Originally Posted by Neewbs
On the ORD to SFO route, my luggage almost always comes on an earlier flight regarless of having a priority tag or not. I usually get off the plane, head to baggage claim and find my luggage waiting along side the belt for the ORD flights.
Consider yourself highly lucky - last time I checked a bag on ORD-SFO it rode on my flight and from gate arrival to first bags hitting the carousel was about an hour.