We landed from our American Airlines flight from Sydney to Los Angeles after nearly 15 hours. However, Global Entry and some efficient luggage handling meant within about 5 minutes we were out of the airport. One last leg remained – and that was with Delta.

Delta surely made it memorable for Sharmila today. First, as we relaxed in the sofas of their Delta One area with the cappuccinos they made for us, they took the passports and our suitcases from us and took care of all the formalities without we having to do anything. Finally, when we had finished our coffee, there was a special security belt right behind where it was the two of us and three TSA agents.

After a shower and made to order egg breakfast, they put us in a Porsche and drove us straight to our plane. An elevator ride and an entry thru a secured staff door later, we were in the plane before anybody had started boarding. In fact, we were not even carrying our boarding passes with us!

That was totally royal treatment. Reminded me of how some of the Asian airlines roll out the red carpet for frequent flyers.

Nice way to finish off a really memorable trip.