Originally Posted by Aussienarelle

Unsure if this belongs here but I just arrived at SFO and the bag drop after customs requires schlepping the checked luggage to Terminal 3, Door 11 where is sits with various time bands.

Then it is a walk back to the International terminal since i was connecting from a Polaris flight.

I started avoiding LAX for arrivals because of the need to get from TBIT to Terminal 7 with my luggage since more often than not there was no United agent to recheck the luggage. Now admittedly TBIT to Terminal 7 is a longer walk than my SFO walk this morning but just bizarre.

To be clear there were United luggage handlers after the exit rechecking the luggage but only for the "early flights". I had a 3 hour connection so this did not meet the requirements for an "early flight".