US switches Express yellow valet tags to AA red Valet tags
Sep 18, 2015, 4:57 pm
#16
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I always prefer to have at least two valet tags on any bag getting valeted. While that does not address all of the scenarios here, it does limit risk that a tag gets torn off and the bag misrouted to baggage claim, especially at a hub airport with an onward connection. A valet tag getting torn off is something that's happened to me many times.
Sep 18, 2015, 10:16 pm
#17
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I have had my valet bag get delivered to baggage claim at CLT instead of being returned at the gate before (I was unlucky, everyone else got theirs properly). Had to go landside to get it back, good thing I had a long connection. I agree with the sentiment that there's no reason NOT to have the protection of the receipt stub in case it becomes necessary.
I assume this also means the discontinuation of the blue first class tags? That's a great pity if so...
I assume this also means the discontinuation of the blue first class tags? That's a great pity if so...
Sep 20, 2015, 6:51 am
#18
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Why would you assume that? There is nothing in this thread that says anything about the blue gate-check tags for F pax, musical instruments, strollers, car seats, and crew bags. Just that the coin flip that decided the valet tags came up red.
Sep 20, 2015, 8:36 am
#19
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UA-Express has always scanned my valet tag when boarding at the GA computer.
Sep 21, 2015, 3:43 pm
#20
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I assumed that because red tags suggest they are adopting American Eagle's valet tagging procedure, not USX's. After some searching, it seems that there is an Eagle equivalent of the first class valet tag (ironically, it's yellow?). Since I've never actually seen one in real life (including situations where I *should* have gotten one), I hadn't realized they exist.
Sep 22, 2015, 10:03 am
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Sep 22, 2015, 8:20 pm
#22
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Yes, but they seem to mean nothing to baggage handlers. When I have had AA's yellow tags my bag was one of the last to appear on the jet bridge.
