Originally Posted by g-wwbm
However, with BD and UA codesharing on the MAN-IAD/ORD routes, and their common *A membership, rebooking passengers (where possible) onto UA in the even of a muck-up really ought to be routine?
Ought is the keyword here. Even with delayed baggage, they ought to route them through LHR or somewhere else so that they arrive a heck of a lot sooner -- and not put on the same flight 24 hours later...