Flight time

I was looking at my itinerary to see when to go to the airport. I saw "Flight time: 1:33". I knew the flight left at 1:something, so that seemed right. I arrived at the checkin desk at 12:45, 48 minutes early. No problem.

Well, maybe one problem. 1:33 was the length of the flight. The time of departure was actually 1:12. I was there 27 minutes before that, which was 3 minutes too late -- so they wouldn't let me on my flight to Denver. I think the world has too many sticklers, especially in airports. Does it really make that big of a difference whether I'm there 27 instead of 30 minutes early?

By the way, if you don't know what I'm doing in Colorado, stay tuned.

posted by Matt @ 4:19 PM