After an interesting Check-In (I do wonder if anyone ever actually buys a First Class ticket on US Airways, since we were offered various upgrade options for our flight before we politely pointed out that we were actually on a paid First Class fare!). We knew the US Airways Club was landside, however we did not realise it's location was a state secret. With a location and lack of signage that makes "Area 51" look positively inviting by comparison, we finally found the door to the club hidden on the mezzanine level to the right of the A Gate First Class security station, between two non-descript staff-only offices. However once through the secret portal, we were welcomed very warmly by the lounge staff on the basis of our bmi gold status (since in the USA domestic First Class does not include automatic lounge access), which sort of helps to justify the whole point of this trip!

Willard takes the weight off his paws in the compact, but well appointed US Airways lounge.

He also finds the well stocked bar (but, like most American airlines, the alcoholic drinks are not complimentary), but feels it's a little to early to partake of anything but his glass of apple juice, and perhaps, to further help convice his brain that it is breakfast time, a nice cup of tea!

We breeze through the priority security lane to our gate, but, only in Vegas, do you find one-armed bandits ganging up on you in the terminal! Just in case you are in any danger of Leaving Las Vegas with some of their money in your pockets!

The short flight from Las Vegas to Phoenix was uneventful, apart from the fact that we left the gate on time, and then spent over half an hour touring the taxiways of McCarran airport due to flow-control restrictions into PHX. On arrival at Phoenix, we ran from our arrival gate to the departure gate, to find the flight to JFK just starting to board, making us wonder what a short connection on US might look like, since our 75 minute connection was a bit of a sprint! Anyway, Willard settles into his US Airways First Class seat (1A) to enjoy the four and a half hour flight to New York.