Originally Posted by
gettinbumped
Just FYI, this is a TSA violation that can get you, and everyone else, in some hot water. We got a memo about this awhile back at UAL. Once the bag has been tagged it MUST be checked. Unfortunately some agents are quite obstructionist about the whole thing. Sure makes me appreciate jumping on airlines like SWA that usually let me pre-board, or Alaska and Virgin that will kindly put a gate-check tag on there for me
That's what I thought, too. I'm pretty sure when bags are gate checked, they're scanned into the system, which could lead to problems if it doesn't show up down below. Not 100% sure, though.
BTW, jetBlue is also WONDERFUL about gate checking crew member's bags.
