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Old Jul 14, 2016, 11:41 am
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gfunkdave
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Originally Posted by Loren Pechtel
They got on the plane?!?!

I have gotten to the airport about 1/2 hour from flight time, checkin was closed, we didn't fly. They had to rebook us though because it was their mistake. (This was back long before the internet, we had the wrong flight time on our tickets.)
Originally Posted by bmantz65
Wow, did they make the flight? Some people have no concept of time. I would freak out if I got to the airport the same time my flight started to board.
I always get to the airport right around when boarding begins. Of course, my airport is PWM, which has 11 gates and I've never seen more than 5-10 people in the security line...
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