4:30am wake up and a 5:30am shuttle to the airport.  We got here a little bit too early since the Emirates ticket counter didn’t open until 6:15am.  However, check in was a breeze and with the TSA PreCheck we were able to get through the security line in under 5 minutes. We spent the next couple of hours just lounging in the Alaska Airlines Board Room, a benefit of my Citi Prestige credit card. We filled up on some breakfast items, charged up our electronics and watched the planes take off from these huge windows. We also ran into some people we knew who were heading off on their own adventures…