Flying IAD-IAH today and connecting to SAT. First flight was delayed due to inbound aircraft (2.5 hour delay due to mechanical issues at CDG). I can understand that. Booked myself on a backup later flight IAH-SAT. Got to the airport, sat at the gate for 30 minutes with the aircraft good and ready. Why? Because they were waiting for some VIP. Six guys in suits, some with earpieces, showed up after a while and were allowed to escort mysterious VIP onboard while the rest of us waited. Then we had some "loading discrepancy", resulting in another 20 minutes on the runway. Finally landed in IAH just in time to see my connection flight take off. Had we not sat at the gate waiting for the ViP, I'd have made it

Wish I knew who it was so I could write a nice thank you note...