Originally Posted by
jinglish
Yeah, this is why I'd be extremely wary. Last year, after my bag missed a tight connection, AA kept it at MIA overnight to load it on the following night's SCL departure. Someone that next morning threw it on the CCS flight instead, and I wound up getting my luggage a whole two days late. The longer your bag's sitting around, the greater the likelihood something is going to go wrong.
The point where carriers hand off bags to each other seem the be the most common point for lost/delayed bags. Back when i checked bags, i always short checked on overnight layover even when its the same ticket.