Not to get off subject, but...J T wrote:I flew out of Detroit to California in May. I got to DTW about an hour before my flight was to depart. By the time I made it through security a good half hour or so had gone by. I made my flight just fine. How close did you arrive to the departure time that you ended up missing it?CSX_CO wrote: Airlines expect you to arrive 2 hrs before your flight leaves to allow time for checked baggage and security. I missed my flight because I didn't know this, and getting to an airport 2 hrs before hand is absolutely stupid.
I was there 1 hr prior to departure. Indiapolis has a brand new airport with more screening capacity than needed at this point. When I got my flight rescheduled, I made it to my gate within 20 minutes, and probably 10 minutes of that was spent walking to my gate at the far end of the concourse. No wait for security, and I was through in under 5 minutes. If I hadn't been going for a week, I wouldn't have needed the checked baggage option. Don't know if that would have made a difference or not. I've had connections that were less than an hour apart, and they were able to get my bags to my connecting flight in less time than that.
I'll still fly with said Airline, but flying in General is a hassle that we are forced to put up with.
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