Perhaps this thread and the
later thread need merging?
Here is more relevant information from another (January 2008) thread, indicating that short checking is required for a connection of more than 10 hours:
Originally Posted by
chicaloca453
Actually, AA has a policy about this. I know because I've done overnights in SFO twice now to get the early HNL flight. One time I got there midday and had to reclaim my bag. The other I got there at night and didn't. Basically, they say that there is a specific time that if you stay longer than that then you must collect your bags. I believe the cutoff might be 12 hours, but I can't say for sure. I just know that the flight with the shorter layover they would not shortcheck but the one with the longer layover they were required to. Of course YMMV, but AA does have an official policy in place on this. The computer will not let them check it through if your time on the ground is more than x hours.
Originally Posted by
oldpenny16
I had a 10 hour layover at DFW (yes it is my home 'port, but I didn't have time to go home.) AA would not let me check my bag through to my final destination.
I had to claim it and recheck it in the morning.
Originally Posted by
chicaloca453
10 hours could be the magic number then. On one flight I had more than 12 but on the other, I had a little over 8. So 10 sounds reasonable. I know there's a cutoff, but I don't know the exact number. AA wasn't a huge help when I asked this question either. The reservations agents had no clue about the rule and told me just to carry on a change of clothes just in case. I did pack a carryon but at the airport, they told me I had to reclaim because of the time I was in SFO.
Wouldn't it be nice if such rules were published so no guesswork would be involved?