Originally Posted by
sethb
My own policy is that I would buy checked baggage insurance from Delta if they insist on checking such items. The point isn't the money, it's the amount of time it would take the GA to figure out how to sell the insurance, which would guarantee that the flight would not leave on time.
I have tried this before. The response was that there wasn't enough time, and I should have done this earlier (despite not knowing that I would be forced to gate check it) but I could still do it and get rebooked to the next flight.
I sent a complaint to Delta and got a non-response.