Gate checking
Feb 28, 2012 | 1:34 pm
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Feb 28, 2012 | 1:39 pm
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Gate Check is if there is not enough space or your bag does not fit into an aircraft that would otherwise take larger rollaboard bags. These are checked through to your final destination.
Pink tagged bags are those that are give a pink bag tag on aircraft where rollaboards and other larger carryons do not fit. These bags are only checked for that segment and will be available once you deplane.
Pink tagged bags are those that are give a pink bag tag on aircraft where rollaboards and other larger carryons do not fit. These bags are only checked for that segment and will be available once you deplane.
Feb 28, 2012 | 2:48 pm
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To people in zone 1 or 2 it didn't matter !
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Feb 28, 2012 | 3:20 pm
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That may work. If enough people do it often they can start charging people for gate check, with a 'should have done this at ticketing' surcharge. You've seen the threads on the baggage sizer crackdowns, right?
Feb 28, 2012 | 3:30 pm
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Feb 28, 2012 | 3:34 pm
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I guess you could do that - but it is possible that the GA will not let you board with a "hopelessly oversized" bag and charge you before you board. I have heard GAs make this threat in announcements but haven't stuck around to see if they actually follow through.
Feb 28, 2012 | 3:40 pm
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Boarding in zone 4 shouldnt exempt passengers from checked baggage fees when said baggage is oversized per the published carry-on rules. Indeed, I've seen diligent gate agents charge late-boarding passengers to gate check oversized bags (even though all of the overheads were full anyway).
Feb 28, 2012 | 3:40 pm
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But I wouldn't have anything to lose trying, right, since I'd paying if I didn't?
Feb 28, 2012 | 3:47 pm
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As long as the bag can fit through the X-Ray you should be alright.
Feb 28, 2012 | 4:15 pm
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So you are looking for a way to cheat Delta out of a published charge. Just don't complain if they suddenly decide to cheat you somehow. I am not a fan of baggage fees, but there are honest ways to avoid them -- properly sized bags for carryon or flying WN -- and less honest ways, like you propose.
Feb 28, 2012 | 4:52 pm
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