Originally Posted by
Sweetone
I have had no problems with valet checking my carryon when the overhead bins are full. Both regional flights and larger planes seem to regularly arrange to valet check bags. It seems a problem of semantics to me. Why do all airline workers and flyer talk regulars expect the world to understand their vocabulary? Leave it on the jetbridge or at the base of the stairs and pick it up when leaving the plane. What am I missing? This is a regular practice on most of my flights.
Really? Were you in F when this happened? Because in my experience (at least in Y), if the overhead bins are full on a mainline flight, any overflow bags are
gate-checked, meaning they are white-tagged and sent on to the passenger's
final destination, where they will then be retrieved at
baggage claim. I always thought this was the policy, so it sounds like the GA was correct (albeit rude about it), and a special exception was made for the OP.