Your 2 bags are on the way but I didn't check bags
May 24, 2023, 3:09 pm
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Your 2 bags are on the way but I didn't check bags
This is showing on my flight info for today. I just flew Columbus to charlotte. However I haven’t checked a bag since the Obama administration.
Is someone not going to see their bags today?
Is someone not going to see their bags today?
May 24, 2023, 3:25 pm
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If I had to guess, I wonder if these were checked at the gate, where in my experience the gate agent typically only asks for a seat number. I wonder if the passenger who checked them gave the agent the wrong seat number or the agent mistyped it.
May 24, 2023, 3:45 pm
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May 24, 2023, 5:52 pm
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May 25, 2023, 9:16 am
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Probably a mistagged bag. Not sure how AA's computer system works but there could have been another passenger with a similar last name to yours, and the AAgent picked the wrong name from a list. If this is the case, hope the other passenger had the same final destination as you 
May 25, 2023, 11:54 am
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I was on the opposite end of this a few weeks back. I checked a bag, saw the right airport but did t check the name. I didn’t see “your bags are on the way” message, so I pulled out the claim ticket I was given and it had a different name, not even close to mine.
I think the ticket agent used seat number when checking in the bag and mistyped or misread my online boarding pass. The other pax didn’t check a bag (I checked his PNR) so he probably didn’t even know it.
I think the ticket agent used seat number when checking in the bag and mistyped or misread my online boarding pass. The other pax didn’t check a bag (I checked his PNR) so he probably didn’t even know it.
