Originally Posted by
FreFly
This sounds strange, seems to say that if OP did not tell United how he got to CRP, he would be ok United was unable to get OP to CRP on the scheduled day. Why would United care how OP got to CRP, as long as he did it on his own?
UA is unquestionably the last-delivering carrier if no additional airlines are involved.
All of this technical discussion threatens to miss the point, though. The bag's natural course of action is to end up at CRP, where OP should be able to find it, likely locked in the UA baggage storage area.