Originally Posted by
u2vox
Lol, thanks. I most certainly picked it up and dropped it off just as required. Flyining in C, I was done with that and customs and through the domestic security via TSA pre-check in perhaps 20 minutes after exiting the plane. Mystery far from solved.
Next?
Next time, why not try taking the baggage tag off in the customs hall, then exit like an arriving pax with no connection, take your bag to the domestic check-in counter in Terminal 3, and hand it over there?
That would save a couple of steps in the transfer process and increase the odds of the bag being on your connecting flight.
I've actually done this at SFO and it's worked like a charm. Also provides time for repacking after a shower in the arrivals lounge.