Originally Posted by
arlflyer
On a related note, earlier this week I was pretty proud of myself...CR7 flight (albeit UA), valet checked bag, just stayed put in my seat reading while everyone else got off. Waited for a visual on my bag leaving the aircraft and moving to the ramp, got right off, caught the handoff smoothly and was on my way. Felt like a real pro. Probably will never work again.

Tried this once but the whole plane emptied before the bags arrived and the FA kicked me off. Then I was shamed to the back of the line in the jetway...I vowed never again : )
I'm about 50/50 on the yellow tags working....better than a poke in the eye though