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Summer travel nightmare: How to avoid missing your flight (and save thousands)

Summer travel nightmare: How to avoid missing your flight (and save thousands)

Record crowds plus hidden airline rules equals chaos. Don't let your vacation end at the gate.

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Christopher Elliott
Jul 13, 2025
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Ever had this nightmare? You’re racing through the airport, dodging slow-moving travelers, swerving to avoid those annoying golf carts, only to arrive breathlessly at your gate just as the doors close.

Your flight is gone. Your trip is ruined.

Darrel Reid knows all too well the pain of missing a flight. Earlier this year, he and his wife arrived two hours…

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