Originally Posted by
irishguy28
Did you show the baggage receipt and have it scanned, or have the gate agent type in the locator? And did you explain that this was a bag that KLM should not be "expecting"?
If just asked in a casual manner - without explaining that this is a bag that is not interlined in the "normal" manner, and therefore without KLM actively "seeking" the bag - the agent may merely have thought that you were being over-cautious about a "normal" interlined bag.
I explained it was interlined from CX and also explained I had previous experiences whereby the interline failed because the baggage receipt was not scanned properly or logged correctly (I had specially been told based on past experiences to check at the gate, so this is exactly what I did). They scanned the baggage receipt and told me it all looked good. Of course they could have just said that to keep me happy, since I guess their goal is on-time departure.