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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I think you made the right call to not risk it.

Many years ago, I took the train to CDG from central Paris and it took roughly 2 hours, and even though I was well ahead of the 3 hour suggested time for check in, I was still bumped from my flight despite getting to the counter with 2.5 hours until departure time. Granted, this was prior to online check in and I did have a bag to check, but it was still half a day lost.

It did turn into a fun story, though. It was a Sunday late afternoon/early evening flight and a bunch of people (20?25?) were bumped. We all lined up in the Air France rebooking line and an American living in Paris was first in line (married to a Frenchman and spoke perfect French) and announced to all of us what our rights were: Travel Voucher to be used within a year OR $500 Euros in cash. She STRONGLY encouraged all of us to take the latter, and they still had to book us all home, feed us and put us up overnight. Wow, the daggers those Air France employees were staring at her with....

The hotel was somewhat of a party. We all drank, ate and had a fun night. I woke up early and enjoyed an extra day in Paris, returning to CDG and eventually returning home just one day later than scheduled. I did have to email my boss, letting her know I'd be late back to work, but "C'est la vie," she said. What really could be done?[/quote]

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