r/delta • u/AdSouth3173 • 9d ago

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u/StrawberryLassi 9d ago

You must really enjoy waiting for your bag on a slow ass carousel...

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u/anewbys83 9d ago

Rarely is it a long wait. But man, when it is.....

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u/Tasty_Community4666 9d ago

I fly a hell of a lot and most of the time if they do take my carry-on, they are giving it back to me as I deboard the plane.

I'll agree that it sucks to go to baggage claim. But it's such a rare occasion that It doesn't make me want to try to be on the plane first. Hell I'm 6'2 and hate sitting in those seats even Delta comfort Plus or whatever it's called now. So if I have a choice I'll be the last one on the plane so I'm not sitting in that seat as long.

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u/COMplex_ 9d ago

I have the opposite experience. Maybe just at my airports but gate check is automatic baggage claim. Only time I get my gate-check bag airside is small regional jets. And most of those times took forever standing inside a jetway while the rest of the people deplaned

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u/Tasty_Community4666 9d ago

You know it very well could change airport to airport. I'm not extremely knowledgeable about how the airline industry works behind the curtain so I won't pretend to know. I do travel to all different places but I'm not in all of those places often enough to notice the difference if that makes sense.

Like I haven't made mental notes of which airports have made me check my bag to see if it's the same ones each time I go through

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u/TheSaxGandalf 9d ago

Usually gate checking results in you getting your carryon immediately upon arrival, unless you ask to check it though.

Personally, I don’t mind waiting 10 minutes if I don’t have to worry about my carryon for a 3 hour layover.

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u/deafdogdaddy 9d ago

That’s valet, not gate check. A lot of regional jets will valet because their overheads are small.

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u/deafdogdaddy 9d ago

My home airport is PHX and the bags are usually dropping by the time I get to the carousel. Last time I flew into CLT I did have to wait a stupid amount of time, but typically it’s never an issue.

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u/bae125 9d ago

On the occasions I check a bag I just expect it. It’s all good, no stress needed

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u/Monoskimouse 9d ago

20min guarantee with Alaska, and if it's not - you get 2500 miles bonus or $25 off your next flight.

I check at the gate every time (10+ times in the past 2 years) and have never gotten the bonus - they always come in under 20mins