We have an 8.30 flight from Memphis to LA so I had asked at Reception yesterday for them to order a taxi for us at 6.30. Breakfast starts in the lobby at 6 am so I was down there just after 6 to get some toast so we have something in our bellies apart from tea!We were in the lobby before 6.30 and waited and waited, no taxi! So I went to reception and explained that I had asked for one to be ordered and she rang to check if it had been, well obviously not!!! Anywa...

As usual I set my alarm for 3am so I could check in for our Southwest flight from LA to Las Vegas. I managed to get boarding in the A group so was worth it to get to pick a seat instead of just having to take what ever is left!The rest of the day went pretty much as you'd expect.... Taxi to airport and a really fast check in due to our upgrade we got to go to the short line instead of the economy line that went forever! Immigration and security were also a qu...

I reluctantly crawled out of bed at 5.30 as we have to head off to the airport early... quick shower and coffee then a half hour drive and we're saying our goodbyes to Dan. It's been so lovely to see all our friends again and we left Dan assuring him we will be back sometime!When we checked our bags in mine was somehow a little overweight so to avoid a $75 excess fee I had to do a quick repack but we got checked in and bags disposed of pretty fast then on...

My first impression of LAX is always how huge it is! The plane may have landed at 6.30 but it takes forever to get to the gate and then you walk for days to baggage claim! But despite all that it took us about an hour to get our bags and go through immigration and customs so not too bad. From there we caught the free shuttle, that does loops around to all the terminals for transfers, over to terminal 1 for our Southwest flight to Vegas. Bags checked, through secu...

Up bright and early for our 8am flight to LA. We were dropping the car off at the airport so it was all pretty easy getting there. A quick ... ummmm... 20 min ( ? ) drive to the airport, one wrong turn finding the rental car return, a quick walk to the terminal building. We were flying Delta again, they charge $25 per checked bag and we'd managed to pick up another bag along the way! I'd checked in and paid the $75 baggage fee online the night before so j...