Originally Posted by
jimster99
Even on the page you quote, did you miss the part that says:
If travelling from Addis Ababa, Almaty, Amman, Amritsar, Baku, Beirut, Bishkek, Cairo, Casablanca, Dammam, Freetown, Jeddah, Khartoum, Marrakech, Riyadh, Tbilisi, Tehran, Tripoli or Yerevan, please be aware that Online Check-in closes one hour before departure.
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Even so, I'm surprised you couldn't call or talk to a ticket agent to put you on the next flight.