Originally Posted by
zsmith2
HOT on the bag tag means a short connection time so you are right on that. DL priority program still only applies to international flights. If the flight is by NWA or affiliate then the NWA priority tag program take place. It is yet to be decided on which program the new DL will adopt next year.
I hope you're right that the domestic elite and FC priority baggage tags still might continue (DL-north) or be adopted (DL-south). My recent experience has been no priority tags for Plat on FC ticket on NW-coded, NW-ticketed, NW-operated flights from "non-NW stations." Even though I usually don't check luggage on domestic, I am not happy about the lack of priority tags and handling when I must/should check something.
There have been a couple other recent threads on the priority tags.
What are the criteria for a HOT tag? I don't think I've ever seen one and I would like to be able to remind the agents when I'm entitled to it. (If former NW agents don't know the rules, what is the reference?) Do anticipated delays matter or just scheduled connection time? What about IROPS? Does status or class or service matter in such cases?