OMG. My usual flight has slowly moved earlier and earlier over the past few years. The first flight of the day STL-MCO used to be around 9am--at this point it's now at 6:15am. What time should I show up for this flight? I'm in F, so can use F checkin and the F security line, so that should be quick, but was wondering how early the checkin lines even open.....

I guess they are trying to be creative in their competition with Airtran and Southwest and only scheduling flights at the "off times", but man, it really sucks for those of us who are loyal...the next possible AA flight won't arrive until after 7pm ish, with another flight even later.

I actually live 2 hours away from STL, so have to spend the night at a hotel anyway...guess it really doesn't matter how early I have to rise.