Home Alone's gate-dash scene is real for a quarter of travellers

The storyline of Home Alone might not be as far-fetched as first thought – with a quarter of travellers experiencing a last-minute gate-dash to catch a flight.

Much like the McAllister family’s frantic journey to catch a festive flight in the iconic 1990 movie, which respondents rated as the best Christmas flick of all, 18 per cent have also felt the intense stress of being late to the airport.

According to the poll of 2,000 adults who have flown by plane, 13 per cent have also fallen victim to missing an early morning alarm ahead of a trip away – or pressing the snooze button, which famously contributed to the family leaving son Kevin, played by Macauley Culkin, home alone.

The research was commissioned by London Luton Airport, which has recreated iconic scenes from the film to remind passengers to plan, pack - and set an alarm - in advance to ensure nothing, or no one, is left behind.

The video sees Kevin McCallister lookalike Tyler Stringer playfully make his way through the airport, getting a shock at duty free after applying aftershave on his face, dancing with mannequins in the airport’s retail stores and teasing a member of the duty-free team with a fake tarantula.