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ebzed Jan 30, 2011 11:05 am

Will i make it?
 
Tomorrow i have a morning flight (LY323), Since i live in the south, it takes appx 1 hour from my door to the airport.
As a ...... dad that is away most of the time from home, I am trying to
get a nice breakfast with the kids before going to the airport.

LY323's Boarding @ 08:20
I am planning to get out of home around 06:30 to 06:45
means i have 35 Minutes to get from enterance to the gate...

Am i the only one thinking its doable ?
(Just in case, i have alerted Sherut Shalom to be in standby to rescue me
from security on enterance and before passport control).

Ahh, Yes, I need also Duty Free! :cool:

Houminer Jan 30, 2011 11:20 am

People in my company are always scared to miss flights. I tell them that you can arrive at the airport very very late and make the flight.
If you OLCI then LY dosen't know if you are or aren't in the airport. If you don't arrive in the gate they will call your cellphone when the boarding is almost complete.
Since you are ebzed... if they call you and you tell them you will be in the in five or ten minutes the they will wait.
I am no status. My record is 12 minutes from arriving to the ariport to clearing passport control. I guess another 10 minutes maximum to hte gate.
I'm sure it will be fine.
(but please report and telll us how it went.

JohnnieZ Jan 30, 2011 11:31 am

Monday morning? Good luck! :)
Although I'm sure if you encounter any problem LY will come to the rescue.

yosithezet Jan 30, 2011 3:12 pm


Originally Posted by ebzed (Post 15765954)
As a ...... dad that is away most of the time from home, I am trying to
get a nice breakfast with the kids before going to the airport.

I assume that ...... means super since you are making a great effort with the kids before the airport. Anyway, I'm sure you made your flight this morning.

ebzed Jan 30, 2011 9:32 pm

06:30 bev -> tlv
07:25 enterance to airport
07:29 Security line
(only in Israel, unipass closed, but they do accept new registration
07:31 Security Done
07:32 Check-in
07:33 Done
07:35 2nd Security check
(long queue)
07:53 done, heading to duty...
08:00 done

Houminer Jan 30, 2011 11:47 pm

I guess the flight was also delayed...

clubman Jan 31, 2011 12:38 am


Originally Posted by Houminer (Post 15766026)
People in my company are always scared to miss flights. I tell them that you can arrive at the airport very very late and make the flight.

Stupid attitude if you ask me.

Encouraging people not just to arrive late but to arrive very very late to a flight, not knowing what traffic, check in, security etc will be like on the day.

Houminer Jan 31, 2011 12:58 am

I don't encourage people to come late. But sometimes things happen and you are late and people become hysterical.
I myslef allways arrive in the airport at least 2 hours before the flight. This was I will never miss a flight.

ebzed Jan 31, 2011 8:03 am


Originally Posted by Houminer (Post 15769639)
I guess the flight was also delayed...

Nope, Went on time, Boarding was 08:20 for C, I even managed to spend 20 minutes at the lounge meet some friends..., It was tight but doable...

joshwex90 Jan 31, 2011 12:53 pm

Wow! Making Beer Sheva - Natbag in under an hour is pretty good on a Monday morning.

yosithezet Jan 31, 2011 1:36 pm


Originally Posted by joshwex90 (Post 15773172)
Wow! Making Beer Sheva - Natbag in under an hour is pretty good on a Monday morning.

On the train it shouldn't be a problem, should it?

joshwex90 Jan 31, 2011 3:09 pm


Originally Posted by yosithezet (Post 15773443)
On the train it shouldn't be a problem, should it?

Yes it should! The train leaves Be'er Sheva only once an hour, and it's at :32, so shouldn't have helped ebzed if he wants to only leave the house at 30-45 past. Second, the train from Be'er Sheva, until it merges (after Ramle) with the Lod line, is slow and windy. Finally, you need to switch in Hagana anyways. Israel Rail's site lists the trip as 1 hour, 35 minutes.

ebzed Feb 1, 2011 9:01 pm

Trains from Beer-Sheba is a disaster...
In a Taxi from my home (way far from the exit from the city) to the Airport is from 45 to 55 minutes...

Anyway it seems that the biggest "bug" is the second security check, where they dont distinguish between business and economy...

Might need to do it again on Monday, If so i will try to "push the envelope" and spend 10 more minutes with the kids... :p

Houminer Feb 2, 2011 8:23 am

Take off 10 minutes everytime untill you find the ideal time. (of course you have to miss one flight for this experiment)

yosithezet Feb 2, 2011 9:53 am


Originally Posted by Houminer (Post 15786446)
Take off 10 minutes everytime untill you find the ideal time. (of course you have to miss one flight for this experiment)

For him, they'll hold it.


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