Looking out the window as the plane was parking in LA, Andre noticed that they had arrived at Gate 83. "Piece of cake," he thought, noting that their next flight was slated to depart from Gate 79. But 79 was missing. It was also missing from the next concourse. And the next, and the next. A "final boarding call for all passengers on United Airlines flight 0098 to Melbourne" prompted an acceleration to a flat-out sprint.
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Winded, our heroes settled in to long winter’s nap aboard a fancy new 787 (pictured above with cheeky new United safety video).