Priority baggage comes through, but I don't know why
Apr 29, 2011, 8:56 pm
#16
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: SFO/SJC
Programs: UA Silver, Marriott Gold, Hilton Gold
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I don't think I've ever got a priority tag when not upgraded before check in on UA. For CO, yes, and for US, I think too. But not on UA.
On the other hand, I was upgraded last night into YYZ, and was pleasantly surprised to find my priority tagged luggage about third or fourth on the belt, behind only other priority tagged bags. I can't recall ever seeing priority tagged bags off the belt at YYZ first.
On the other hand, I was upgraded last night into YYZ, and was pleasantly surprised to find my priority tagged luggage about third or fourth on the belt, behind only other priority tagged bags. I can't recall ever seeing priority tagged bags off the belt at YYZ first.
Apr 29, 2011, 10:08 pm
#17
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Reno NV/San Francisco, CA, USA
Posts: 1,168
Did your actual baggage tag print with "Priority" pre-printed on it?
Today marked my first UA flight in years - decades - geologic time - as a non-status flyer - and in a middle seat at that. (Okay, okay, United; I get the message; I'll fly more this year.) After years of getting the red PRIORITY stickers on my luggage, and having them ignored domestically, I was pleasantly surprised when my bag was the second one off a full PDX-IAD flight. Then I noticed that it had a PRIORITY sticker. Happy to get priority service, but I can't figure out why, though. Any ideas?
Apr 30, 2011, 11:33 pm
#18
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: San Francisco/Sydney
Programs: UA 1K/MM, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Something, IHG Gold, Hertz PC, Avis PC
Posts: 8,170
Given that I rarely check bags I don't know that it's normal, new, or just luck...
May 1, 2011, 10:07 pm
#19
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Portland, Oregon; seat 3A
Programs: UA 1K 2021-22-23-24;Formerly a longtime UA Premier Exec; NW silver (legacy), Alaska Gold (way back)
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On my flight into PDX yesterday, when I had a paid upgrade and got the orange priority tag as a result, my bag was 10th off the carousel, and the first 15 bags were all priority-tagged, which impressed me -- it's a welcome contrast to the baggage claim of a few years ago.