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Nov 29, 2008 | 4:45 pm

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Originally Posted by The _Banking_Scot

Hi,
First ( or second time) in F, I would agree with quebec 5 and allow at least 4 hours!^

I arrived at 0700 for my 1200 LAX flight in Nov and will be arriving about 0630 for my flight to SFO on the 1st Jan ( miy flight is at 1040 but I like to walk aorund the shops)

06:30?! Shudder. That would feel far too much like work.

In the Good Old Days when there was a chance of sinking into a bottle of Clos du Mesnil in the T4 CCR and then staggering 10 yards onto the plane it was worth turning up (maybe) 3 hours early (I drink slowly).

These days, the plane is more fun than the lounge - would not want to spend more than an hour hanging around to be honest (IMHO).

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