I arrived at the SEA MVPG counter this morning 31 mins before my flight's sked departure time, apologized for being late (but had no bags to check) and handed over my ID. The agent said I was lucky and had just seconds to spare, and that at 30 minutes prior I would have been locked out by the computer, and even my MVPG status wouldn't have necessarily been enough to override that.

I made the flight no problem and it was one of my best on AS in a while -- praise to be sent when I'm back home for the F FA. But just curious about others' experiences with the check-in time cut-off... Anyone been denied boarding or the ability to get a stand-by BP and run to the gate?

(And yes, I normally do web check-in, but this itin wasn't OLCI elligible)