Originally Posted by
vanillabean
On a one way trip with one stop, our first flight was late and the stop so tight that we barely made it onto the connecting flight. We thought for sure the checked bag wouldn’t make it, but halfway on the first flight I got the idea of tracking the bag and noticed it was already loaded onto the connecting flight. It must be a mistake, I thought to myself, but then realized that we had arrived at the airport well in advance and that there was a flight before ours. United probably expedited our bag because our flight was full?
youd be surprised. I get some flack for saying thus in other threads over the years, but bags can be quickly placed on connecting flights - much faster than pax. In all my years flying UA, I’ve had some delayed bags, but short connections, including sometimes ones that are right at MCT, even late for that, was never one of those times.
I remember one particular time many years ago, was flying YVR-ORD-DCA, when I arrived in DCA and couldn’t find my bag on the carousel. I went to the office to report it as delayed, but as I entered, saw my bag right there. It apparently has made the earlier connection - the one I couldn’t book because it was below MCT.
If anyone one is interested in the timing, this was in 2001. Around Oct or early November - literally within a week of DCA re-opening after 9/11.