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Old May 17, 2017 | 12:48 am
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Originally Posted by chutchins
Does anyone know what time they'll actually close the doors?
10-15 minutes before the actual departure time.

Originally Posted by warrenw
Interesting, I do that particular flight all the time and have cut it close due to a late inbound with originally only a 55 min connection - they let me board with 5 minutes to spare. That's happened to me at least 3 times now in the past two years.
I believe this is what is known as plane hold.
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