Originally Posted by
aluminumdriver
Wow, 2 hours to get bags, thats horrible.
The bag claim area was a disaster... some people were waiting over 3 hours because some bag cages from other flights were "misplaced" during offloading. There were hundreds of unclaimed bags in various areas. But, yes, the ramps were icy despite the plowing (our taxi to the gate was quite bumpy from all the ruts in the plowed snow) and the delay didn't surprise me. I'm glad my bags made it to the airport at all.
As I said, despite the pro-active delay on our flight (our plane was at the gate at SFO, they delayed us due to flow into IAD [though the reason was listed as "weather" rather than "flow control]), the passengers at SFO weren't all that grumpy and the crew was simply excellent during the flight.