Originally Posted by superEGO
not to create yet another priority bags related thread, but at what point did everyone start expected that "priority" meant "first onto the belt"? i mean.. it has certainly been the case many times.. but by default, unless otherwise specified, i would think that it meant nothing more than "please be sure that this one gets on the plane".
This would also be fine... if it was true. Last March, I flew ORD to PWM, and both of my bags had priority handling tags. One arrived on time, but the plane was overweight and the other took two days to show up. As fas as I can tell, the designation really is useless.