Originally Posted by orbitmic

Personally I'd put the sensible limit to 3 hours too. It's not that more is not survivable, but quite frankly, more is not enjoyable. There is only so much one might want to eat and drink, space is neither very private nor hugely comfortable and it's a long flight afterwards already.

For a 21.15 departure, if I was the one travelling, I'd arrive around 19.30 and I am an "early at the airport" person who enjoy that that would give me ample time for dinner, drinks and more (many other FTers would arrive a lot later than that). However, I appreciate that for someone who goes to the CCR less often they might want to arrive earlier to enjoy things even more thoroughly - even then though, I'd say that arriving before 6pm would really be an overkill.