Originally Posted by jrl767

post of the day

when DL still hubbed at DFW (in the old pre-TSA days of paper tickets and phone reservations), I occasionally booked SEA-DFW-ATL arriving ~1220pm and departing ~415pm; this was long enough to get to and from a 130-til-3 meeting about a 25-min drive from the airport ... on two occasions the plan failed (full disclosure, one was semi-intentional because the "meeting" was a retirement ceremony) and I didn't get back to DFW until ~430 ... "415pm?!?! I could have SWORN the agent on the phone said 450pm!" and "Rats, I forgot to reset my watch when I left Seattle!" both got me on the next DFW-ATL