OK not allowed to do OLCI last night or anythime today for my EWR-CDG flight. Bearly got to the check-in counter on time 5:13 for a 6:15 flight. Go thru the motions and the screen turns Orange and a message "find a CO employee who will swipe thier card and confirm somethings, OK that gets down in a few mins, going thru everything and asks if I want to change my seat from 41C, You bet I do I had 32J resevred for over a week!!! well it wont me or the Red Coat do it, cant get any other seat either. Im told to do it at the gate , I asked can it be done at the PC (as a Plat Im in on an Intl, no panhandling)

Get to the gate theres a line a mile long ( bear in mind EWR was going thru H*LL late this afternoon Weds and night Massive thunder and Lightning storms) OK exit stage left to the PC, not much better. So back to the Gate, finally my turn, I explained what happened and that I wasnt willing to fly sitting squashed in 41C so far back as the turbulence is worse back ther. Was told its that or a middle seat. I said OK no choice Pull my bag, Im not going

All I kept hearing was Sorry CO does not guanrantee any seat at any time, I said look heres my res from last week when it was tkted and it has me in 32J, I said when I checked in it was available only the kiosk wasnt letting me or the Red Coat to switch it to anything else.

Was told most likely your bag will go anyway, I said I thought if I dont fly it cant fly, no since its so close to the departure time we can let it go anyway. Duh some Security system.

Told go down to Carousel #9 it can take up to 2 hrs. I wish it did Try 4 hrs!!! Turns out I was suppose to see someone who sends someone to retrive it, so I was sitting by #9 for 3 hrs for nothing. OK finally spoke with Mr X and Im told I have to go back over to #9 and wait upwards of an hour. I do it, then I see the guy that was sent to find back at the desk , turns out he says he couldnt find it and its in the air, told by Mr x go file aclaim, sorry.

Back to baggage services as she opens a file she sees a message that my bag was sitting in the back office for over 2 hrs!

turns out teh right hand has no idea what the heck the left hand is doing, Why cause Mr X isnt given a computer to use, whats worse I wasnt the only going thru this oprdeal. Mr X kept trying to convince each person not to get their bags Retrived.

Im being to feel that CO is reading and implementing USAirs game plan!!

from 5:50pm when the GA asked that my bag be removed till 10pm no one saw anything about teh where abouts of my bag. all I kept hearing was since it was tagged to BUD most likely tahts where its going. I still cant understand why if it did fly on teh 56 CO wouldnt be able to contact AF and have them send it back on the 57 tommorrow. If it went to BUD I never would have seen it again.