Originally Posted by
txtxyeha
... What pushed this miss connection over-the-top is he had to gate-check his bag on the first flight, thus wasted ten minutes waiting for his bag to be delivered to the jetway. Should he have abandoned his bag on the jetway with the strong assumption that ultimately it would have found it's way to the final destination (i.e., a $75 delivery fee would have been cheaper than a hotel room)?
no ... while waiting for the gate-checked luggage to be delivered, he should have engaged the gate agent to contact the departure gate to make that agent aware that there would be a "runner" ... even better, knowing that it would be close, call the airline during taxi-in to at least get the process started (having status helps here)