I'm checking in 1.5 hrs ahead of my departure at MCI and a guy in a suit with a briefcase comes up and asks to get in front of me -- his flight is departing in 10 minutes.

I let him go ahead, and then as I'm standing in the 20-minute security line, I notice he's done the same thing there. This guy gets to the airport 10-15 minutes before his flight, and manages to catch it. Then I notice that the security folks pulled ALL the other passengers out of line for the next flight, making my flight wait until they're cleared.

Has anyone else seen this behavior, of going to the head of the line to avoid missing a flight? The ticket agent commented to me under her breath that when they say 2 hours, they DON'T mean 10 minutes.