Originally Posted by
JVPhoto
You landed at 6:37am which means you were off the plane at probably 7am. How fast did you get through customs? GlobalEntry? How long was the wait for your bag? 20 min, 45 min? 1 hour?
OP what time did you arrive to re-check your bag?
Your flight took off at 8:44am so I would say what time were the boarding doors closed or listed on the BP? 8:30am?
Hello,
Sorry for not replying earlier. I was on another international trip ...
We were off the plane at around 6:50am and cleared customs by 7:20am so had a good one hour plus.
What's annoying is that United books you on flights where its not possible to allow the interline baggage transfer. I only had the one bag and no children in tow otherwise I'd never have made it. I also don't know what someone in the 60s or 70s would do.
I made the title of the thread referring to United now being a Point to Point budget carrier because in the early days of these carriers you literally had to handle your own bags if your flight contained a connection!
Originally Posted by
lskohn
If it's an anomoly, it has happened twice. In mid-November, we were on LAX-ORD early afternoon flight (the next one would be the redeye). We sat next to a young woman who had just come in from MEL or SYD and had the same experience as OP - she was not permitted to re-check her luggage and had to go landside and transfer it herself to the domestic terminal and get back through security ... but it was three porter's carts of professional video equipment from a 2-weeks shoot and she and a colleague were barely able to wrangle the carts fast enough to make the flight.
They had a couple of hours between flights. They were told the conveyor belts were down. No porters available/willing to help.
So I wrote to United and asked them to explain if this is a new procedure. I've done this trip many many times on 839 and 863 and always used the interline baggage transfer. Plenty of times I only had 90 minutes connections.
At the very least they should warn people when purchasing the ticket: "if you book your flights with 90 minute connections or less you must be willing to transfer your own baggage between terminals". That way I can plan accordingly (no checked bags, don't book if children in tow ...)