Is there a term for where you leave your bag at the end of the jetway for an RJ flight and it's returned at the end of the jetway upon landing? When I think of a "gate check" for baggage, I think of it being converted from "carry on" status to "checked baggage" status, getting tagged to your final destination, and retrieved by you at the baggage carousel.

To the OP, one thing you should make sure you think about and that we should discuss here is the extra time needed to wait for you bag on the jetway for your RJ connection. It will add another 5-15 minutes of waiting time. You may feel more comfortable checking your bag through to your destination to make sure you don't have to wait for your bag and can just run to your connecting flight.

I'm sure there are lots of opinions on this.