Originally Posted by themicah

On Thursday I took the KL EWR-AMS flight. Thanks to NJ Transit problems (and me cutting it a bit close), I arrived at EWR with only 35 minutes to flight time.

Luckily I'd already checked in online, but the NW agents handling the flight wouldn't let me check my bag, so I ended up ditching the bag and carrying on the contents (which wasn't as bad as it sounds--long story).