As previously mentioned, the California trip did not exactly go as planned. We still were facing a trans-Atlantic flight to Italy in September and did not want that to be James’s first time on a plane. Chicago was the perfect solution.
Several airlines fly non-stop to Chicago, and the flight is only about two hours. Plus, flights were dirt cheap in May. We booked on American for $105 round trip all in. United had some flights even cheaper than that, but we missed them by the time we had plans nailed down. This time, we went with three economy seats because first class was a lot more expensive.
James did pretty well on the flights. He got a little antsy, but we broke out something he doesn’t really get at home – the Ipad. That settled him. He eventually fell asleep in both directions for about half of the flight. The turbulence seemed to help with sleep; we were probably the only people on the plane hoping for turbulence.