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> ensuring checked bags have boarded passengers You mean you used to be able to just send a bag without flying yourself, and have someone else pick it up at th
by grishka 28d ago
> ensuring checked bags have boarded passengers
You mean you used to be able to just send a bag without flying yourself, and have someone else pick it up at the destination airport? Was this something that people did intentionally or did it happen accidentally?
- lokar 28d agoYou could check in, check your bags, and then walk out. They would not remove the bag from the plane.
- flyingshelf 28d agoFWIW your bags may still occasionally travel without you (but you still have to board A flight)
- chronc7403 28d ago> FWIW your bags may still occasionally travel without you (but you still have to board A flight) This is false. If you check into the airport early (4+ hours) your bag may go on an earlier flight without you. And you can decide not to board your original flight.
- flyingshelf 27d agoI wouldn't say false especially when quoting the whole sentence. What you suggest is so rare (worldwide) it might as well be false. It's such a bad idea for the airline to ship your bags before the passenger makes it onto the plane.
- unsnap_biceps 28d agoIsn't that the case today? They're loading the baggage while people board and they don't hold the bag until you get your ticket scanned in.
- YZF 28d agoIf the owner of a bag does not board the bag is removed.
- unsnap_biceps 28d agoI've never heard of this happening, and I'm skeptical. I fly a decent amount and my luggage gets misplaced likely in the low percents (more than 1%, less than 5%). I struggle to believe they'll be aware enough to unload a full cargo compartment. But I could be wrong. Maybe it's just rare enough that I haven't run into it. I would expect it would delay the flight by a noticeable amount. And it would be fairly obvious that they're unloading luggage and then reloading it. It's not like they can just send someone in to climb around and find it. They pack them in tight.
- YZF 27d agoI'm had this happen. It is rare.
- grishka 28d agoI've always had the impression that they don't start loading the bags until after the gate is closed.
- unsnap_biceps 27d agoI'm pretty sure that they are loading before the gates open. If my memory isn't entirely gone, I recall watching them load luggage while waiting at the gate for the cleaners to finish.
- grishka 28d agoYeah, I meant doing that intentionally to send something to someone else for the cost of flight without having to wait days for shipping. Could you even get to the baggage claim area of an airport pre-9/11 without having flown into it?
- clwncr 28d ago> I meant doing that intentionally to send something to someone else Someone told me they'd done that in the 70s. In their case, they were planning to travel and bring along stuff that belonged to a friend at their destination. At the last minute, they couldn't make the trip and they decided the easiest solution was to check the bags and scurry out of the airport. They were worried the airline would deny a refund, but they got their money back just fine. Baggage claim was no problem. Anybody could (and mostly still can) access it. I remember a time where they kind of corralled it all in and checked your bag tag and stub to make sure you weren't wandering off with someone else's luggage. That was a chaotic, ineffective, and short-lived effort.