Originally Posted by
JD1905
I’d go to the gate when it says boarding personally. Depends where the gate is. We had a “Go to gate” message 2 Hours before a flight once so just aimed to get there half hour before.
If it says 20 mins get there then and you’ll be fine.
be very careful with this strategy in T5 of waiting until the status is boarding. Gate open shows up when the gate staff arrive and sign in, but they can board without advancing the status correctly. It’s only when they need to close the gate they must advance the status, and will hammer that F10 key and go through boarding, final call, and gate closed in a matter of seconds. Unfortunately I have seen this happen a few times due to poor training.