[quote="GinaSuperCat"]
Conroy: It's a gamble, since you may be just stuck waiting at the airport until your booked flight, but I do have to say this,: on holiday-heavy-travel days the earlier flights are usually the best since there are no (or not as many) previous incoming flights that can be late or delayed...the later in the day the more incoming flights delayed with a domino effect and the more standby passengers who may have volunteered their spot on an earlier overbooked flight or those having missed connections due to delays trying to get on the later flights, etc....you know, it rolls downhill <grin>...I have had more luck in getting on an earlier flight than not (especially since people sometimes don't make their 6/7am flight, etc)...but I have, on occasion, had to just sit and wait for my booked flight while unable to get on an earlier one, as well...
My flight is out at 6am and its a 90 min drive from here to the airport...so hopefully I won't be one of those who miss the first flight out...heh...we'll probably leave at 2:30 just to be safe <grin> At least it's not the bus, which would have meant leaving on this Tuesday to arrive by Sat. morning, so I'm grateful for that <grin>[/quote]
The good thing about the earlier flight is that it is a direct flight to Vancouver whereas my current itinerary has me connecting through San Francisco. Hopefully, my charm will work as well.
If not, my cousin lives nearby and I've talked her into getting a mac mini that will be arriving tomorrow to replace her dying windows machine, so I can kill a few hours helping her set that up and convert all the stuff she needs to save from the windoze machine.