Originally Posted by
BruceyBonus
I guess they made an assumption (quite a reasonable one too) that someone wouldn't carry their checked luggage to the gate.
Not too sure how to take this, it wasn't a check bag, it was a carry on, again at the bag drop off I asked the agent there if my carry on was good to be carried on, she told me yes, if she told me no, it wouldn't have been a problem. So not too sure about your assumption.