminal, through security and to the gate. However, my boarding pass that had arrived the day before has a little 'TSA Pre' logo on it, which meant I could use the fast-track security line with a very short queue, and without needing to unpack everything for the X-ray machines. In the end, I was at my gate a mere 15 minutes after my train arrived, and had to sit and wait for half an hour before boarding commenced!
The flight pushed back a few minutes early and after the traditional 15 minutes of touring the taxiways, we took off at 11:11. This flight has wi-fi available, but they can keep it at $6.99, as it's only a short flight. Lunch was served just after take-off, starting with the obligatory nuts, then I had chosen the burger, and finished with a freshly-baked chocolate chip cookie. The mostly deconstructed burger came with cheese, a slightly tough bun, potato salad, lettuce, cucumber, pickles, red onion, ketchup and mustard. It had been cooked on board and was surprisingly tasty. I shall try the chicken salad on the next flight, if it's available, as that was the other option.
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