Find which gate your flight usually leaves from before it's posted, with Gemini
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The poster asked Gemini which gate their flight number usually departs from. Gemini's answer was right, and it saved the poster from running across the airport 30 minutes before the gate was listed on the screens.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Guess which gate my flight is likely to leave from before it's posted, so I can wait nearby. Fill in before running: - Flight number and date: [FLIGHT] - Departure airport and terminal: [AIRPORT] Rules: - Base the guess on the gates this flight has used recently, and say how consistent they've been. - Say clearly that it's a likely gate, not a confirmed one. - Tell me where the official gate will be posted (airline app, screens) and when it usually appears. - Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. Output: The likely gate or area, how confident you are, and how to confirm it. You'll know it worked when: I'm already near the right gate when it's announced.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Guess which gate my flight is likely to leave from before it's posted, so I can wait nearby. Fill in before running: - Flight number and date: [FLIGHT] - Departure airport and terminal: [AIRPORT] Rules: - Base the guess on the gates this flight has used recently, and say how consistent they've been. - Say clearly that it's a likely gate, not a confirmed one. - Tell me where the official gate will be posted (airline app, screens) and when it usually appears. - Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. Output: The likely gate or area, how confident you are, and how to confirm it. You'll know it worked when: I'm already near the right gate when it's announced.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Guess which gate my flight is likely to leave from before it's posted, so I can wait nearby. Fill in before running: - Flight number and date: [FLIGHT] - Departure airport and terminal: [AIRPORT] Rules: - Base the guess on the gates this flight has used recently, and say how consistent they've been. - Say clearly that it's a likely gate, not a confirmed one. - Tell me where the official gate will be posted (airline app, screens) and when it usually appears. - Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. - Tell me how long it takes to walk between the likely gate and the other common ones, in case it changes. Output: The likely gate or area, how confident you are, and how to confirm it. You'll know it worked when: I'm already near the right gate when it's announced. Before you finish: re-read my goal and constraints, check your answer against each one, and list anything you assumed or couldn't confirm.
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https://x.com/bermchain/status/2111390259657294046
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