Originally Posted by
gobluetwo
They ask to see your baggage claim slip.
Pretty sure the OP is just confused. I've been through LGA well over 100 times, at least a dozen times with a checked bag, and have never been asked for ID to take my bag out of the claim area, only baggage claim slip. Never had colleagues who check bags asked to show ID, only baggage claim slips.
Nah, this is has happened to me at LGA as well but US or AA arrival. It was an airport contractor and it just created a unnecessary mob. The bag tag matched the claim tag but he either didn't know which lines to check or was illiterate. He requested ID and wasn't fluent enough to explain why when I refused. After talking a circle, I just told him to call Port Authority police if there was an issue and walked off.
This was before the airport employees were protesting in January so I figured they were just trying to make everyone appear as essential.