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Jul 4, 2021, 5:14 pm

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Originally Posted by Starman

I'm flying SFO-MIA-BGI (Barbados) with an 11 hour overnight connection in MIA, to avoid the redeye, but still a through fare. I'd like to short-check to MIA so I can have my bags to overnight at an MIA airport area hotel. So this is not a hidden city ticketing situation -- I fully intend (and need!) to fly both legs -- although I guess I have to convince a checkin agent of that. Any experience in this situation, where the desire to keep the bag at the transfer point seems plausible, because of a very long and totally overnight connection?

Ive done an overnight itinerary - a few years back (DCA-PHL-SJU) with about a 10 hour overnight. Agent gave me the option of short checking the back or tagging it through,

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