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Ok so there will be no pictures with this blog post sorry.  I just want to talk about people who miss their flights.  I completely understand if your connecting flight is late and it is the airlines fault that you miss a flight that’s understandable.  I even understand getting stuck in traffic and missing your flight.  Yes it happens or even getting stuck in security when you get to the airport.  Though really you shouldn’t cut it that close.  What I don’t understand is why if you are sitting at the gate why you would miss the flight.

We were on our way to Athens and there were two flights leaving at about 15 minutes apart.  Well we were getting ready to board the flight to Philadelphia when this woman approaches the gate where the flight to Charlotte just pulled back.  She says I’m here for the Charlotte flight.  The gate agent said it’s just pushed back.  She said it doesn’t leave till 10:25 and he says it’s 10:31.  She says I was just over there.  Now my thought is what you were sitting their and you didn’t hear them call your flight.  They only called each zone.  You know now boarding zone 1 flight XXX to Charlotte.  They only go up to zone 5 plus first class and military.  So the gate agent being the nice person he was put her on our flight.  No charge.

Ok so you are thinking this doesn’t happen that often.  Well it happens all the time.  I was waiting for a flight home one day and there were several employee standby passengers waiting.  The flight was done boarding and the gate agent was about to give a flight attendant a ticket.  Well this woman sitting right next to her said did they board this flight yet (you would think the mostly empty gate area would have given it away).  Oh I’m on it.  So she walks up to the gate and gives the gate agent the ticket.  That’s it no more seats.  The flight attendant had to wait for the next flight, we decided to stay the night and fly out in the morning.  So just remember that when you are waiting for your flight pay attention, most flights board 30 minutes before take off.  Take off the headphones and don’t miss your flight.