Cost. It is between $75-100 to deliver a bag. Since we paid nothing for the ticket, we are non contributing zeroes as far as getting bags delivered to us.

The problem I ran into a few months back is that your bags can end up in purgatory. I was traveling out of PIT-ATL and our bags didn't make the flight. They sat in PIT for three days because you have to get a file started for them to initiate a lost bag return. However, as a non-rev they don't do files. Ergo, my bags were stuck in PIT. I was getting so frustrated over the whole thing I nearly JS'd up to PIT to retrieve in person my lost bags. Finally after getting several managers involved were we able to get the bags sent to ATL. Total hassle.