Originally Posted by
StarFeat
What do they mean by "bags being transported via subway"? Aren't the carousels located the CBP facility?
Are they implying at some point of the arrival flow, pax have to take a train, bags are re-deposited at a point where it will reappear at a 2nd carousel landside????
BR will park at the South Satellite; you will go thru CBP and collect your bags there ... unless your immediate connection is also on the S gates (a moot point, since you aren't departing until the following morning), you then have to take the subway to the main terminal as there are no exits to landside from the satellite
Originally Posted by
StarFeat
... after exiting into landside, can I go upstairs to re-check my bag at the AS counters and get the BP for the SAN the following day? ... The AS website states check-in can be done up to 24 hours prior to departure. ...I highly doubt BR will allow my bags to be tagged all the way to SAN where I can just drop it off with AS after CBP.
whether BR checks your baggage thru to SAN is irrelevant, since you have to claim it for CBP purposes at SEA ... I highly doubt that AS will accept baggage 10 hours ahead of departure
that said, you can always avail yourself of Ken's Baggage Service by the main baggage claim carousels ... see discussion in
this thread
Originally Posted by
StarFeat
Also is 19:30 a busy time at Seatac for international arrival?
no
Originally Posted by
StarFeat
Instead of taking the airport shuttle to the Hilton, is it possible for me to just walk from the terminal, cut through the parking structure, cross the street and into the hotel?
sort of ... you can walk through the parking structure to the light rail terminal, cross the skybridge over International Blvd, and then proceed to the hotel ... maybe 10 minutes, depending on how energetic you are
the hotel shuttle will probably be operating at ~10-15-min intervals in the early evening