Originally Posted by Xplorer
On the bright side: I have traveled through these "peak times", often for trans Atlantic flights leaving between 5 and 6pm, about 20 times in the last year. My wait has never been more than 40 minutes, even though it sure doesn't seem that way when you first stand in line

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^ I thought it was a one-off cockup of some sort when I turned up. I couldn't believe how long the line was. There were even people with balloons marking the turn points when the line left the regular rails and came towards the doors to the terminal