New York City, New York – Email, text and a travel app chime in unison as we arrive at LaGuardia Airport. 
Winging it.
Very early.
"Not again," I sigh.
I've had a rash of postponed and cancelled flights in recent years, particularly those involving London International Airport. But we risked it this time for convenience and had no issues on arrival.
Sure enough, our flight from New York is delayed sufficiently enough we won't make our connection home. At least renovations have vastly improved LaGuardia since the last time I was here.
Heading to the lounge, I ask the attendant if there's an earlier flight. There is! She takes our passports, shoos us inside for a quick breakfast and gets us onto one that leaves in 20 minutes.
As we depart, she hands us updated tickets and doesn't take our passes for the lounge. "Keep it between us and have a happy holiday," she says with a grin.
Credit where credit due: Air Canada's service is generally justifiably maligned, but not today. Exceptional.
Sometimes it pays to be at the airport (painfully) early.
As I'm known to be.
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