Originally Posted by
sweeper20
Well yeah, but that would be a complete lie. Not sure you want to go down the road of impersonating a flight crew (in this case off duty)...doesn't sound like a good road, fake phone call or not. Up until that point you could say 'the bag was given to me as a gift, sorry" but once you tell them you are based somewhere, which would be, at the point, more than just implying you work for United, you could be in a pickle. Sounds like super stupid idea.
True, unless you really were based in one of those cities in which case you could say it truthfully. Being based somewhere doesn't necessarily mean the airline defintion. I get that I have to comply with all (legal) instructions from FAs while on board. However, I don't think that lying to one about my employment or where I live equals me being in a pickle, unless by pickle you just mean embarassed. Now honestly, I haven't ever done this, nor would I, but I do think I could "get away" with it. Of course, I could be wrong.