I guess the thing I forgot to mention is the flights were booked solid all day yesterday for whatever reason. Some of the people who were in the waiting area were saying due to the weekend concert going on in Philly, lot of people were flying IN to see and OUT to get away from the crowd. There were people who were waiting until the 2:30 flight after missing the 6 am flight due to shortage of seats. Others didn't have to wait that long but had to wait.
So for me to just show up early to get on what the NW ticket agent said was a sold out flight was a definite bonus. Then get in the FC was the icing on the cake.

HJ