Originally Posted by
Ryan Duffy
I think it has more to do with the order the bags are unloaded and delivered to the belt at the arrival airport.
Some stations just get it. For example, regardless of what airline I've flown into NRT (UA, DL, AA, or JL), from any destination (JFK, EWR, DTW, DFW, ORD) my priority tagged bags are ALWAYS within the first 10 or so down the chute.
Coming back to the US - total crapshoot.
Not only that, but I never have to wait for my bags in NRT. They are always on the belt by the time I get through Immigration, and usually lined-up nicely in the Priority bag area.
Somehow, the Japanese can unload the baggage hold of a widebody in 15 minutes, while, here in the "Land of the Free", I have had several instances where my bags took an hour or more to come out. DEN seems to be one of the worst.