7:45 flight to Vegas on @AmericanAir out of DCA. Sitting 38 steps away noshing on a muffin. Keep glancing over at Gate C31. Doesn’t look like boarding. NO announcements. OTHER flights being announced. Okay, 7:31 I walk over as DOOR SHUTS! Flight closed!! An ALL TIME BLUNDER!!

— Steve Czaban (@czabe) February 3, 2023