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When NOT to Arrive at the Airport


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What do you think are not good times to come to the airport if you're planning a trip? Obviously key peak travel periods are important to take a look at but I would also say anytime you're hearing the TSA put an output into the press releases around you know get to airports early this weekend like listen right Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc.

Easter spring break whatever but I would also just take a look at there is a website that you can check it's not always accurate and always great for the TSA wait times at the airport just take a look at that and see what kind of the trends are looking like on the day of your travel and see if maybe you're gonna get to the airport and be surprised by three-hour lines somewhere no matter what you do there are resources out there whether it's reddit the traditional wait times or airport specific hacks on how to get through different security lines faster that could work for you that would help you game out how you're gonna do it but I would always for each of the airlines that I fly when it's a new experience I always want to kind of understand what is my security expectation how long should I be planning on being at the airport ahead of time to make sure I can get through that line as fast as