At Christmas this year my boyfriend and I round tripped BWI-Dayton, Oh on Air Tran. At both airports we arrived over 2 hours early (for VERY early AM flights) and those who showed up only 45 minutes before their flight (at the end of the line) were run up ahead of us. Needless to say, we (any many others around us) were very frustrated at almost missing our flight due to the irresponsibility of the other passengers. It should not be the problem of responsible fliers when others think that they are somehow special and don't have to arrive so early (especially on the Saturday before Christmas). After standing in the SAME SPOT for over 45 minutes, we got forceful and pushed ourselves up to the counter before the ticket agents had a chance to call more poeple from the back of the line. Coincidentally, we saw many of those late arriving passengers standing in the same long TSA security line as everyone else and consequently, still missed their flight. The ticketing agents were rude and unaccommodating. At the point where they were processing passengers for flights leaving in less than 30 minutes the agents should have known that those passengers would never have gotten through TSA and to the gate before the doors closed anyhow. It was slightly consoling to watch those same irresponsible travellers at the gate whining because they missed their flight.

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