Originally Posted by
buckeyecapsfan19
I can add to this since I worked as a ramp rat at KCLE. Regarding valet bags, there were times due to a flight arriving late (necessitating a quick turn) or due to the pax just leaving the bridge before we offloaded where we sent the valet bags down to the baggage carousel with the checked bags. We usually only sent yellow valet-tagged bags down in those instances; the blue valet-tagged bags went up to the jetbridge at first. If the passenger didn't collect it there, we sent it down as well....
I would love to see stats on how often valet bags are sent to carousel. My experience has been that this is a frequent pmAA practice but rare for pmUS. (e.g. pmUS only sent to carousel when the ramp closed for lightning AND no connecting pax)