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Old Sep 12, 2018 | 8:04 am
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Athena53
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It depends on the airport. My home airport is MCI so, sadly, very few international nonstops (except those to Mexico and now Icelandair to KEF). I see no reason to be there 3 hours early for a flight that's going to connect in ORD to an international flight. The only extra work they need to do at MCI is verify my passport.

I do try to allow 2-3 hours if it's an airport where I have to go through "security" AND passport control.
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