Originally Posted by
btonkid12345
Regardless of how a bag is checked - the POLICY is that short checking is absolutely not allowed. Period.
There is no guarantee your bag is coming on board. You were forced because you were late and there wasn't space.
It's not a question of what you want - its a question of what's operationally necessary.
And it's not stupid, it's actually quite smart; the only people who would want to short check would be violating the airline's CoC. Otherwise, it would be really stupid to force a connecting passenger to leave airside during a connection, just to wait for a retrieve a bag - potentially causing them to miss their connection.
That just isn't how things works. This policy actually makes sense, and the policy wasn't on your side. You were late and it wasn't AA's fault; you said your ticket had problems, and when that happens, you're just lucky to get a seat on the plane, forget about your bags.
at the same time, the CoC doesn’t really guarantee anything except getting you (and only you) to your destination. Seat choice is not guaranteed, J/F seating is not guaranteed, bags reaching destination are not guaranteed, and if the FA closes the restrooms and restricts water/food carts then this also is probably within accepted policy. With few airline options these days and no negotiating power to hammer out a term sheet before each flight, calmly standing your ground for an exception in this case (and reasonably so given the details) is about the only thing you can do these days.
i don’t get the restriction on short checking within GA discretion.