Originally Posted by
rjw242
I wouldn't call a 3-hour connection "tight" by any means; to me that's leaving a perfectly reasonable (even slightly long) cushion for delays. It's ridiculous that the agent wouldn't check the bag through, considering both flights are on AA. According to this thread, through-checking and protection on separate tickets should be available:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...d-tickets.html
True, but this became tight since OP has to claim/recheck baggage and with seemingly significant weather delays. My personal safety margin for irrops is wider- I prefer extra time in the lounge getting caught up on work etc. if nothing goes wrong, over the risk of something like this.
I'm with you though- I do think the agent should have been able to through-check the bag. Last month a colleague of mine was able to check his bag through CLT-MAD-FRA, when the MAD-FRA was on a separately purchased Iberia ticket.