<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Spiff:
You should be fine as long as you're not ticketed to c and then back to a in the same day. If you are, you'll need to "short-check" your bags to c.</font>
I tried that, but there was no availability for a next day flight before the 24 hr rule.
So my flight back to city a departs at 11:20 PM, and I arrive city c at 11:40 AM.