Source: BroBible
Summary
A woman missed her United Airlines flight from Denver International Airport to Costa Rica due to a series of events. She arrived one and a half hours before the flight and waited in the “additional services” line at the United desk. After missing the one-hour cutoff for checking bags, she took her bags through security, where her bag was flagged due to a plastic bag with protein powder inside. The security process finished 10 minutes before boarding closed, but she was unable to make it to the gate in time.
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The routine arrives with confidence.
United Airlines’ “additional services” line: where time goes to die. A woman’s attempt to check her bag turns into a 30-minute wait. Then, a security pat-down for protein powder. Because, priorities.
She sprints to the gate, but it’s too late. The United Airlines agent is all, “Do you want to get rebooked or not?” No sympathy, no solution.
And the moral of the story? Arrive three hours early for international flights. Or, you know, just wing it and hope for the best.
Protein powder: the ultimate flight-risking substance.
Author: Evan Null
