So gunshy am I after 50 years of Translants, my insecurity enhanced by the first few couple of decades until there were some (few, and even now, not always the ones I wanted) direct flights from DFW and IAH, I became a "day before" flyer, connecting with my departure (and occasionally return) return airport with a night to spare. With friends, business associates, and the otherwise obligated, those extra evenings have often returned more than the cost of a hotel (of modest luxury, 'free", even mediocre breakfast preferred).

I will always recall the words of a grizzled veteran as we wound our way slowly across the Pacific toward SEA....."Never hurry to a war. It will still be going on when you get there." The same can be said of most business and pleasure travel destinations.