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Old Jul 24, 2023 | 10:15 pm
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Originally Posted by Repooc17
What's clear is you have advised the OP to pick the earlier flight... let's say both flights operate as currently scheduled, how can you say with any degree of confidence the earlier flight would be the better of the two?
Do you really not understand that once the first flight departs, the OP loses a potential fallback option?

Obviously, either of the flights is equally likely to be delayed or canceled in advance, but that's not what I've been talking about.
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