I just had a fascinating and positive experience with priority baggage.

I was flying Montreal to Vancouver, with a connection in Toronto. I checked a bag in Montreal, through to Vancouver

I was in J, so was one of the first few off the aircraft. When I arrived at the carousel, it was turning slowly with a handful bags on it bunched together.

One of them was mine! The tag was marked “Expedited Baggage”.

They had put it on a direct YUL-YVR flight and it had arrived 45 minutes before me via AC 307.

Plus, they had moved it to the correct baggage carousel too.

I believe it was an automated process because the tag still had the “Priority” flag on it that was attached in Montreal. Correction - the “expedited” sticker was applied to the baggage tag after it left check-in.

Anyway, I was delighted as I really didn’t want to wait around. The process was as quick as if I had carried it on.