Originally Posted by
rolltribe
.... Probably something I should’ve looked into prior to planning the long layover, but still frustrating.
Unfortunately, both of these cases are long standing policy.
This is the thread for early bag check and the thread for long connection (but >12 hours, not 6 hours) is
Overnight, long layover/connection check through baggage question (consolidated) .. Check the wiki of both threads for more details.