Light blogging ahead.
Updates will be catch as catch can through next Monday.
I was constantly hearing “Get to the Austin airport three hours early! It’s a cluster! Three hours ahead of your scheduled flight!”
So I got to the airport at 0330 for my flight at 0640.
My bags were checked and I was through security by 0400. And the TSA people were actually pleasant.
(“Why are you taking a flight at 0640?” Wasn’t my choice: I originally booked it for 0830, which I thought was more reasonable. But Southwest changed it.)