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Sep 1, 2024 | 11:39 am

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Originally Posted by Havek

I was flying DSM-DCA-MIA-PTY with an 11 hour 47 min overnight layover in DCA. I requested to have my bag short checked to DC and got major push back from the AA agent. She kept insisting that if she did that, I would have to leave security and then re-check the luggage. I'm well aware of that. I'm not sure who would decide to spend 11+ hrs spending the night in DCA. After a bit of back and forth, she relented and short checked it. The reason I gave was that I needed a change of clothes for the next day's flight. On this trip I was unable to pack a separate carry-on that would have avoided this.

I guess these nonrevs are really getting used to spending days in the airport getting rolled over from flight to flight until their check in time is early enough to get on. What a silly hill to try and die on.

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