We just returned from two weeks in Fairbanks to visit family. Great time seeing grandkids and being in cool rainy weather after 100 degrees days here in Ft Worth-Arlington area of Texas. I’m always a carryon girl but my husband went in heavy (37 lbs!!) so I decided to check my bag too. And indeed mine was there on arrival but my husband’s stayed in Seattle. Since we were staying with family in Fairbanks it wasn’t a big problem. The suitcase showed up 5 hours later. We got 4,000 air miles as an apology but he did have to drive 20 minutes back into the airport to get it.
I will also say there was great evidence that a lot of Delta passengers were still having BIG luggage issues from the recent computer glitch. Well over a hundred bags sitting unclaimed at DFW July 24, the morning we left. We flew Alaska Air but walked by Delta. At the Fairbanks airport there were more problems with people arriving on Delta with missing bags needing to get on Princess Cruise buses.
When we returned into DfW we waited 40 minutes for our flight’s baggage to deliver. Scored more miles but it was midnight and we were so ready to not be in the airport another minute! So, unless it really won’t matter, I will continue to be team carryon.