Originally Posted by ClueByFour

Is it really that much of an outlandish expectation that one's luggage show up on time and with them?

I said something to this effect elsewhere and I'll say it again: it's pretty sick when the general expectation of the airline at PHL is so low that very frequent flyers blast infrequent flyers for actually having the temerity to take such a foolhardy action as checking a bag.