....yet another reason we try never to fly in/out over a weekend if we can avoid it...particularly on the way out....that said, I have flown American many times and have never arrived 3 hours ahead and have never had a flight overbooked...but I suppose it could happen. We also almost always plan for a night in St. Thomas on the way home to avoid the ferry shuffle <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" />