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Old Jun 16, 2015 | 2:46 pm
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Originally Posted by jrl767

the advantage of booking an early flight in F is that you can SDC as soon as OLCI for that flight opens (T-24) ... so you have the maximum window of visibility into the next day's flights

a couple weeks ago I found a ~$400 G fare on a sunrise flight (DCA-XXX-LAX) for my upcoming trip; I have every intention of calling at T-24 to grab a seat on a JFK connection at some point the following day
This requires that you be awake at 6 am to call DL then. No thanks.
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