I’m always paranoid about missing flights because I have mobility issues and an really slow, so I always get there at least 2-3 hours early and just people watch at the gate for the extra time.
Sorry for the mobility issues. An injured leg? If only you don’t mind telling me.
It is always a good habit to arrive at the airport early, like what you have mentioned, 2-3 hours earlier. Who knows if there is long queue in holiday seasons.
It still didn’t help, because it was a midnight flight, I thought I would board the airplane on the [departure date], but I was wrong. It was actually on [departure date - 1 day]'s boarding time.
I don’t know what happened to the airliner, but now they print a small boarding date beneath the boarding time.