Originally Posted by shdflyer

Just flew HND - SFO (15 hour layover) - ORD - CHO, all on one reservation

Traveled with 3 very heavy bags, 60+ pounds each

At HND was told that they could not check my bags through to CHO because my connection time of 15 hours exceeded the 12 hour limit for checking through. Supervisor confirmed this and said I would have to re-check at SFO.

At SFO, i picked up the bags and proceeded through customs but saw no UA counter anywhere or belt to recheck bags (like at IAD). Huh? I was under the impression that there would be an agent/belt to recheck bags. I must have missed something. Or did I?

Since a friend picked me for the day, we just loaded the bags into his car and unloaded in the evening at T3 and I rechecked everything.

But for the future, I would like to know:

- Was UA truthful about the inability to check bags through from HND to my destination given my 15 hour layover at SFO?

- Is there a actually a way just past SFO customs to re-tag/re-check bags rather than having to schlep them to T3 (I didn’t see it) ?

- Even if I had found such a counter to re-check, would UA have accepted the bags given that this would have been 15 hours before my connecting flight?

Thanks so much!