@TheMiddleSeat wrote:
With a 3 hour stop I suspect you are changing planes/gates, it's not common for a Southwest plane to sit around for 3 hours, but it does happen so check your itinerary to be sure. Either way, I can't imagine anyone would want to stay on the plane for 3 hours more than they need to. If you are changing planes then the early re-boarding does not apply. There are a number of decent places to eat at DEN, my favorite is Root Down, in the center of the concourse you'll be on.
--TheMiddleSeat
As @dfwskier mentioned - keep your ID handy they will probably use that to let you back on if in fact the flight is a 1-stop, no plane change. and/or take a screenshot of your mobile boarding pass or save it to your iOS or android wallet - the app won't let you regenerate an old boarding pass. You won't have a new boarding pass if it's a no plane change. I would say get back 40 minutes prior to departure to get let back on before regular boarding.
If as @TheMiddleSeat mentioned it seems unlikely that it's a no plane change, then you'll have a separate boarding pass to get back on, head back as normal at least 30 minutes prior to departure time.
I will check out Root Down next time I'm there as well.
Home airport MDW, frequent visitor to MCO to see the mouse.
