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Jun 25, 2021 | 3:13 pm

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Originally Posted by ND76

I flew DCA-MSP-STL on Tuesday 6/22, and returned STL-DTW-DCA last night (6/24). I noticed something odd at both STL and DCA when retrieving my checked bag.

The luggage conveyor belt ran exactly as long as it took to move all bags from the cart to the publicly available part of the belt. When all bags had finished passing through the wall and into the baggage claim hall, the belt immediately stopped running. This was in stark contrast to past trips, where the belt started running 3-5 minutes before the first bag emerged, and continued running until the bags had gone around 5-6 times.

Has anyone else observed this?

Never seen that before but how do they get everyone's bag on the same belt on the customer facing side? It seems like if they stopped it some of the bags would get orphaned 'behind the wall' so to speak.

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