Originally Posted by xyzzy
You can certainly meet him at the gate. Just buy a refundable ticket from MIA to somewhere on a flight that leaves from the concourse your friend will arrive at. Then go to the gate and greet away! You can cancel your ticket via phone once you're through "security."
I have done that several times, but will they allow him to carry his luggage through security? Or is there somewhere else he could store it after he claimed it. I guess it is always possible to let the luggage office keep it after your flight, but then you gamble on whether or not they will be open when you return to pick it up.