Want to start an argument? Tell your travel companion you won't be arriving two hours before your flight. Go on, try it. I'll be right here. No, this isn't a frivolous, first-world problem. Vacations ...

I received this worried text from my mother at 9:30 p.m. on Apr. 2, 2023 — an hour and a half before my flight to London’s Heathrow Airport was scheduled to depart. Quite frankly, I was not at the ...