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The Indian experience starts at T4

Without naming this airline that I regularly fly between LHR and DEL (there are just a few direct flights so take your pick) I sit in the security lounge today, sigh and resign myself to the inevitable. Chaos shall reign for what seems like an eternity, but in the end all will be well. There is no better way to prepare one self for India. Three things are different today as compared to my other recent trips: A) It's their busiest day since the holiday season and the airline seems surprised by this B) I'm a bit under the weather C) I've lost an important tier point on my airline card (not enough business/ intl' travel) which means I can't check-in at Business/Premiere (What a drag!) The queue for web check-in, consisting (mainly) of the more cool people appears to be shorter than the regular economy one. However about 15 minutes later we've only budged a few inches. The Indian family behind me is getting more and more indignant by the ...