My last flight from California back to Florida was something of an adventure. I don't like to get up too early; so I booked a flight that was due to leave at 8:40 AM. When I booked it online, I applied for upgrades and was offered the chance to be on the Upgrade Standby list; which I took.

When I got to the San Jose airport, just before 7AM, I was astounded to discover that there was virtually no line for the security checkpoint. Just one couple ahead of me at the ID check and one or two at each of the scanners. So I breezed through seurity, found my gate, and bought breakfast. (Ham and egg, no cheese, on a croissant.)

The wait at the gate was uneventful. I was pretty far down the Upgrade Standby list; and the list did not move. I didn't hear anyone called up for new boarding passes. We boarded approximately on time. A few minutes after they closed the doors, the Captain announced that we would be delayed taking off because DFW was already an hour behind schedule due to weather. So we took off about 40 minutes late.