Departure Day
Today we leave for our trip to South America. We have been planning this trip for over a year and it is finally here. Our flight leaves O’Hare at 4:40pm, so we have most of the morning to check over our packing.
Living downtown Chicago heads given us the option of taking the train to O’Hare. We were able to catch the bus right outside our apartment and transfer to Blue Line that takes us to O’Hare. Such an easy process. It took us just under an hour, door to door. Not bad considering an Uber or Taxi would have been about the same if not longer and much more expensive.
O’Hare was fairly easy, except one hiccup. There is no Clear station in Terminal 3, so I was not able to use my Clear Pass to quickly get through security. On top of that, for some reason, my known traveler number was not on my reservation, so I was not able to use TSA Precheck. The lines were short and moved fast, so it not not a big issue, just annoying.
We had a 3 hour layover in Miami, so we decided to checkout the Centurion Club. I get a free access with my American Express. However, they were closing at 10:00 and we had just arrived at 9:30. We opted to go to the Admrals’s Club since we were flying business class, we get free access as well. Both clubs were near gate 14 and we arrived at gate 46. There is a tram that took us there and is was nice not to have to walk all that way. However, when we left the Admrals club at 11:30, the tram was closed, so we had to walk all the way back to our departure gate 42. Yuck! We had plenary of time to catch our flight, but saw many people running to catch their flights. We also stopped at Duty Free to get some booze for the trip. They had a new Hendricks Gin that I had not see before, Hendricks Amazonian. Seemed like a good sign, so I pickup up a bottle. Can’t wait to try it!
Our five hour flight to Lima from Miami was fairly uneventful with the exception that the business class seats did not lay flat. Sleep was difficult, but I managed to get a few hours of sleep.
We arrived at 4:30 am into Lima. Got our luggage and were able to take the short walk to our Hotel. The Wyndham Airport. We checked in and took a nice nap.
