That sounds like a wonderful trip! I'm in Boston now, hoping my "delayed" flight is just that and not cancelled (eek!). I have to say other than a delay of 40-ish min out of CDG (and when do those flights ever leave on time, lol) my flights from Madrid, Seville and Prague were all easy peasy with none of the chaos here. Maybe I was lucky or just chose to leave from the right places but flying in the US is much more stressful than where I was, for sure.
Your DS sounds like me-if I'm not 3 hours early, I feel like I'm late
. Let's just say I'm glad I have access to skyclub