Originally Posted by DuckDuckSwan
Hi there,
I dropped my friend off at Denver International this morning and walked with her to the security checkpoint. As she was flying in first (on Alaska Airlines), she was eligible to use the express line. The Air Serve (sp?) employee (nasty and rude) indicated to my friend that her bag (about 24 inches tall) was too large and must be checked. My friend explained that she was planning to gate check her bag but the employee refused to let it through.
ID checkers have as much power to enforce baggage as much as the Quizno's guy in Concourse B does to enforce which lavatory you use in the aircraft.