Originally Posted by
NetNathan
On small flights, I have a also had to check my computer bag at the gate and it gets "green tagged" and I pick it up on arrival at the gate, not the baggage pickup.
In the future, you need a laptop bag that can fit underneath the seat in front of you, or you need to remove your laptop from the bag before allowing it to be checked. If this had been a purely domestic itinerary, UA's liability would have been zero.