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Re: Have you ever missed a flight?
« Reply #60 on: August 28, 2017, 01:42:58 PM »
They say if you haven't missed a flight you haven't flown enough...
I heard it as "If you haven't missed a flight you're wasting too much time in airports"
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Re: Have you ever missed a flight?
« Reply #61 on: August 28, 2017, 01:47:17 PM »
I heard it as "If you haven't missed a flight you're wasting too much time in airports"
Makes more sense...

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Re: Have you ever missed a flight?
« Reply #62 on: August 28, 2017, 01:49:18 PM »
...and a rare 737-600 to his lists.

WS flies them on YYZ-LGA, I flew it on that route.

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Re: Have you ever missed a flight?
« Reply #63 on: August 28, 2017, 01:49:57 PM »
Missed LGA-YYZ because gate agent wouldn't let us on due to maiden vs married names on ticket

Full story here

I heard it as "If you haven't missed a flight you're wasting too much time in airports"

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Re: Have you ever missed a flight?
« Reply #64 on: August 28, 2017, 01:53:33 PM »
I can only recall missing 1 and it was many years ago.

B6 BTV-JFK, due to greyhound bus from Montreal to BTV leaving earlier than scheduled. Took (an empty) Heimans bus home instead that night.

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Re: Have you ever missed a flight?
« Reply #65 on: August 28, 2017, 01:56:03 PM »
I missed 2 flights i can recall 1 was my fault 1 was the airline.... a connection but i doubt thats what this thread should be about.
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Re: Have you ever missed a flight?
« Reply #66 on: August 28, 2017, 01:59:34 PM »
Nope! I'm always at the airport way too early and my connections are needlessly long. Contrast that with my wife who believes in living life with a JIT philosophy. I just find it much less stressful to get to the lounge early and read a magazine or newspaper.

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Re: Have you ever missed a flight?
« Reply #67 on: August 28, 2017, 02:03:34 PM »
All were due to traffic being longer than usual, but I still saved a huge amount of time over the years by not checking in early lol

Can't remember them all (I'd say around 6-7), but two are hard to forget:

LX LHR-GVA: had a medium sized suitcase after cutoff for luggage so they wouldn't let me check in. Should have had someone hold it while I check in and take it through security for gate check. I was 14 and didn't know better.

UA EWR-GVA-CDG: wouldn't check me in 58 minutes before flight, ended switching  me (for free) to the last seat on the EWR-CDG flight (had to be there a day later regardless) while making sure my return leg was still from GVA. The irony is that I was checked in on the second flight 50 minutes before the flight.

I had 2 near misses on LX JFK-GVA where they checked me with bags 45 minutes before the flight.
Off topic, but my favorite story is once on AA SFO-JFK the 11:30pm flight boarded early and I got to the lounge 10 minutes before closing, it was right after Yom Kippur and they gave me time to change and shower and told me "no need to run" (sincerely) when going to the gate. That was on the good days when you could find F for 37.5k!

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Re: Have you ever missed a flight?
« Reply #68 on: August 28, 2017, 02:04:07 PM »
- SK OSL-TRD-BOO, due to not being as big a maniac as Dan. Got put on the direct OSL-TRD instead while Dan got to add TRD and a rare 737-600 to his lists.
Fishy, you might've spent the night in OSL if I didn't catch that flight as there weren't enough seats for all you slowpokes on the direct flight to TRD...

I've had dozens of close calls thanks to my JIT philosophy, but I think I've missed 2 flights assuming we're not counting misconnects.

SDU-GRU due to Rio's insane traffic, as described here: http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/87239
Almost cost me the last JJ F class, but we got super lucky and made the connecting flight from GRU-MIA.

LGA-CLE due to hanging out in the club too long during a delayed flight and then dealing with a long security line. Lost out on an upgrade too as the night flight was an RJ145.
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Re: Have you ever missed a flight?
« Reply #69 on: August 28, 2017, 02:05:33 PM »
That was on the good days when you could find F for 37.5k!
BD"E  :'(
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Re: Have you ever missed a flight?
« Reply #70 on: August 28, 2017, 02:18:53 PM »
One LH flight that i recall atm.

One near-miss with BA in LHR, where the manager radioed the gate agent to open up the flight so that we can check our bags in, 35-40 minutes before the flight.

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Re: Have you ever missed a flight?
« Reply #71 on: August 28, 2017, 02:43:42 PM »
I heard it as "If you haven't missed a flight you're wasting too much time in airports"
Those are not a contradiction.
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Re: Have you ever missed a flight?
« Reply #72 on: August 28, 2017, 02:50:11 PM »
I can only recall missing 1 and it was many years ago.

B6 BTV-JFK, due to greyhound bus from Montreal to BTV leaving earlier than scheduled. Took (an empty) Heimans bus home instead that night.
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Re: Have you ever missed a flight?
« Reply #73 on: August 28, 2017, 02:56:34 PM »
Must be before you  were a DDFer. "Here at DansDeals we don't do buses"

Was at least 5 years ago.

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Re: Have you ever missed a flight?
« Reply #74 on: August 28, 2017, 03:30:12 PM »
too many to count

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Re: Have you ever missed a flight?
« Reply #75 on: August 28, 2017, 03:40:29 PM »
Not a single one, B"H.

Once had a close call, though. Hertz bus at LAX was taking forever and got to bag drop with an endless line (this was before I thought of using a SkyCap) 50 minutes before my flight. Tried talking to a manager but he just said not to worry. Turns out that I got that same manager at the counter 40 minutes before the flight, who now said he can't check my bag and I have to take it through to have it gate-checked. Anyway, lost a nice bottle of facial wash, shampoo, and rose water when they took apart my bag at TSA (thank goodness I didn't do a booze run). Barely made it to the gate, but got the front-most seat. Too bad I had to wait for my bag at JFK for over an hour...
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Re: Have you ever missed a flight?
« Reply #76 on: August 28, 2017, 04:52:29 PM »
Missed 2. One was TLV-EWR-ORD on UA. Flight was delayed 9 hours or so, and I requested to be put on the next flight. Apparently the CSR said yes, but didn't. Being half asleep, I didn't realize until the next day, and was promptly re-accommadated by UA free of charge. The second was an AA flight MIA-ORD that DW and I slept through. We were put on standby and ended up getting on a 3pm flight after getting to the airport at 6am. Needless to say, the lounge personnel knew us by name.
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Re: Have you ever missed a flight?
« Reply #77 on: August 28, 2017, 05:23:08 PM »
Missed a flight on UA MXP-EWR that was booked with the Wideroe glitch in 2013.
Costed me too many hours (about 8-10) with gate agent, on the phone with united and Wideroe since it was Wideroe ticket stock, till Wideroe agreed to rebook me for free.

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Re: Have you ever missed a flight?
« Reply #79 on: August 28, 2017, 05:45:01 PM »
http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=60829.0
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Missed one flight, LIH-HNL on erev shabbos after getting a flat on the way.

"Flat tire rule" indeed.

They say if you haven't missed a flight you haven't flown enough...

I've missed 3 so far:

- AS YEG-SEA-JFK, due to the clerk at the RV return insisting on 17 copies of everything and oblivious to the fact that I need to. leave. NOW. Ended up getting refunded by AS and booked AC YEG-YYZ-LGA instead.

- SK OSL-TRD-BOO, due to not being as big a maniac as Dan. Got put on the direct OSL-TRD instead while Dan got to add TRD and a rare 737-600 to his lists.

- AA LGA-XNA, due to missing the baggage cutoff by 2 minutes. Took the afternoon flight instead.
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