Originally Posted by
transportprof
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.
When doing to bag transfer after customs, there is a baggage handler who scans the bag as you give it too them. I'm not sure how rechecking the bag at the domestic terminal would be any different.
I'm also curious about the process of when a bag "isn't where it's supposed to be"