Originally Posted by
jasdou
...there is no holding pen in the luggage system to store bags for later flights. I have checked a bag 6 hours before a flight once and the AC check in agent was very reluctant to accept it and advised that there was a risk that the bag could get lost because there is simply nowhere to put the bag in the back.
This is it right here.
If a bag is accepted super early at a small airport, especially one with frequent departures, there is a good chance that bag would get shoved in some far, dark corner of the bagroom. When flight time rolls around hours and hours later, it may be totally forgotten about.